Volume 18, Issue 2 (June 2013)

Index

Pages	Type	Headline	Author	Summary
2	My Home Page	In the Driver's Seat	Ken Gagne	Bicycling and retrocomputing have more in common than you think.
3	TidinGS	Get off my lawn!	Ivan Drucker	Apple's new MacPro continues the move away from expandable Apple products.
4-5,19	Review	Portable Punches & Puzzles	Paul Hagstrom	Karateka Classic and Lode Runner Classic bring Apple II games to iOS with the original graphics and updated interfaces.
6-7	Behind the Scenes	Delayed Liftoff	Antoine Vignau	Nearly 30 years after it was developed, Zephyr finally sees publication. Here's how it went down.
8-12	MusinGS	An Academic View	Ken Gagne	An interview with Megan Gonzalez and Emily Kempf, conference services coordinators for Rockhurst University, host of KansasFest.
12-14	Review	Classic Keyboards: Back In Style	David Schmidt	A review of Option8's RetroConnector keyboard shield, by Charles Mangin.
15	Meet the Staff	David Schmidt	David Schmidt	David Schmidt
16-17	II's Company	It's in the Game	Steven Weyhrich	A look at the founding and popular early releases of Electronic Arts (EA). (Part 1/2)
18-19	DumplinGS	Second Chances	Ken Gagne	KansasFest, Oz KFest, and VCF Southwest this summer; CFFA3000's third run; Apple-1 sales & books; Dave Finnigan's e-book; Jobs movie trailer.
19	Random Numbers	Why?	Eric Shepherd	When people ask Sheppy why he still uses an Apple II, this is the answer he gives.
20	Advertisement		KansasFest

Karateka Classic
Jordan Mechner's original martial arts adventure.

Lode Runner Classic
Doug E. Smith's original action-puzzle game.

Zéphyr
The 1987 8-bit action game, released by Brutal Deluxe in 2013.

Jean-Louis Le Breton
CEO of Froggy Software, original intended publisher of Zéphyr.

Richard Soberka
Programmer of Pleins Gaz and Zéphyr.

Rockhurst University
Host of KansasFest since 2005.

Option8
Developer and retailer of the RetroConnector keyboard shield.

ADTPro
Software by David Schmidt to create, transfer, and convert disk images between an Apple II and a modern machine.

apple3.org
Schmidt's repository of all things Apple III.

A2Central.com
Regular news updates from the Apple II world.

Vintage Computer Forums
Discussions about 8-bit Apple computers and clones.

Applefritter
Discussion of Apple II and /// computers and clones.

MacRumors
Discussions by and for Apple collectors.

68k Macintosh Liberation army
Apple I, ][, /// & Lisa discussions.

The Dot Eaters
Videogame history 101.

MobyGames
An index of all games published by Electronic Arts.

We See Farther
A history of Electronic Arts, by Jeffrey Fleming.

KansasFest
Annual Apple II convention in Kansas City, Missouri.

Oz KFest
A July 2013 convention held in Brisbane, Australia.

Vintage Computer Festival Southwest 3.0
A general retrocomputing convention held this August in Arlington, Texas.

CFFA3000
Rich Dreher's USB & SD input device, now entering its third run.

The First Apple
Robert J. Luther's Kickstarter-funded book about the Apple-1 computer.

The New Apple II User's Guide
David Finnigan's monstrous compendium about the Apple II.

Jobs
A film based on the live of Steve Jobs, hitting theaters on August 16.