Open Apple

Open Apple

An Apple II Podcast

Episodes

April 13, 2025 79 mins

Ken, Em & Quinn reunite to discuss KansasFest & INIT HELLO, ImageWriter printers, Steve Jobs movies, web-based Apple II emulation, and games we regret buying.

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In this previously unaired episode from 2018, Em Maginnis and Quinn Dunki are joined by John Morris, creator of the Applesauce floppy disk controller.

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Ken Gagne, Ian Baronofsky & Kay Savetz participated in this Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2024 panel examining Apple II game influences.

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Welcome to Ron's Metal Roundtable Apple Assembly Lock, the annual “megapodcast” from KansasFest, hosted IRL and on Zoom.

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Welcome to the annual “megapodcast” from KansasFest, hosted IRL and on Zoom.

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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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November 5, 2021 40 mins

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 Kay 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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