As August 2017 draws to a close, here is an episode we recorded in May with a lead-in we recorded earlier in August. It’s been a busy summer. Topics include: Martin Haye’s Satan Mode disk, Reactive Micro’s universal power supply, Paul Rickards’

Episode 18: Don Burtis

Jan 22nd, 2017 1h 41m

We’re back, with an episode that was three months in the making. Mike and Paul talk (in November 2016) about the state of things in our Apple /// worlds, and then speak at some length with Don Burtis (in December 2016), who designed (among many

Episode 17: PSUs, KPIs, RPS, and more!

Aug 9th, 2016 1h 7m

In this episode, Mike and Paul chat about various things that were newsworthy when the recording was made. Replacement power supplies, insights from the last Apple /// product manager, Apple ///-themed iPhone cases, drivers, Record Processing S

Episode 16: Taylor Pohlman

Mar 7th, 2016 1h 36m

In this episode, we interview Taylor Pohlman, who joined Apple in 1979 and became the Apple /// Product Marketing Manager in 1981, managing the “Reintroduction” of the Apple ///. He is also well known for the series of columns in Softalk magazi

Episode 15: Baseball and Business BASIC

Mar 2nd, 2016 1h 59m

Mike came across a reference to “The greatest baseball game never played”, a well-hyped simulated baseball game broadcast in July 1982, pitting National League and American League stars of diverse eras against each other in an ultimate fictitio

Episode 14: Daniel Kottke, Diving into SOS.DRIVER, Misc., and Etc.

Jan 9th, 2016 1h 55m

We begin 2016 discussing the “Driv3rs” python script with its author, Mike Whalen, some miscellaneous topics, and a phone interview with Daniel Kottke, from some years ago. Mike Whalen’s Driv3rs script will take an SOS.DRIVER file and extract i

Episode 13: Wendell Sander

Oct 31st, 2015 1h 41m

This month, Paul’s Apple /// has trouble connecting with the world outside, so he speculates on possibilities for WiFi connectivity, and Mike’s Apple /// has trouble connecting with any worlds at all. So, we turn our attention to literature, in

Episode 12: Martin Haye has created a M0N5T3R

Sep 8th, 2015 1h 20m

On this episode, we talk with Martin Haye about his experience writing an assembler/disassembler for the Apple /// as his HackFest entry at KansasFest 2015. Martin is an experienced Apple II programmer, who decided to spend KansasFest familiari

Episode 11: Fort Stanford, b/w Phase III: Dr. Melvin Astrahan

Jun 27th, 2015 1h 33m

We’re back for Episode 11. This time, we talk about really very small advances in booting a /// from a flash drive, the Cursor /// joystick and the history of The Keyboard Company, and a visit to the Stanford archives of Apple materials to get

Episode 10: III Drives Diverged

Apr 10th, 2015 52m 56s

In this episode, Paul and Mike talk about the wooden Apple /// sculpture featured on the cover of Apple Magazine v2n2 and an email interview with Tom Eckert, the artist who created it. Other topics include the issues and ultimate success in boo

Episode 9: Phase III: The Future of the Apple III Hardware and SOS

Feb 24th, 2015 2h 1m

Back from a long hiatus, Mike and Paul discuss the newly-available cornucopia of games for the Apple ///, and then introduce the next bit of audio from the 1987 Phase III conference. The conference presentation was a panel discussion of the fut

Episode 8: Bob Consorti

Dec 15th, 2014 1h 8m

In this episode, we talk with Bob Consorti, who was president of On Three. Among the notable achievements of On Three were the long-running On Three magazine, Desktop Manager, BOS (Bob’s Operating System), a 512K RAM expansion card, device dri

Episode 7: Colette Askeland

Oct 27th, 2014 47m 51s

This episode consists of a telephone interview with Colette Askeland, the board layout designer who did all of the layout work on the Apple /// motherboard. We learn about the incredible challenges and accomplishments that went into creating th

Episode 6: Don Williams at Phase III

Oct 2nd, 2014 39m 55s

The Phase III conference was organized by the Third Apple User Group in Chicago, held October 2-4, 1987. Dave Ottalini located and digitized his audio recordings of some of the sessions at that conference, and provided them to us. We have been

Episode 5: Dave Ottalini

Sep 25th, 2014 1h

In this episode, Mike and Paul had the opportunity to speak with Dave Ottalini, co-founder of the Apple /// Special Interest Group of the Washington Apple Pi user group. The entire episode is devoted to this conversation. And stay to the very e

Episode 4: WAPster Diving

Sep 16th, 2014 51m 49s

This month, Paul performs Pascal programming and plays games, while Mike mines the WAP DVD and finds hidden treasure. We discuss the latest MESS emulator developments as they apply to the Apple /// core, music and sound, driver and much more.

Episode 3: Dream machines, with Egan Ford (apple3rtr)

Aug 23rd, 2014 1h 3m

In this episode, we talk about some introductory and demo materials, consider some Apple /// “dream systems” and talk with Egan Ford about the work he has done preparing the Apple /// “Ready-to-Run” quick start package for the MESS apple3 emula

Episode 2: MESSing with drivers

Jun 23rd, 2014 51m 54s

In this episode, we walk through getting the MESS emulator started with the assistance of Egan Ford’s Apple /// RTR, discuss the System Configuration Program, and the Apple /// Dimensions newsletter. Apple /// Ready-to-Run SDL version 1.2 (for

Episode 1: Until the Cows Come Home

May 18th, 2014 52m 46s

Welcome to the show notes from the premiere episode of what is undoubtedly the premiere Apple /// podcast on the internet today. Your hosts: Mike Maginnis 6502lane.net apple2scans.net The Open Apple podcast The No Quarter podcast @6502lane Paul

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