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KANSAS CITY, MO — March 7, 2012 — KansasFest, the 23rd annual convention dedicated to the Apple II computer, is now open for registration. Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 17, through...

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 -- KansasFest 2012, the Apple II convention scheduled for July 17–22 in Kansas City, Missouri, comes just two months after the twentieth anniversary of Wolfenstein 3D, the first-person shooter that, when released for MS-DOS in 1992, defined a genre that is still popular today...

KansasFest, the annual Apple II expo held in Kansas City, Missouri, opened for registration last week. http://www.kansasfest.org/register/ I'll be signing up shortly for what will be my 14th annual KFest. As one person on the KFest email list wrote: "The only day better than the day I sign up...

February 7, 2011 -- Mike Maginnis and Ken Gagne, two long-time Apple II users, are proud to announce the Apple II community's first co-hosted podcast. Open Apple, a monthly show dedicated to Steve Wozniak's most famous personal computer, begins broadcasting today at http://www.open-apple.net/...

Bob Bishop, co-founder of Apple's R&D lab, will be the keynote speaker at KansasFest 2011. Bob is part of the early history of the Apple computer and has developed numerous commercial software titles, worked side-by-side with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, written a book on assembly language...

A reminder that this weekend is the last opportunity to get the Early Bird discount for KansasFest 2010! *After May 31st, registration rates go up by at least $55. *Prices include conference admission and room and board. *Sign up today at http://www.kansasfest.org/register/ KansasFest 2010 is...

KANSAS CITY, MO -- April 12, 2010 -- KansasFest, the 21st annual convention dedicated to the Apple II computer, is now open for registration. Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 20th...

Sorry if this has already been reported here, but I thought an email I received this weekend would be of interest to the vintage computing community: The FC5025 5.25" USB floppy controller is now available! Device Side Data's FC5025 USB 5.25" floppy controller plugs into a USB port and enables...

KANSAS CITY, MO -- December 22, 2009 -- Mark Simonsen, employee number three and later owner of Beagle Bros, will be the keynote speaker at KansasFest 2010. At Beagle Bros, whose popular software products for the Apple II hobbyist demonstrated the publisher's quirky sense of humor, Mark...

KANSAS CITY, MO -- April 21, 2009 -- KansasFest, the 20th annual convention dedicated to the Apple II computer, is now open for registration. The conference will be held at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 21st, 2009, through Sunday the 26th. The keynote...

KANSAS CITY, MO - December 18, 2008 - Technology historian and documentarian Jason Scott will be the keynote speaker at KansasFest 2009, the world's only Apple II computer convention. Scott, whose documentary about dial-up bulletin board systems was presented at KansasFest 2007, brings with him...

KANSAS CITY, MO - January 10, 2008 - Lane Roathe, cofounder of Ideas From the Deep and former managing editor at Softdisk, will be the keynote speaker at KansasFest 2008, an annual expo celebrating the Apple II computer.* At Softdisk, a monthly magazine of original software for the Apple II, Mr...