Apple II convention – July 15–20, 2025
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KansasFest is more than scheduled sessions. Hallway discussions, late-night hacking, and crazy contests are all normal. One of the traditions is a door sign contest. These aren’t “normal” door signs; KansasFest door signs are often interactive, exhibit unique memorabilia, and involve extensive planning. Besides showing off your creativity, resourcefulness, and interests, the best signs win …
KansasFest is a great opportunity to meet some of the vendors who support our community. You’re able to ask questions, get help, and sometimes get special deals. Chris Torrence will have limited copies of Roger Wagner’s Assembly Lines: The Complete Book for the special price of $20. Juiced.GS is quarterly print magazine dedicated to all models …
SolderFest is a KansasFest tradition. Whether you’re a expert at soldering or aren’t sure which end of the iron hold, this evening event is an opportunity to get together, melt metal, swap stories and know-how, build cards, or repair things. If you own soldering equipment, please bring it. We’ll have a limited number of loaners, …
We’re looking for additional Apple II-related session proposals. Sign up here to present a session. We’ve had some great proposals come in over the past weeks, including the following: Power-boosting the IIgs and IIe Book: “Break Out: How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution” CatsGS – 60fps destructible 2D terrain Up Close With the MAME Monster …
Melissa Barron, the Chicago-based Apple II computer artist and KansasFest regular, is offering prints of her five new paintings featuring the Apple ][+, Apple ][c, and various peripherals. Visit her Etsy store for more. It’s amazing to see the varied ways the Apple II continues to live and inspire. You can meet Melissa and other …
KansasFest 2018, the 30th annual Apple II convention, is open for registration. Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 17, through Sunday, July 22, for six days and five nights of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. The keynote speaker will be Roger Wagner. …
Event registration will open soon, but there’s no reason why we can’t start talking sessions. 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 …
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 …