e59 – Apple Museums

May 20, 2017

Inspired by the grand reveal of the new MacPaw museum and some new early Apple exhibits in Seattle, we take a tour of the world's greatest Apple collections on display.

Follow Up

Love Notes to Newton film
- map of potential interviewees
failed Crystal Quest Kickstarter
- Crystal Quest Classic available anyway
Retronauts 98: Mac Gaming in the '80s
Play Different YouTube channel

Apple Museums

Apple Museum (Prague)
- Steven's Food
- image gallery
Apple Museum (Moscow)
- Bell & Howell Apple II
- image gallery
MacMuzeum (Warsaw)
- collection (sadly) for sale
All About Apple (Savona, Italy)
- care package from Apple HQ
- Savona's other claim to fame
MacPaw HQ (Kiev)
- public announcement and video
- Tekserve
  - shop closed in 2016
  - collection planned to be auctioned
Living Computers Museum (Seattle)
Computer Museum of America (Roswell, Georgia)
- purchased Alex Jason's "Apple Orchard"
- An Exploration of Apple exhibit
the garage where it all started
- …or maybe not.
Computer History Museum (San Jose)
- Preliminary Confidential Offering [PDF]
- Macintosh Business Plan [PDF]
The Computer Museum (Boston)

e58 – Classic Mac Games

April 29, 2017

The Internet Archive recently made a library of classic Mac software available via in-browser emulation. So we played a bunch of Mac games from the late '80s and early '90s — some that we remembered fondly, some that we'd never played, and some that destroyed us.

Followup

Games on the Internet Archive

Roguelike Celebration
- possibly returning in 2017
Crystal Quest [in browser] [download]
Phraze Craze Plus [in browser] [download]
- Wheel of Fortune
Shufflepuck [in browser] [download]
- Shufflepuck Café [download]

Mac Missiles [in browser] [download]
- Missile Command
- Avie Tevanian
Brickles [in browser] [download]
Dark Castle [in browser] [download]
- the near end of Glenn Fleishman's college career
The Ambrosia Times

*Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate*

Games on Macintosh Garden

Cosmic Osmo
- Cyan
- Obduction
- Cyan Collection Steam bundle
Glider [download]
WorldBuilder

e57 – Colorful Apple Products

April 1, 2017

Inspired by the release of the PRODUCT (RED) iPhone, we trace case colors throughout Apple's history: candy-color Macs, lots and lots of iPods, and some expensive rarities.

Followup

mini vMac emulator
youtube-dl command line utility
HyperCard Preview app for macOS

Colorful Macs

PRODUCT (RED)
beige vs. platinum
Power Mac 8600
iMac G3
- our episode
- five flavors TV ad
  - posted on apple.com [WayBack]
  - "She's a Rainbow"

Colorful iPods

iPod mini 1st gen

iPod mini 2nd gen

iPod nano 2nd gen

iPod nano 3rd gen

iPod nano 4th gen

Other colors

LPGA PowerBook 170
one-off red chrome Mac Pro
- Imperial Guard
iPhone 5c cases
- FlipCase match four game [App Store]
Colorware iPhone 7 Plus Retro

e56 – Behind the Show

March 15, 2017

We go behind the scenes of Simple Beep: how we create the show, a comprehensive emulation how-to, and our favorite classic Mac resources.

e55 – Crazy Apple Concepts

February 18, 2017

This episode covers a bunch of Apple products that barely or never happened, including a magic tablet, IPTV vaporware, and some wild green machines from Macworld.