Show #8 (Oct 2011): Kelvin Sherlock, Kickstarter, BASIC, and BCS

This month in Open Apple, Mike and Ken talk with Kelvin Sherlock, prolific Apple II programmer of GShisen, Silver Platter, ProFUSE, and more. Ken builds the suspense before revealing the identity of KansasFest 2012’s keynote speaker before we look at the latest Kickstarter fundraising projects that appeal to Apple II users. We ask ourselves, “Why are Apple II users different?” when sharing knowledge, products, and magazines. On eBay, we’re looking at soundtracks, CP/M cards, compression software, and defunct user group newsletters, before engaging in a smackdown of BASIC programming languages. Finally, we enjoy classic Apple II games on iOS and challenge Kelvin to explain why we can’t port Portal to the 6502. Congratulations to Sal Bugliarisi, who named the game as Choplifter! He won a $20 credit to the Juiced.GS store, courtesy publisher Gamebits. Our next winner gets an autographed copy of Bob Bishop‘s Bomber on cassette. Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode. Introduction (0:00 – 3:36) * WarGames t-shirt User Login (3:37 – 12:29) * Kelvin Sherlock’s homepage* A Touch of Applesoft BASIC* inCider* Kelvin’s IIGS software* ProFUSE* Silver Platter from Syndicomm* KShisen for Linux* iShisen for iOS* FlaShisen* Vintage ...