Show #5 (June 2011): Brian Wiser, museums, magazines, and Ultima

This month in Open Apple, Mike and Ken are joined by Brian Wiser, an unsung hero of the Apple II archivist movement, as well as a director and producer of films related to Joss Whedon’s Firefly television show and Serenity movie. Ken reports on his trip to the Vintage Computer Festival East 7.0, Mike notes the changing of the guard at Syndicomm, and Brian brags about the Apple employees he’s met and the museums he’s visited, after which Mike and Brian chat about their favorite Apple II publications. We all lusted after the Ultima trilogy on eBay but were dismayed by two other auctions that were not what they seemed. Classics that need to be remade, those that are being remade, and those that were and failed are our gaming topics of the month. Congratulations to Brian Sturk, who named the game as Lode Runner! He won a 20% or $50 discount off one ReactiveMicro.com order. Next month’s winner gets a $20 credit at the RetroFloppy store, courtesy David Schmidt. Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode. Introduction (0:00 – 10:18) * Applied Engineering Repository* Beagle Bros Software Repository* Nibble Magazine and Books* The Computist Archive* What is the Apple IIGS? The Book* Brian Wiser on Twitter* Done the Impossible* Browncoats: Redemption II News (10:19 – 46:51) * VCF East 7.0* InfoAge Museum* Apple II visua...