e79 – Bungie

This episode is all about the venerable game developer Bungie and how they got their start on the Classic Mac. We cover all their titles, including a trio of Marathons, terrible code names, and the coolest game Steve Jobs had ever seen.

Follow Up

• Talking Moose is coming back
  • scary moose

Bungie

• Alex Seropian and Jason Jones
• Operation Desert Storm
  • the game
  • the military campaign
• Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete
• 7 Steps to World Domination
• Pathways Into Darkness
  • Mac App Store port
• Marathon
  • creative retail boxes
  • Pfhorpedia
  • in-game terminal text
  • Super Marathon for the Pippin
  • modern ports
• Myth
• Halo
  • Macworld 1999 demo
  • Marathon references
• Oni
  • Bungie West
  • modern ports — with assistance from The Omni Group!
  • canceled sequel "Death and Taxes"
• Destiny
• Activision/Bungie deal ended in 2019

e78 – Apple Audio

Apple has been building computers — and standalone products — with sound capabilities for over 40 years. We discuss 1-bit audio, incredible hardware hacks, usable and unusable old speakers, a CD drive with a horrible logo, and even the HomePod.

News and Follow Up

• Macintosh Garden
  • main site
  • mirror on Internet Archive
• classic Word on The Talk Show
• history of AppleLink (from Eric Schwarz)
• confusing MacWrite version numbers

Speakers

• Apple II's 1-bit speaker
• Macintosh 128K's 8-bit speaker
  • sound as video hack
• TAM's Bose speakers
• iMac G3's Harman Kardon speakers
• iPod Classic speaker sounds
• Taptic Engine is like a speaker
• AppleDesign Powered Speakers I and II
  • AppleDesign book
  • Macworld article
• monitors with speakers
  • AudioVision 14
  • Multiple Scan 14, 15, 15AV
  • AppleVision/ColorSync monitors
• PowerCD
  • manual PDF
  • Kodak Photo CD format
• Apple Pro Speakers
  • Griffin iFire
  • G4 Cube amplifier
• iPod Hi-Fi
• HomePod

e77 - Word Processors

This episode, we trace the evolution of Mac word processing from MacWrite to the present. Along the way we find a secret moose, complain about Microsoft, and learn that some apps have true staying power.

• Evelyn Berezin, inventor of the first word processor
• TeachText
  • readme files
• Stickies
  • Antler Notes
  • OS X application
  • Dashboard widget
• SimpleText
• TextEdit
  • source code
  • Cocoa
  • standard text controls
  • vertical text
• MacWrite
  • 5 versions
  • Claris
    • e25 – The Works
    • "MacWorks" name
  • internet archive emulator
  • page number in scroll bar
• Microsoft Word
  • version 1, versions 3–5
  • Pogue's Jingle Bells parody
    • audio .mov!
  • the great Word 3–6 debate
• WordPerfect
• Nisus Writer
  • The Nisus Way
    • Joe Kissel
    • Take Control Books
    • History of Nisus
  • QUED
  • "nisus" definition

e76 – System Alert Sounds

For our 4th anniversary episode, we return to our roots of discussing classic Mac sound design. We cover the tragic backstory of the Wild Eep, the immortal Sosumi, the poorly named "ChuToy", and much more.

Follow Up

• Shirts coming back!

Alert Sounds

• original Control Panel
• the Simple Beep tone
• HyperCard and other sound formats
• Quack and Sosumi origins
• Duck application
• Sosumi CSS
• Wild Eep's sad story
• "The Natural Eep"
• Kaboom
• Apple's SimpleSound utility
• "Wish List: New Mac Alert Sounds"
• Moof

e75 – MacAddict

This episode we revisit MacAddict magazine and its freakin' awesome coverage of the Apple world in the late '90s.

Follow Up

• 25th anniversary Myst playthrough
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• New receipt and luggage emoji easter eggs
• Wi-Fi adopts version numbers
• Rumor mill follow-up
  • "Asteroid" honeypot rumor
  • "Super Secret Apple Rumors" GarageBand demo

MacAddict Magazine

• Archives
  • Issues 1–112 on the Internet Archive
  • Issues 113–125 on Kiwidget
• Mac|Life
  • early issues
  • official website
• Attitude.
  • "Hey look it's a PC!"
    • "That's aggression"
    • Office Space printer scene
  • the appeal to teens
  • Bungie ads
    • Abuse
    • Myth

The Disc

• ISO images on the Internet Archive
• Ed discovered some music

The Website

• The MacAddict Network
• original green and purple
• toned down green and purple
• ugly beige