Apple II convention – July 16–21, 2024
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While the evenings and nights of KansasFest are renowned for their spontaneity, the mornings and afternoons are reserved for sessions spanning a variety of uses, extensions, and applications of the Apple II family. Just as varied as these sessions are the good people who volunteer to present them. If you have a topic you’d like …
KansasFest, the 26th 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 22, through Sunday, July 27, for six days and five nights of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. The week kicks …
KansasFest 2014, the Apple II convention, is scheduled for July 22 –27 in Kansas City, Missouri. Margot Comstock, co-founder and editor of the much-loved Softalk magazine, will join us with a keynote presentation. Comstock and Al Tommervik founded Softalk in 1980 to share the hardware, software, and people behind the Apple II. At its peak, …
Who goes to KansasFest? A series of short interviews published on Computerworld from Ken Gagne tries to answer this question. Through these videos, you’ll meet some diverse and interesting guys and gals who attended KansasFest 2013. When you’re done with those, enjoy three bonus interviews. Thank you to Ken for planning, recording, and publishing all …
What did you miss at KansasFest? Even if you were there, you probably slept at least once and missed something exciting. Many people have shared their photos. The PDF of the booklet you received is online. Many presentations and related files are getting archived and shared. HackFest winners are listed, and some entries are posted. …
We had seven HackFest participants this year. The judges were Eric Shepherd, Eric Rucker, and James Littlejohn. Competitors were, in order of placing: Margaret Anderson: Won a Raspberry Pi kit. Her project was a nifty Eamon mapper. Geoff Weiss: He donated his prize back to the committee for re-use. He fixed a Teach bug with …
Thanks to those who have taken advantage of the HelpKFest.org link, Amazon has paid us $135 in the past 7 months, which is being used to help with expenses associated with planning, advertising, and hosting the event. We appreciate the support of the Apple II community for using this simple, no-cost link.