KansasFest 2018, the premier annual Apple II convention,
is scheduled for July 17 – 22 in Kansas City, Missouri. This year marks the
30th time that this event has been held. In July 1989, Resource Central held
the first A2-Central Developer Conference, focused on the individuals and
companies who were still producing hardware and software for the Apple II and
IIGS computers. Within a couple of years, the event transformed into a
conference for Apple II developers and users alike.
This year, KansasFest welcomes back one of its alumni,
Roger Wagner.
Though 2018 will mark Wagner’s third time as a keynote
speaker for the event, most current attendees haven’t had the opportunity to
hear him speak because his last appearance was 23 years ago. He has deep
roots in the Apple II community, back to the beginnings of the platform.
Read more at https://www.kansasfest.org/2018/02/roger-wagner-keynote/
or below.
Thank you,
Peter Neubauer
KansasFest
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FEB 9, 2018 – KansasFest 2018, the premier annual Apple
II convention, is scheduled for July 17 – 22 in Kansas City, Missouri. This
year marks the 30th time that this event has been held. In July 1989, Resource
Central held the first A2-Central Developer Conference, focused on the
individuals and companies who were still producing hardware and software for
the Apple II and IIGS computers. Within a couple of years, the event
transformed into a conference for Apple II developers and users alike.
This year, KansasFest welcomes back one of its alumni,
Roger Wagner.
Though 2018 will mark Wagner’s third time as a keynote
speaker for the event, most current attendees haven’t had the opportunity to
hear him speak because his last appearance was 23 years ago. He has deep
roots in the Apple II community, back to the beginnings of the platform. In
1978, Wagner started his own software publishing company, Southwestern Data
Systems (SDS), as a vehicle for some of his first software products for the
Apple II, Programmer’s Utility Pack and Apple-Doc, sold on cassette. He also
wrote a word processor for the Apple II, The Correspondent. SDS sold software
written by other authors, including Glen Bredon’s popular Merlin assembler, The
Routine Machine by Peter Meyer (Applesoft extensions), and ASCII Express and
Z-Term by Bill Blue, as well as games such as BEZARE by John Beznard and NORAD.
During the years he also wrote articles for the major
publications of the day, including Call-A.P.P.L.E., Nibble, inCider, A+
Magazine, and
GS+. Wagner is best remembered for his long-running
Assembly Lines
column in Softalk, teaching that first generation of
Apple II users how to write software in 6502 assembly language.
He later renamed his software company to Roger Wagner
Publishing, and continued to provide quality software for both the 8-bit Apple
II and the 16-bit Apple IIGS. His most famous contribution to the IIGS was the
HyperCard-inspired program, HyperStudio, which linked pictures, audio media,
and text with clickable links, a foretaste of the hyperlinked web that was to
later arrive in the 1990s. With his original background in teaching, Wagner
continued the HyperStudio legacy by later developing it for Windows and
Macintosh computers, and focusing on its application in the school environment,
to teach students to create presentations and to learn about computers. He
further developed HyperDuino, an Arduino-based hardware extension for the
HyperStudio to allow students to control real-world devices with their
projects.
KansasFest is an annual convention offering Apple II
users and retrocomputing enthusiasts the opportunity to engage in beginner and
technical sessions, programming contests, an exhibition hall, and camaraderie.
KansasFest was originally hosted by Resource Central and has been brought to
you by the KFest committee since 1995. Any and all Apple II users, fans, and
friends are invited to attend this year’s event. In upcoming weeks, the
KansasFest web site will announce registration details. For photos, videos, and
presentations from past KansasFests, please browse the “Sessions” and
“Multimedia” sections of the site.
CONTACT:
KansasFest 2018
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