A2Unplugged

Show 0036: The Past, Present, and Future of Juiced.GS

a2unplugged — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:20:59 +0000

Welcome to Show 0036! Show notes to follow…

Show 0035: 2009 Year End Review/2010 Year Beginning Preview

a2unplugged — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:34:22 +0000

Welcome to Show 0035! Welcome to our year end 2009/year beginning 2010 show! Very late this year, but we have some of the Apple II world’s best and brightest to comment on 2009’s most important Apple II stories and to give a bit of tribute to Joe Kohn. Welcome Andy Molloy of Juiced.GS, Ken Gagne of Juiced.GS, Sean Fahey of A2Central.com, Tony Diaz of 16Sector.com, and Eric Shepherd of Syndicomm. Apologies for the echoing of the host in this episode.

Show 0034: Joe Kohn, Rest in Peace

a2unplugged — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:02:21 +0000

Welcome to Show 0034! This episode dedicated to the memory of the late Joe Kohn of Shareware Solutions II.

Joe Kohn Passes Away

a2unplugged — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:40:31 +0000

Long time Apple II writer, publisher, and advocate Joe Kohn, best known for his work at inCider/A+and Shareware Solutions II, passed away this week. A2Central.com has the story.My deepest sympathies to Joe’s family. While I have not had contact with him in several years, there was no one more supportive of the Apple II.

Show 0033: Mt. KeiraFest Coverage Featuring Andrew Roughan

a2unplugged — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:59:24 +0000

Welcome to Show 0033! In this episode, noted Apple II programmer Andrew Roughan (best known right now for his work with the Marinetti Open Source Project, aka MOSP), tells us about the first Mt. KeiraFest, an Apple II gathering held in Australia that coincides with the long running KansasFest conference in the United States. Thanks for listening!

Show 0032: Live from KansasFest 2009!

a2unplugged — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:05:41 +0000

Welcome to Show 0032! Recorded live at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, this episode of A2Unplugged fills us in on the happenings at the in-progress KansasFest 2009, recording with an open microphone and in the A2Central.com irc chat room. Guests this episode include Andy Molloy from Juiced.GS magazine and the KansasFest committee, noted Apple II programmer and owner and operator of Syndicomm Eric Shepherd, and official KansasFest Tweeter Kirk Mitchell.

This KansasFest was filled to the brim with 25 sessions, including after dinner and two session tracks on Saturday, including Vince Briel’s Replica-1 workshop. It was also filled with new attendees (20% of attendees were first time KFesters) and new products (including the Apple II VGA Card, Sweet 16 2.0 and 2.1, two new NDAs and four new CD-ROM projects from Sheppy,a new Marinetti FAQ and two new DAs from A2Unplugged’s own Ryan Suenaga, a wall calendar and a new volume from Juiced.GS, and a MP3 player prototype by Vince Briel. KansasFest was being Tweeted and otherwise reported on by Kirk Mitchell. Also discussed were the keynote by Jason Scott of Textfiles.com and Ivan’s IIe card session.

A2Unplugged at KansasFest 2009

a2unplugged — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:33:34 +0000

I was hoping to get up a new, long overdue episode up before leaving Honolulu, but that did not happen. However, I am indeed at Rockhurst University for KansasFest 2009, sitting near Eric “Sheppy” Shepherd and Kirk Mitchell.

Show 0031: 2008 Year End Review/2009 Year Beginning Preview

a2unplugged — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:22:10 +0000

Welcome to Show 0031! Our annual year in review/new year preview edition features Andy Molloy and Ken Gagne of Juiced.GS magazine, Sean Fahey of A2Central.com, Tony Diaz of Apple2.org, Apple2.info, 16Sector.com, and Eric Shepherd of Syndicomm. Our topics this episode include a review of KansasFest 2008 and preview of KansasFest 2009. We look at new hardware including James Littlejohn’s LittlePower, AppleLogic’s work, and 16Sector’s revived products. Ken’s Apple II hardware makes a comeback and we all admire the winner of the eBay auction for a new in box IIc. While there’s less development in software, Kelvin Sherlock’s ProFUSE and Java based IIgs assembler are noteworthy. Tony brings back Lost Classics with a huge name, ProTERM 3.1, and we look at emulators like Virtual II, Sweet16, AppleWin, and KEGS, as well as new ones for the Nintendo Wii and DS. A coffee table book from What is the Apple IIgs is discussed. Finally, our picks and plugs include KansasFest, ProTERM 3.1, Virtual Apple, ADTPro, Juiced.GS, the Focus card, the Sirius card, AppleLogic.org, WordPress, 16Sector, Bit Stampede, and the entire Apple II community.

Show 0030: Catching Up with Burger Becky Heineman

a2unplugged — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:38:18 +0000

Welcome to Show 0030! I’ve had all kinds of issues getting this show out, and if you’re interested you can read my personal blog (if you’re not, ignore this!). Email this episode from Charlie, Antoine, and Rob (thanks, gang!). A new Apple II blog has surfaced, and where in the world is Carrington Vanston (to be fair, I’m just as tardy as the Big, Bad, Bald Canadian)? In this episode, the most request interview subject in the history of Apple II podcastion: Burger ~~Bill~~ Becky Heineman!

Equipment Delays Plague A2Unplugged

a2unplugged — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:40:12 +0000

I’m better enough to record, but I discovered that during what I’m calling “the truck fiasco”, my Logitech Clearchat Pro headset was stolen. I have to find my backup headset to record. Sorry for the (additional) delay.