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Mike Maginnis & Quinn Dunki
Welcome to Metal Video RPG Lock, the annual “megapodcast” from KansasFest 2026.
Participants:
- Ken Gagne (Open Apple & Transporter Lock)
- Ron McAdams (Ron’s Computer Videos, Retro Repair Roundup & Olde World Tech Fridays: Sunday Edition)
- Megan Lemmert (6502 Workshop & Retro RPG Roundtable)
- Kate Szknotnicki (RetroMetal)
Videos of all KansasFest sessions mentioned in this episode are available on YouTube. Here’s a video version of this podcast.
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Welcome to the first INIT HELLO Megapodcast! INIT HELLO is an Apple II conference that debuted in July 2025 at the System Source Computer Museum in Hunt Valley, Maryland. A week later, on August 2, six podcaster attendees gathered to reflect on their experiences at inaugural retrocomputing event.
Participants:
- Kate Szknotnicki (RetroMetal)
- Paul Hagstrom (Retro Computing Roundtable)
- Blake Patterson (The Byte Cellar)
- Megan Lemmert (6502 Workshop & Retro RPG Roundtable)
- Charles Mangin (Chicken Missile)
- Ken Gagne (Open Apple & Transporter Lock)
Thanks to Paul for editing this episode’s audio! The original video edition is embedded below.
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Welcome to Ron’s Apple Transporter Roundtable, the annual “megapodcast” from KansasFest 2025.
Participants:
- Ken Gagne (Open Apple & Transporter Lock)
- Ron McAdams (Ron’s Computer Videos & Retro Repair Roundtable)
- Megan Lemmert (6502 Workshop & Retro RPG Roundtable)
Links mentioned in this episode:
- KansasFest
- Mike Westerfield’s KansasFest 1998 keynote speech
- INIT HELLO
- Skull Island by 8-Bit Shack
- From Apple to Zilog by Chuck Mauro
- Dan Bricklin
- Ryan Suenaga Scholarship Fund
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Ken, Em & Quinn reunite to discuss KansasFest & INIT HELLO, ImageWriter printers, Steve Jobs movies, web-based Apple II emulation, and games we regret buying.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Intro (00:00 – 11:45) Retro Computing Roundtable podcast * Open Apple* #81: Remembering Tony Diaz * Pictures of people scanning QR codes * a2.click URL shortener
II News (11:46 – 1:02:43) KansasFest 2025 goes virtual * Laine Nooney at INIT HELLO * The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal * Steve Jobs movies * Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs * Chronologically Gaming * MobyGames * Glider * Apple2TS * Apple II RPG Development Tools (KansasFest 2024 presentation by Megan Lemmert) * Ivan Drucker’s emulator reviews for Juiced.GS * Plangman on Steam, Itch.io & IndieSider* * Building an Apple II Newsroom (via Hackaday) * Rock-a-Fire Explosion LP released for Record Store Day
Apple Pickings (1:02:44 – 1:19:28) Lot of 30 vintage copied game floppy disks * Retro Game Club* * Blondihacks
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In this lost episode of Open Apple, recorded 14 July 2018, Em Maginnis and Quinn Dunki are joined by John Morris, creator of the Applesauce floppy disk controller.
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On Saturday, September 28, 2024, the Portland Retro Gaming Expo hosted this panel:
The Apple II Origins of Today’s GamesThe Apple II is known for its impact on the workplace (VisiCalc) and education (Oregon Trail) — but it was also an iconic games machine that launched and inspired franchises that continue to these days. From the early stealth action of Castle Wolfenstein to the strategic depth of Ultima and the revolutionary platforming of Prince of Persia, our panel will delve into how these classic titles laid the groundwork for today’s blockbuster games.
Ken Gagne, Kay Savetz, and Ian Baronofsky participated in the 45-minute panel, a video of which PRGE recently made available.
The audio was separately recorded by Kay Savetz, who has made it available for us to share as an episode of the Open Apple podcast.
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Welcome to Ron’s Metal Roundtable Apple Assembly Lock, the annual “megapodcast” from KansasFest 2024, hosted IRL and on StreamYard.
Participants:
- Ken Gagne (Open Apple, Polygamer & Transporter Lock)
- Kate Szknotnicki (RetroMetal)
- Chris Torrence (Assembly Lines)
- Ron McAdams (Ron’s Computer Videos & Retro Repair Roundtable)
- Paul Hagstrom (Retro Computing Roundtable & Drop /// Inches)
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Welcome to the annual “megapodcast” from KansasFest 2023, hosted IRL and on Zoom.
Participants:
- Paul Hagstrom (Retrocomputing Roundtable & Drop /// Inches)
- Ron McAdams (Ron’s Computer Videos)
- Kate Szknotnicki (LadyAiluros) (Retro Metal)
- Javier Rivera (Retro Repair Roundtable)
- Chris Torrence (Assembly Lines)
- Josh Malone (48KRAM)
- Ken Gagne (Juiced.GS, A2Central.com & Open Apple)
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Welcome to Open Retro Chicken Drop Retro Adventure Table Lines Roundup, the annual “megapodcast” from KansasFest, hosted IRL and on Zoom.
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For decades, Tony Diaz held the record of the only person to have attended every KansasFest. Whether at that convention, on the comp.sys.apple2 Usenet newsgroup, or on his livestreams, he would share his comprehensive knowledge of Apple II hardware and demo the rare prototypes in his vast collection. When KansasFest lost its home at Avila READ MORE
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Welcome to Poly Retro Assembly Cast Chicken Missile Drop Grue Museum, the annual “megapodcast” from KansasFest, hosted again via Zoom. Participants: Charles Mangin (Chicken Missile) Carrington Vanston (Retro Computing Roundtable & Eaten by a Grue) Chris Torrence (Assembly Lines) Joe Strosnider (Joe’s Computer Museum) John Leake (RetroMacCast) Kate the Cat (Chicken Missile & RetroMetal) Ken READ MORE
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Welcome to Retro Open Poly Roundtable Chicken Missile Lines Drop Museum Gruecast, the annual "megapodcast" from KansasFest, this time conducted virtually via Zoom.
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This month on Open Apple, we bring you the traditional big group podcast that we record every year at KansasFest. Tune in for a casual chat with your favorite retro podcasters, and get a behind-the-scenes peek at what makes KansasFest special. This year we managed to twist the following arms into joining us: Quinn Dunki – READ MORE
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This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Kevin Savetz and Carrington Vanston of the Eaten By A Grue podcast. Eaten By A Grue is a game-by-game style of podcast where the intrepid hosts are playing every Infocom game. They both play the game, then discuss it in detail, with and without spoilers. They discuss READ MORE
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In show #76 of Open Apple, the Apple II podcast of record, Quinn & Mike chat with Ken Gagne & Andy Molloy about Juiced.GS, the longest-running, continuously-published Apple II magazine. We also catch up on the news and feedback and Quinn's Tech segment makes a glorious return!
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In show #75 of Open Apple, the Apple II podcast of record, Quinn & Mike chat with Seth Sternberger of 8 Bit Weapon, about Class Apples, ComputeHer, chiptunes, and more.
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This month on Open Apple, Fake Quinn & Mike chat with Mark Lemmert of 6502 Workshop about the new Nox Archaist kickstarter, Carrington has opinions, we read the news, review Softalk #5 and more.
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It's the 2017 edition of the annual group megapodcast recorded at KansasFest.
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In show #72 of Open Apple, the Apple II podcast of record, Quinn & Mike chat with Peter Neubauer of the KansasFest Committee, read Apple II news & Wews, feedback and more.
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In show #70 of Open Apple, the Apple II podcast of record, Quinn & Mike chat with Michael Packard about Alien Downpour, discuss the latest Apple II news, read listener feedback, and more.
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Quinn & Mike chat with Mark Lemmert of 6502 Workshop about Nox Archaist, read news and Wews, anticipate Kansasfest, and flip through Softalk #4.
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In show #69 of Open Apple, the Apple II podcast of record, Quinn & Mike chat with Craig Peterson, author of the Chinook SCSI driver & SMT No-Slot Clock driver for Apple II, anticipate KansasFest 2017, laugh at Computer Show! and read a ton of feedback.
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In show #68 of Open Apple, the Apple II podcast of record, Quinn & Mike sit down with each other and catch up on all the news they've been neglecting lately, get disappointed over the 8BitDo, talk EDD, and review Softalk #3.
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This month on Open Apple, we round out the year with our annual tradition of sitting around a virtual table with some friends of the show, discussing whatever comes to mind. Mike and Quinn are joined by Jeremy Barr-Hyde, Jorma Honkanen, Kate Szkotnicki & Chris Torrence. We have a really fun mix of Apple II fans from all walks of life READ MORE
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In show #66 of Open Apple, the Apple II podcast of record, Quinn & Mike chat with Glenda "The Atom" Adams about software piracy, and read the Apple II news, respond to listener mail, and more.
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This is a rebroadcast of Mike Whalen's, "The Week of the KFest: The Audio Diary" production.
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In show #65 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with Alex Lee of What Is The Apple IIGS about software preservation and review Softalk magazine Vol 1, No 2.
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In show #64 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike listen to Ken Gagne chat with John Brooks and then talk Tiger Learning Computers, review the first issue of Softalk magazine and more.
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Quinn & Mike chat with Kate Szkotnicki about her first time at KansasFest, and then cover Apple II news: ProDOS 2.4, RetroMacCast's interview of Mike Harvey and more.
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In show #62 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat
with Mark Pilgrim about Passport, Ancient Legends, software deprotection, and
more.
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In show #61 of Open Apple, the only co-
hosted Apple II podcast, we present the annual KansasFest megapodcast, 2016 edition.
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In show #60 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Quinn and Mike chat with Sean Fahey of the KansasFest Committee about the 2016 convention, Apple II clones, and more.
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On show #59 of Open Apple, the only cohosted Apple II podcast, Quinn and Mike get lazy and outsource the interview with Microzine's Amy Kefauver and Lorri Hopping to Kevin Savetz, chat about new IIGS hardware and read listener feedback.
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In show #58 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with Huibert Aalbers about SoundSmith, cover Apple II news, Woz, and more.
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In show #57 of Open Apple, the Apple II podcast of record, Quinn & Mike chat with pioneering game development legend Bill Budge about Electronic Arts, pinball and more.
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In show #56 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with Peter Lount about Gemstone Warrior and Gemstone Healer. We also cover news, KansasFest and more.
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In show #55 of Open Apple, the only Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with Henry Courbis of UltimateMicro about ProDOS game conversions, the Apple Museum in Prague, and more.
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In show #54 Open Apple, the only Apple II podcast, Mike & Quinn round out the year with our annual tradition of sitting around a virtual table with Carrington Vanston, Charles Mangin, and Randy Brandt, discussing whatever comes to mind.
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In show #53 of Open Apple, the only Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with David Schroeder about his games, Crisis Mountain and Dino Eggs, and take a look at ESPN's minidoc on phreaking.
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In show #52, Quinn & Mike chat with Robert Bowdidge, co-author of the Apple II GEOS port, about GEOS, GEOS and more GEOS! Also GEOS!
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In show #51 of Open Apple, the only Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with Mike Westerfield of The ByteWorks about Opus II, Merlin32, ORCA and more.
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In show number #50 of Open Apple, the only Apple II podcast, Quinn and Mike chat with "Burger" Becky Heineman about Neuromancer, Kansasfest, and more.
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In episode #49 of Open Apple, the only Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with Laine Nooney, computer and video game historian, about Sierra Online, computer furniture and more.
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In show #48, Quinn & Mike chat with Tony Diaz of 16Sector.com about KansasFest memories, Apple hardware prototypes, and 8-bit DNS.
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In show #47, Open Apple presents an interview with John Brooks, author of the game Rastan for the Apple IIGS, conducted by Matt Ownby.
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In show #47 of Open Apple, the only Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with historian, archivist and documentary filmmaker Jason Scott about Kaboom!, Infocom secrets, his latest work, and more.
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This month on Open Apple, Quinn and Mike chat with Paul Lutus about AppleWriter, wonder over new hardware from ReactiveMicro and look forward to "Burger" Becky's keynote at this year's KansasFest.
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In show #45 of Open Apple, the only coed co-hosted Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with Mark Kriegsman, author of Apple II game Star Blaster and creator of FastLED, about hardware, software, Woz, music, that other Jobs movie and more.
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In show #44 of Open Apple, the only coed co-hosted Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with original Beagle Bros Randy Brandy, Mark Simonsen, Alan Bird and Tom Weishaar. Also Andrew Roughan gives us a preview of OzKfest 2015, and we talk Apple II news, games and more!
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In episode 43 of the best coed, co-hosted Apple II podcast, Quinn and Mike chat with hardware hacker Ben Heck about the Apple -1, the IIGS laptop and more.
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This month on Open Apple, we close out the year with our traditional Year-End Roundtable discussion. We're joined by Eric 'Sheppy' Shepard, Sarah W., and Carrington Vanston.
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This month on Open Apple, Quinn & Mike chat with Randy Brandt about IO Silver, Beagle Bros & more. Also this month, we remember Bob Bishop and trade our favorite PM tips for our aging Apples.
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In show #40.5 of Open Apple, the only co‐hosted Apple II podcast, Quinn
& Mike provide a commentary track for season 2, episode 4 of The Goldbergs, "Shall We Play A Game?"
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In show #40 of Open Apple, the Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with Chris Torrence about Assembly Lines and Roger Wagner, printers, and Lode Runner.
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In show #39 of Open Apple, the only currently active Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with author and developer Gary B. Little, chat about Halt & Catch Fire, Apple IIc peripherals, and introduce new show segments and more.
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In show #38 of Open Apple, the only Apple II podcast, Quinn & Mike chat with the Lawless Legends team about their upcoming RPG, KansasFest 2014 memories and more.
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This month on Open Apple, Mike chats with Quinn Dunki about her early programming experiences, and she gives us a brief overview of the development of her 6502-based homebrew computer, Veronica. Other topics this month: Apple IIc clones, KansasFest, Ultima IV on the IIGS, Quinn's cease and desist from Origin Systems, Halt and Catch Fire, The Goldbergs and more.
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In show #36 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Evan Koblentz about VCF East, Softalk, and the Apple2pi.
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In show #35 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Sean Fahey about KansasFest, Uthernet, SIlvern Castle, and the Mac.
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In this end-of-2013 panel, Open Apple hosts Mike Maginnis and Ken Gagne talk with Andy Molloy, Ivan Drucker, and David Schmenk about the Apple II in 2013.
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In show #33 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Andrew Schultz about interactive fiction, JSMESS, and SCOTTEVEST.
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In show #32 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Bill Martens about Steve Wozniak and the WOZPAK.
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In show #31 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Brendan Robert about JACE, Lawless Legend, Texas game companies, and more.
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In show #30 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Charles Mangin of the RetroConnector about the Jobs film and more.
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Steve Wozniak, inventor of the Apple-1 and Apple II, spoke with the Open Apple podcast at KansasFest 2013 about Steve Jobs, Randy Wigginton, and more.
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KansasFest 2013 hosted a roundtable podcast with Mike Maginnis & Ken Gagne (Open Apple), Carrington Vanston (1 MHz), and Kevin Savetz (ANTIC).
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In show #28 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Mike Willegal about the Apple-1, the Jobs film, and more.
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In show #28 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Lon Seidman about Raspberry Pi, Karateka, Steve Wozniak, and more.
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In show #27 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Daniel Kruszyna about demoparties, iSteve, clones, and more.
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In show #26 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Earl Evans about Z80, Brutal Deluxe's Zephyr game, Disney, and more.
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In show #25 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Egan Ford about space music, CPU speeds, abandoned Apples, and more.
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In show #24 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Jimmy Maher about book publishing, the Steve Jobs movie, and more.
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In this end-of-2012 panel, Open Apple hosts Mike Maginnis and Ken Gagne talk with Andy Molloy, Peter Neubauer, Vince Briel & Antoine Vignau about the Apple II.
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In show #22 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Kevin Savetz about Commodore 64 programming, Apple-1 prototypes & more.
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In show #21 of Open Apple, the only co‐hosted Apple II podcast, Mike chats with Geoff Weiss, who does double duty as co-host & guest.
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In show #20 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Ewen Wannop, creator of Spectrum, about IF, the next Apple II, and more.
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In show #19 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with David Schmidt, creator of ADTPro, about iOS games, the Apple III, and more.
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In show #18 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Ken Gagne interviews KansasFest alumni Wayne Arthurton, Paul Hagstrom, and Jeremy Rand.
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In show #17 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Rich Dreher, developer of the CFFA3000, about Apple II hardware and more.
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In show #16 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with Martin Haye of Super-Mon & NakedOS about demoparties, funny games & clones.
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In show #15 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike & Ken chat with David Finnigan of Mac GUI about books, CRPGs, and logic board prototypes.
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In this episode of Open Apple, Ken Gagne interviews Antoine Vignau and Olivier Zardini on the 20th birthday of Apple II programming group Brutal Deluxe.
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In show #14 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, our hosts chat with Brian Picchi about conventions, Prince of Persia, iPads, and DSLRs.
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In show #13 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken chat with Andrew Roughan about Marinetti, Karateka, conventions, and e-books.
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In show #12 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken chat with Michael J Mahon about chiptune music, C64, and video conversion.
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In show #11 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken chat with David Greelish and Steve Weyhrich about John Sculley and Steve Jobs.
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In this end-of-2011 panel, Open Apple hosts Mike Maginnis and Ken Gagne talk with Tony Diaz, Sean Fahey, Andy Molloy, and Eric Shepherd about the Apple II.
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In show #10 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken chat with Melissa Barron about HyperCard, IFComp, and authentic eBay auctions.
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In show #9 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken chat with Melissa Barron about tapestries, Jobs, Richard Garriott, and iOS apps.
The post Show #9 (Nov 2011): Melissa Barron, Britannia Manor, floppy drives, and iOS first appeared on Open Apple.
Apple co-founder, chairman, and former CEO Steve Jobs has passed away. In this special episode, Mike and Ken remember an industry leader, visionary, and rascal.
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In show #8 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken chat with Kelvin Sherlock about Kickstarter, BASIC, and the Boston Computer Society.
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At KansasFest 2011, Mike and Ken presented this session that brought listeners behind the scenes of the Open Apple podcast.
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In show #7 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken chat with David Schmenk about KansasFest 2011, the CFFA3000, Sweet16, and buttons.
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In this episode of Open Megahertz, KansasFest attendees Mike Maginnis, Ken Gagne, and Carrington Vanston join forces to reflect on the world’s greatest Apple II convention, as well as review a classic edutainment title. Links Felicia Day’s guide to surviving cons Vince Briel’s A2MP3 card Rich Dreher’s CFFA3000 card Robert MacNaughton Guest voiceovers by Melissa READ MORE
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In show #6 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken discuss user groups, Mini-Appler boot code, past KansasFests, and classic arcades.
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In show #5 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken chat with Brian Wiser about magazines, museums, Ron Wayne, and Ultima.
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In show #4 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken chat with Steve Weyhrich and Chris Lackey about scanning, humanism, and gaming.
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Apple II podcaster, programmer, writer, editor, and event coordinator Ryan Suenaga has passed away. In this special episode, Mike and Ken remember their friend.
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In show #3 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken are joined by Peter Neubauer to discuss KansasFest, edutainment software, and more.
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In show #2 of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, Mike and Ken are joined by Ivan Drucker to discuss Vintage Computer Festival, iPad 2, and more.
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Welcome to the inaugural episode of Open Apple, the Apple II community's first co-hosted podcast, courtesy Mike Maginnis and Ken Gagne.
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