As 2011 fades into memory and 2012 shines bright, the hosts of Open Apple are joined by Tony Diaz of Syndicomm, Sean Fahey of A2Central.com, Andy Molloy of Juiced.GS, and Eric Shepherd of Sheppyware to reflect on all that has happened with the Apple II and its community in the past year. Topics include favorite hardware and software releases, community connectivity, the loss of Steve Jobs, KansasFest 2012, and more.This show reunites the guests of A2Unplugged‘s annual review and is held in fond memory of Ryan Suenaga.Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.Intro (Eggnog cheesecake recipeHardware (Vince Briel’s A2MP3Mike Willegal’s Brain BoardRich Dreher’s CFFA3000Tony Diaz’s Focus IDE cardDavid Schmidt’s ADTProeBay (Software (NiftySpellSlammerMountItHashToolT40TrasherA2CommandDMS DrummerCodebreakerSideClickActiveGSEscape! From The Homebrew Computer ClubEmulation (Sweet16AppleIIGoOpenEmulatorP2EcAndy AppleII in a MacFC5025Virtual IIKansasFest (John Romero to keynote KansasFest 2012VCF East 8.0Bite the Bag 2011KickstarterRockhurst recognized by Computerworld Honors ProgramCommunity connectivity (A2Central.comRetro Computing RoundtableDavid Greelish’s The Complete Historically BrewedJuiced.GScomp.sys.apple26502 LaneCall-A.P.P.L.E.Apple II Enthusiasts group on Facebook300 BaudSteve Jobs (Mona Simpson’s eulogy for her brother, Steve JobsMemories of 2011 & predictions for 2012 (Dungeons & DesktopsPresent a KansasFest sessionApple II ornament, as featured in Juiced.GSBlatant plugs (Tony Diaz’s Reset VectorPeter Neubauer’s Advanture TrekVintage Computer Festival East 8.0Nicole PolizziApple II HistoryThe post 2011 year-end roundtable first appeared on Open Apple.