Open Apple #47 (May 2015) : Jason Scott, Kaboom!, Infocom Secrets

This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Jason Scott, documentary filmmaker, historian, public speaker, and archivist. We talk about the importance of a nuanced appreciation of history, the flavors of sadness in comment threads, whom not to trust with special data and the nature of humanity, and failing at life. Don’t miss Mike Hate Sponge Delicate Snowflake Maginnis’s sigh to end all sighs. Join us to learn how to take care of your capacitors, how to count your cycles, and how to do TCP/IP on your 8-bit Apple II. Want to troll your cable company, accelerate your IIe, or play Bomberman on your GS? Tune in and find out how!   More information on everything discussed in this episode after the jump. * Archive.org – Where they store Jason Scott and a bunch of stuff.* textfiles.com – The archive that started it all.* Nightfall Crew – An all-in-one cross-compiler and tool suite for… not Apple. :(* ADTPro Updated – Version 2.0.1, a minor fix.* Becoming Steve Jobs – A book, if you’re not sick of this guy’s mythos already.* Big Mess O’ Wires – Mac Floppy Emu adds Apple II support (800k!).* BMoW on Emulation – A nice post summarizing Apple II emulation.* Pranking Comcast – My Apple II won’t google!* Let’s Play Apple II Games – Leigh Alexander’s gameplay videos.* Via Skepchick – Retro computing commercials. Take that, RCR.* Marina – A TCP/IP stack for Apple II. Yes. Seriously.* Crazy Cycles – Desynchronized video mode demo from French Touch.* Ibiza II – Another awesome FT demo. Like magic!* ReactiveMicro – Sean Fahey writes up his experiences with the new products.* TechnoBytes – A new(!) Transwarp-based accelerator for 8-bit Apples.*