Bob Bishop to keynote KansasFest 2011

[Ken Gagne <kgagne@gamebits.net>]

KANSAS CITY, MO -- December 17, 2010 -- 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
programming, and published articles in most Apple II magazines. Bob
has lived what most of us only dream about, and he has the stories to
prove it.

In 1976, Dr. Bishop knocked on Steve Jobs' door and ended up owning an
Apple I. Soon, he bought one of the first Apple II computers. A few
months later, the first graphical Apple II games, like Rocket Pilot
and Star Wars, came from Bob's keyboard before Apple had even finished
the documentation. Later, Bob brought speech to the personal computer
with Apple-Talker and Apple-Listener. In 1978, Bob and Steve Wozniak
founded Apple's research and development division. His program Apple-
Vision was included on DOS 3.3 master disks, demonstrating the audio
and video capabilities of the Apple II. Even after retiring in 1981,
he continued using, programming, and writing about the entire Apple II
line.

The stories do not end with the Apple II. Bob has hosted a radio show
using the "Mr. Logic" personality, written essays, founded a comic
book club, designed a computer programming language, and written
online riddles. Alas, Bob has not yet founded the fanciful "Subroutine
Shack" stores "for supplying software components." Today, he lives in
California, still "plays with computers," and laments that his Web
site is forever under construction.

KansasFest 2011, the 22nd annual Apple II conference, is set for July
19th through July 24th at Rockhurst University in Kansas City,
Missouri. 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. Registration details will be announced on the KansasFest Web
site in early 2011. For photos, schedules, and presentations from past
year's events, please visit the event's official Web site at
http://www.kansasfest.org/

CONTACT:
KansasFest 2011
http://www.kansasfest.org/
http://twitter.com/kansasfest/