e60 – Everything Old is New Again

June 10, 2017

The announcements made at WWDC 2017 reminded us of a lot of classic Mac technologies, in name, design, and function.

Follow Up

Ed on Mac Power Users #380
new additions to Internet Archive Mac emulation
Apple museum visits
- Jake Bordens at Apple Museum Prague
- Stephen and Ticci at the Computer History Museum
- functioning Apple I sold at auction
Pomona prototype recreated by Jeff Rule

WWDC 2017 announcements

Control Center be like pic.twitter.com/MXWbRSzBeT
— Collin Allen (@command_tab) June 5, 2017

Mac input devices

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.