Open Apple #10 (Dec 2011): Rob Kenyon, HyperCard, IFComp, and authenticity

This month on the Open Apple podcast, Mike and Ken are joined by Rob Kenyon, a two-time KansasFest attendee as well as a professional programmer and 30-year veteran of the Apple II. We talk about how great it is to be a part of the international community of Apple II users, even if none of us can afford to buy Apple’s founding contract in a Sotheby’s auction. Rob asks, did Steve Jobs purposely kill HyperCard to turn the Mac into a more closed environment? We congratulate Wade Clarke and Andrew Schultz on their showing in the 17th annual Interactive Fiction Competition. Plenty of original Apple II computers are selling on eBay, with Mike and Rob discussing how to distinguish an authentic classic from a modified one. We share our wishes for the holiday season, including for an affordable accelerator card and a CFFA3000, before signing off for the calendar year. Please take our listener survey, and see you in 2012! [Please note: technical difficulties have resulted in a low volume on Ken’s track, and a loud volume for Rob. Our apologies for the inconvenience.] Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode. Introduction (00:00 – 7:08) * Funspot, home of the American Classic Arcade Museum* Pinball Wizard* Super Mario Bros. pinball* Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One (hat tip: Retro Computing Roundtable)* Open Apple listener survey* Peter Neubauer’s Advanture Trek User Login (7:09 – 17:29) * GNO/ME UNIX environment for the Apple IIGS* Present a session at KansasFest 2012!* Vote...