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/