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KansasFest 2016, the 28th annual Apple II convention, is now open for registration.  Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 19, through Sunday, July 24, for six days and five nights of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. Mike Harvey, a business executive, salesperson, technologist, project manager, entrepreneur, programmer,…

KansasFest 2016, the 28th annual Apple II convention, is scheduled for July 19 – 24 in Kansas City, Missouri. This edition will have a very important presence, Mike Harvey, founder and publisher of Nibble magazine, the “Magazine for Apple II Enthusiasts”. Nibble was published between 1980 and 1992. KansasFest is an annual convention offering Apple II users and retrocomputing enthusiasts…

This month on Open Apple, Rebecca “Burger Becky” Heineman is the guest, and they talk about her experiences on Kansasfest and lots of other Apple II stuff. Other than the interview, tons of other subjects that will interest the Apple II enthusiast, like a D-Clock clone and a RamWorks III clone. Link: Open Apple

Kansasfest 2015 is now part of Apple II history, and if you weren’t among the 76 people that attended it, now you have the chance to watch several sessions from the event. The videos are not from a single source, but you can easily find them all clicking on the link below. The next Kansasfest will happen on July 19-24,…

[youtube WqntkEOugYY nolink] The video above shows an amazing Apple IIc mod, battery-powered and with a built-in colour monitor. Charles Mangin, the guy behind the amazing machine will be showing it off at KansasFest. Source: A2Central

It was brought to our attention this post from Kansasfest orginizer’s webiste that the early bird registration price for the upcoming event will end on May 31. After that, the registration will cost you $55. KansasFest invites any and all Apple II users, fans, and friends to attend the longest running annual Apple II conference. Sign up for the discussion…

KansasFest organizers have published today an invitation for more speakers for the upcoming KansasFest 2015. “We’ve got about 1300 minutes of time available for folks to do sessions throughout KansasFest. With 800 minutes presently spoken for, that leaves PLENTY of space for more signups!” Some currently scheduled sessions include: Techniques and tricks to convert Apple monitors to LCD Sequencer-controlled music…

This month on Open Apple, Mike Maginnis and Quinn Dunki sit down with Paul Lutus, author of Apple II software such as AppleWriter and GraFORTH. They talk about the impacts of software development on society, the value of the individual in the process, and the trials of coding software in the woods. Link: Open-Apple

Open Apple podcast #45 is out, and full of interesting Apple stuff. An interview with Mark Kriegsman, author of Star Blaster, and a modern Apple II hacker. He has ported the awesome FastLED driver library to the Apple II, so you can drive many hundreds of 32-bit RGB LEDs with your Apple II. Link: Open Apple

It is out the episode #33 of FloppyDays. This month, Randy Kindig is covering the Atari 400/800. Here is some of the subjects covered during the podcast: New Acquisitions: Raspberry Pi – http://www.raspberrypi.org/ A2CLOUD – http://appleii.ivanx.com/prnumber6/category/a2cloud/ A2SERVER – http://appleii.ivanx.com/a2server/ News: Electric Dreams BBS Podcast – http://www.edbbspodcast.com/ – Mike Whalen and Jeff Salzman Link: FloppyDays