Old Computer Challenge 2007 Results

["Simon D. Williams" <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca>]

Feb 3, 2007
The Old Computer Challenge is now well and truly finished... the number of
completed entries was slightly above my expectation, so I'm hereby
declaring the challenge an unqualified success. Here's a brief rundown of
who did what:

Bill Garber of Garberstreet Electronics distinguished himself by being the
first entrant to complete his challenge. Bill's contribution to the
retrocomputing world comes in the form of a slotless ROM switcher for the
Apple ][ and ][+. The ROM switcher can now be ordered from Bill's site.
http://www.garberstreet.com

Dale Goodfellow (aka wgoodf) took a shot at creating a short "film" with
his Apple //c... Using images created in Dazzle Draw and music played on
the //c, Dale's production is definitely unique.
http://80.192.34.202/Sample Files & Templates/rc07warmup.mov

Mark Stock (aka mmphosis) endeavoured to create a "one well written Apple
II program" and learned a bit about hacking along the way. Mark's hacker
emblem program rocks, but his new-found hacker pride is the real
accomplishment.
http://geocities.com/mmphosis/apple2/contest/2007/old-computer-challenge.html

Lorance Stinson stepped up to the plate with his Hermes BBS running on a
Mac IIci. Although not a very busy board, it provided a hangout for the
more iron-willed of the challengers (mostly Dale and myself).
telnet://lorance.no-ip.org

Simon Williams (aka Luddite) managed to cobble-together a bit of music on
the Apple ][+. It may well be the first time the Apple II has been used in
Dub.
http://www.archive.org/details/Framebreaker-Serial_Dub
As an additional project he also put together what is surely the
"definitive" guide to authoring web content for the Contiki browser (on an
Apple II, of course).
http://contiki.ld8.org/GUIDE/INDEX.HTML

BigD went back in time for a few weeks of hardcore 68K Mac action, and
left a well written and informative blog in his wake. BigD's conclusion
that the challenge wasn't so tough after all should serve as encouragement
to those who are too timid to undertake such a test.
http://www.dustinr.com/retrochallenge/

In closing, I'd just like to thank all the contestants for their
contributions and I hope to see everyone back in the saddle for this
Summer's RetroChallenge! I mentioned at the start that there were no
prizes involved in the Old Computer Challenge, but I've decided that at
the very least everyone who completed their challenge will get an official
Old Computer Challenge T-shirt featuring Mark Stock's lo-res hacker emblem
design... now don't you wish you would have entered?
-s

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