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KANSASFEST 2019 SCHEDULE KEY: CF - CAFETERIA - MASSMAN HALL 1200-1530 CR - CORCORAN HALL CR KC - KANSAS CITY AIRPORT Registration KS - KANSAS CITY SAC - STUDENT ACTIVITY CENTER Stop by the Corcoran Lobby to check in (THE PARTY BARN) and pick up your registration packet and name badge. ================ 1530-1415 MONDAY JULY 15 CR ================ Newcomer Orientation (optional) 1100-1400 Meet in the Corcoran basement to learn KC tips for an enjoyable week. Peikop Endropov - Alex Jacocks, chief taxi coordinator 1630-2000 KC Airport ride sharing. Dinner Outing 1400-1700 Jack Stack (BBQ), Lidia’s (Italian), CR Cafe Gratitude (Vegan). Gather in the Super-early Dorm Check-in Corcoran Lobby and we will make the trek together. All eateries are close to each For those arriving Monday, stop by the other. We will need drivers, so if you have a car please offer a ride to your Corcoran Lobby to check in and pick up fellow KFest attendees. your room key. 2100-2200 1700-1745 CR CR KFest Committee Meeting Newcomer Orientation (optional) In case you don’t see any committee Meet in the Corcoran basement to learn members around, now you know why! tips for an enjoyable week. (closed door) ================ ================== TUESDAY JULY 16 WEDNESDAY JULY 17 ================ ================== 0800- 0700- KC CR Peikop Endropov HackFest Begins - Alex Jacocks, chief taxi coordinator See https://www.kansasfest.org/hackfest/ Airport ride sharing. for rules and past entries. - 1 - 0730-0830 1330-1530 CF CR Breakfast at Rockhurst KansasFest 2019 Keynote - Mark Pelczarski 0900-1000 CR Mark Pelczarski of Penguin Software, Free Time well-known for numerous graphics Wind up the air conditioning, stock the utilities, books, and games, joins us coolers, set up your Apple II gear, with a keynote presentation to celebrate settle in and meet your neighbors. the Apple II. Decorate your door for the door contest! Pelczarski began publishing graphics- 1000-1130 related Apple II software in 1978 while CR in his early 20’s under the brands The Great Apple II Giveaway Penguin Software and Polarware. He is an entrepreneur, author, programmer, One never knows what goodies will be consultant, and professional educator. dispersed at KFest. All items are free. Mark is well known for the Graphics Please be thoughtful in what you grab so Magician software, a toolkit for creating that everyone gets a chance to take home graphics that includes over 50 major a treasure. And no flipping items on software publishers as customers eBay! including Random House, Sierra Online, Spinnaker, and Mattel. He wrote monthly 1130-1300 columns for Softalk and the book SAC (not Massman Cafeteria) Graphically Speaking. Besides pioneering The Great KFest Kookout computer graphics, Polarware published - Rockhurst Catering numerous games including Transylvania, The Coveted Mirror, and Spy’s Demise. Enjoy the BBQ and get to know your After leaving Polarware in 1987, Mark fellow Apple II nuts. Lunch will be turned his attention to computer music catered by Rockhurst Dining Services. and to online courses. Mark once said “I like to make computers do things,” so 1230-1300 he’ll surely fit in at KansasFest. CR Juiced.GS Staff Photo 1545-1615 - Ken Gagne CR New Product Announcements If you have been invited to this year's Juiced.GS staff photo, please meet If you have a new product announcement, outside the SAC at 12:30 p.m. this is the time to share it! 1300-1330 1630-1715 CR CR Late Registration at Corcoran Hall lobby Session – Streaming Video on the Apple II 1315-1330 - Kris Kennaway CR Welcome to KFest Kris will demonstrate streaming video to an Apple II in HiRes and Double HiRes, Introduction of committee members; tips with 5-bit audio, using an Uthernet II and tricks for having a fantastic week. ethernet card. He will explain some of the technical challenges involved, as well as some tricks and optimizations that made it possible. - 2 - 1730-1830 ================= CF Dinner at Rockhurst THURSDAY JULY 18 ================= 1845-1930 CR Session – Apple II Software Hall of Fame 0730-0830 Draft CF - Charles Mangin Breakfast at Rockhurst Charles will moderate a panel of KFest 0900-0930 luminaries to nominate, draft style, CR Apple II software titles deemed to be Session – Fully Relocatable Machine most influential or significant. Games, Language Routines utilities and other applications are all - Ivan Drucker on the board, old and new. Join the Who needs fixed addresses? Ivan will discussion and see if your favorites share a bunch of handy methods for make it into the Hall of Fame, class of writing 6502 machine language code that 2019. runs at any address. He’ll look at NuInput and Magic Goto as examples. 2000-2200 CR 0930-1000 Workshop - SolderFest! CR Session – Ready, Player Two: Two-player Bring your soldering projects and work Karateka Conversion alongside others. Share tips and tricks, - Charles Mangin and get help from those with years of experience. Don’t forget to bring your Charles will outline the process of own soldering iron, solder, etc. hacking the binary of Jordan Mechner's classic game, Karateka, to add controls 2115-2200 for a second player. Prepare to delve CR into the Virtual II debugger to save the Juiced.GS Staff Meeting princess! Warning: She's not as helpless - Ken Gagne as she seems. For writers and editors of Juiced.GS only: we'll take this rare opportunity to sit down 1000-1030 together and brainstorm enough content to CR keep the magazine going for years to come. Session – It’s a Surprise! Please bring an idea for a feature or story, - ??? whether or not you want to be the one to write it. We'll meet behind closed doors in Don't miss this session! It's guaranteed the side room near the main session hall in to bring a smile to all Apple II fans. the basement. 1045-1130 2300-? CR Late Night Run to Steak & Shake, Jack in Session - Whiz Kids Script Table-Read the Box, Denny’s, etc. - Kevin Savetz Why sleep? You can do that when you get A live table-read of an episode of the home! May occur on this night or any classic TV show Whiz Kids, voiced by other. Kfesters. With related surprises, hosted by whiz kid Kevin Savetz. Hilarity ensues! - 3 - 1200-1300 1500-1545 CF CR Lunch at Rockhurst Session – What a Difference (Every) Year Makes: Updates for the Internet Archive 1315-1415 - Jason Scott CR Session - Off the Beaten Oregon Trail: Jason Scott of the Internet Archive An After-School Special gives his observations and overview of - Wagon Leader: Sarah W. Party Members: the continual process of capturing Apple Chris Torrence, Dennis Kovacich, Brian and Apple II history, the Archive's role Wiser, Ken Gagne, and you??? in it, and highlights of what has come by in the last year or two. Through Apple's program to provide computers to schools for free or at 1600-1700 reduced cost, the Apple II is widely CR known for being a catalyst in Session – Assembly Language: Short and educational technology and bringing Sweet (Lightning Talks) high-quality learning experiences to - coordinated by Chris Torrence students across the United States. How much do you know about 6502 assembly In this session, we will journey deeper language? Nothing? Too much? This behind our favorite educational software session covers it all. We'll do a series and games from an educator’s of "lightning talks", where each perspective. What lessons can we learn presenter will have 5-10 minutes to show from innovative educators who were ahead off something awesome about assembly of their time? How has the Apple II language programming on their favorite remained relevant for current platform. Topics include "Writing instructors? What is left for us to Relocatable Code", "Fast Graphics learn? Scaling", "64-bit math on the 6502", and more! This session will feature a "fireside chat" format where our plucky crew of 1730-1830 educators and education enthusiasts will CF share historical examples and current Dinner at Rockhurst perspectives on teaching with Apple II's and then open the floor for questions or 1845-1945 others who want to share. CR Lightning Talks 1430-1500 CR Rapid-fire, five-minute talks on a Session – Layperson's Guide to Fix and variety of Apple II topics. We have Convert Joysticks slots for 12 talks--look for the sign-up - Javier Rivera sheet in the Corcoran lobby. For the last few years Javier has been 2000-2100 fixing and converting joysticks to work CR with Apple II computers. He shares his Session - MARAT][ON 2019 - The First Run experience and tips on how to fix and - Jason Scott clean joysticks, providing samples and general information on common problems. The First Annual MARAT][ON is coming to By no means a technical or engineering KansasFest - you could be one of the session, this presentation is from one lucky entrants using your decades of user to another. Apple II gaming skills to rush through a roster of classics and obscure non-hits - 4 - to emerge victorious. Entries are 0915-1000 limited, although audience and cheering CR is not. Signups will begin on Wednesday Session - Debugging Using Emulator Time after the opening ceremony. Look for the Travel signup sheet in the Corcoran lobby. - Mark Lemmert 2100-2200 Mark of 6502 Workshop will use the Nox CR Archaist game engine to demonstrate how Ryan Suenaga Memorial Krispy Kreme Night to isolate and solve nasty intermittent bugs using MicroM8’s relatively new time Come enjoy some warm donuts and cold travel feature. Watch how bugs that milk in the lobby, as Ryan would've previously could take days to find can wanted.