Show #7 (August 2011): David Schmenk, KansasFest 2011, CFFA3000, and buttons

This month in Open Apple, Mike and Ken keep the KansasFest vibe going with first-time attendee David Schmenk, getting his perspective on the greatest products, sessions, and experiences of last month’s Apple II convention, from the CFFA3000 to Sweet16 and more. Ewen Wannop’s publication of an online magazine archive leads to a brief discussion on the creation and consumption of PDF scans, after which we get Tony Diaz on the line to clarify a hardware matter. On eBay, we like pins, buttons, and games, before getting ready for a special guest at this month’s Denver Apple Pi user group meeting. Congratulations to Antony Mauget, who named the game as Hard Hat Mack! He won a complete collection of 300 Baud magazine. Next month’s winner of the easiest Name the Game contest ever gets a $20 gift certificate to the Juiced.GS store. Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode. Introduction (0:00 – 7:57) * KansasFest* Tony Diaz’s A2 Drivecast* Has Open Apple gotten too long?* The “new” Commodore 64* The original C64 on eBay User Login (7:58 – 17:16) * David Schmenk’s homepage* COBOL for the Apple III* John Carmack* Xorg* Wolfenstein 3D for the Apple IIGS* Apple II turns 30 (in 2007)*