Open Apple #23 (Jan 2013): 2012 year-end roundtable

Having gathered the treasures of 2012 and being tempted by the promises of 2013, the hosts of Open Apple are joined by Andy Molloy of Juiced.GS, Peter Neubauer of KansasFest, Vince Briel of Briel Computers, and Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe to reflect on all that has happened with the Apple II and its community in the past year. We pick our favorite products, share memorable events, and make predictions for 2013. Topics include Apple-1 auctions, Kickstarter-funded sequels, progress in emulation, and more. Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode. Introduction (0:00 – 4:58) Andy Molloy’s homepagePeter Neubauer’s homepageVince Briel’s homepageBrutal Deluxe’s homepage Hardware (4:59 – 17:43) Rich Dreher’s CFFA3000Mike Willegal’s SUPERPROTO and Apple-1 Mimeo projectsBriel Computers’ A2MP3 carda2RetroSystems’ Uthernet cardCedric Peltier’s Smartport Virtual Hard Drive (SPVHD) Alex Lukacz’s Bluetooth proof of concept Apple-1 (17:44 – 26:02) Brain Board with Wozanium PackRay Borrill’s VCF 4.0 auction of an Apple-1 Emulation (26:03 – 33:32) Eric Shepherd’s Sweet16 emulatorAppleWinGerard Putter’s Virtual ][ emulatorGSport, based on Kent Dickey’s KEGSJava Apple Computer Emulator (JACE) by Brendan RobertVICEEamon DeluxeThe Lost Treasures of Infocom for iOS Software development (33:33 – 46:42) Ewen Wannop’s SNAP & SAFEDrift demo disk with custom floppy sleevesThe Deadly Orbs game by Brian PicchiMartin Haye’s StructrisJordan Mechner’s DeathbounceBrutal Deluxe’s Fishhead copierDagen Brock’s KansasFest 2013 demo Game remakes and Kickstarter projects (46:43 – 54:11) Bard’s Tale for iOS (includes IIGS originals) Organ TrailGround Kontrol arcade in Portland, OregonLiving Computer Museum in Seattle, Washington Publications & media (54:12 — 1:01:50) Dave Finnigan’s The New Apple II User’s GuideKay Savetz’s Terrible Nerd memoirRob O’Hara’s CommodorkJeff Atwood’s “I Was a Teenage Hacker”What’s Where in the Apple e-bookSteve Weyhrich’s Sophistication & SimplicityRetro Gamer magazineJimmy Maher’s Digital AntiquarianJuiced.GS: The Early Years Podcasts (1:01:51 – 1:11:50) Retro Computing Roundtable1 MHz by Carrington Vanston’s Monster FeetRetroMacCastBrian Picchi’s YouTube computer game reviewsNot Another Apple Podcast?!Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 1.0 Top stories (1:11:51 – 1:18:02) Prince of Persia source code saved KansasFest (1:18:03 – 1:27:19) Randy Wigginton to keynote KansasFest 2013Randy Brandt’s History of AppleWorks sessionSara, an Apple III emulatorMulti Emulator Super System (MESS)Melissa Barron’s Etsy shopReactiveMicro.com — will it ever come back?Charles Mangin’s Mac mini inside a Disk II case Participant picks from 2012 (1:27:20 – 1:34:12) Predictions for 2013 (1:34:13 – 1:41:23) The now-defunct iDisk card Parting shots (1:41:24 – 1:45:50)The post Open Apple #23 (Jan 2013): 2012 year-end roundtable first appeared on Open Apple.