Re: Bob Bishop to keynote KansasFest 2011

[James Littlejohn <narguthru@yahoo.com>]

On Dec 17, 10:35 am, Ken Gagne <kga...@gamebits.net> wrote:
> 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 athttp://www.kansasfest.org/
>
> CONTACT:
> KansasFest 2011http://www.kansasfest.org/http://twitter.com/kansasfest/

Just when you think that that there is no way to meet or match the
last years keynote speaker, leave it to the Kfest committee to
surprise us all.
Kudos!