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




Open Apple show

Summary: <a href="https://www.open-apple.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/hbcc.jpg" title="Escape from the Homebrew Computer Club" class="thickbox" data-wpel-link="internal"></a>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.<br> Congratulations to Antony Mauget, who <a href="https://www.open-apple.net/namethegame/" title="Name the Game | Open Apple" data-wpel-link="internal">named the game</a> as Hard Hat Mack! He won a complete collection of <a href="http://300baudmagazine.com/" title="300 BAUD MAGAZINE :: a periodical journal of retrocomputing" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">300 Baud</a> magazine. Next month’s winner of the easiest Name the Game contest ever gets a $20 gift certificate to the <a href="http://juiced.gs/store/" title="Online Store | Juiced.GS" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Juiced.GS</a> store.<br> Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.<br> <a name="intro">Introduction</a> (0:00 – 7:57)<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.kansasfest.org/" title="KansasFest -- Apple II Forever!" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">KansasFest</a><br> * <a href="http://17500mph.com/a2drivecast" title="The Speed of Orbit » A2 Drivecast" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Tony Diaz’s A2 Drivecast</a><br> * <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_thread/thread/70cf825fd1261ba7" title="Open Apple podcast, July 2011 - comp.sys.apple2 | Google Groups" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Has Open Apple gotten too long?</a><br> * <a href="http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64.aspx" title="Commodore USA" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">The "new" Commodore 64</a><br> * <a href="http://computers.shop.ebay.com/74945/i.html" title="Commodore | eBay" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">The original C64 on eBay</a><br> <br> <a name="guest">User Login</a> (7:58 – 17:16)<br> <br> * <a href="http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/David_Schmenks_Home_Page.html" title="Lake Tahoe" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">David Schmenk’s homepage</a><br> * <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=MjAEAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA76#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" title="InfoWorld - Google Books" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">COBOL for the Apple III</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/id_aa_carmack" title="John Carmack (id_aa_carmack) on Twitter" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">John Carmack</a><br> * <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg" title="Xorg - ArchWiki" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Xorg</a><br> * <a href="http://www.sheppyware.net/apple-ii-software/wolfenstein-3d-for-the.html" title="Wolfenstein 3D for the Apple IIGS | SheppyWare | Eric Shepherd" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Wolfenstein 3D for the Apple IIGS</a><br> * <a href="http://www.retrothing.com/2007/05/apple_ii_turns_.html" title="Retro Thing: Apple II Turns 30 Years Old" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Apple II turns 30 (in 2007)</a><br> * <a href="http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/Apple."></a>