Open Apple #17 (July 2012): Rich Dreher, Apple-1, Atari, and Robert Tripp

This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken speak with Rich Dreher, developer of the CompactFlash For Apple (CFFA) card. The first batch of CFFA3000 cards sold out in 2011, and the second batch is now shipping with similar sales numbers. Rich takes us behind the scenes of the product’s success before dishing on other II hardware developers Vince Briel and Mike Willegal. We look at the astronomical numbers rare Apple-1 computers are fetching on eBay and at Sotheby’s and celebrate HyperCard turning 25 while Atari turns 40, though Mike objects to the latter. David Finnigan’s new book is out, and Robert Tripp is hot on his heels when an updated and digitized version of the classic What’s Where in the Apple — and we have the exclusive interview with Bob! All this content and all these guests make for our longest episode ever, perfect for listening to while you drive to next week’s KansasFest.

Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.

Introduction (0:00 – 19:36)

• KansasFest
• KansasFest on Wikipedia
• WordCamp NYC 2012
• Behind the scenes at Tekserve
• Ken’s presentation at @party demoparty
• @party’s Kickstarter (August 2010)
• TEDxBoston 2012
• TED iOS app
• Podcasts app for iOS
• Open Apple on iTunes
• Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes in theaters on July 23, 2012
• KansasFest on backchan.nl

User Login (19:37 – 30:14)

• Rich Dreher’s CFFA3000

II News (30:15 – 1:36:29)

• CFFA3000 for sale!
• Locations of current CFFA3000 customers
• Mimeo Apple-1 available again
• Super Proto Cards coming from Mike Willegal
• CFFA for Apple-1
• Fine Books and Manuscripts – Lot 57 : Appleﾠ Iﾠ Computer -“>Sotheby’s of New York sells working Apple-1 fo $374K in June 2012

• | slide rule, All other categories of objects | Christie’s”>Apple-1 sells at Christie’s of London for $213K in November 2010

• Huston brothers sell Apple-1 on eBay
• Huston brothers don’t sell IMSAI on eBay
• Huston Brothers on RetroMacCast
• Mike Willegal’s Apple-1 registry
• BYTE reprints Woz’s Apple II system description article from 1977
• HyperCard turns 25
• Atari turns 40
• Alan Turing would’ve turned 100
• Jimmy Maher’s aborted Robot War tournament
• Classic Computer Shop
• Summer Retrochallenge 2012
• Brian Picchi’s SURFSHOOTER
• Retrospectiva competition
• The Rock-afire Explosion DVD
• Brian Picchi’s CFFA3000 review
• iDisk USB/Bluetooth card for Apple II
• Vince Briel’s A2MP3 card
• Failed Kickstarter for Battle Chess
• Crowdfunding to find a cure for multiple sclerosis
• The 20-year estrangement of the Two Guys from Andromeda
• Brian Fargo on Wasteland 2 in Game Informer
• Carrington Vanston of 1 MHz reviews Wasteland
• Best of FTA for iOS
• Brutal Deluxe releases Cadius for Windows command line
• David Finnigan’s New Apple II User’s Guide
• Robert Tripp’s What’s Where in the Apple
• Ewen Wannop’s Sweet16 Starter Kit (requires Sweet16)
• Jason Scott’s GET LAMP raw footage
• Juiced.GS Volume 17, Issue 2 now shipping

Retroviews (1:36:30 – 2:00:15)

• What’s Where in the Apple Kickstarter

Apple Pickings (2:00:16 – 2:18:12)

• Apple IIe 8 MHz UltraWarp accelerator card
• Apple IIe joystick controller
• Bill Budge’s Space Album, by California Pacific (Buy It Now!)
• Bill Budge’s Space Album auction
• Akalabeth in a plastic bag