The Shawks.net podcast from Mongodillo Studios had an episode where the geek of the SHC (Shark Haters Club) explained how their high tech surveillance equipment came from.
It's a surprisingly accurate view of what these machines could mean to a younger generation:
http://www.amigofish.com/catcher/item/show/1429006-tt-8303-thrift-tech- (Just a link that points to the Mongodillo site) Continue
Added by Wholly Mindless on September 6, 2009 at 4:57pm —
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Gizmodo popped up a whole set of articles based on products and technologies from 1979 - The original Apple, the apple ][+ and many many other other products and technologies are discussed. It isn't in great detail but does tend to have some great pictures.
A fun read at Gizmodo '79Continue
Added by Wholly Mindless on July 16, 2009 at 7:47am —
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The original Compuserve service was shutdown today by AOL. Although email addresses are still usable on new servers, it's no longer.
Get more info here
This used to be the core of EVERYTHING. AppleLink and all.
I'm kinda shocked it was still alive this long. Continue
I'm sorry, but I have to share these awesome podcasts. The first you've heard of and hear spots from during the Retro Mac Cast -
Earl Evans' - Retrobits Podcast - http://retrobits.libsyn.com/
This podcast covers older systems - generally before the IBM PC but slips occasionally and covers both history, details and what Earl likes to call "Modern Day Fun". What you can do with them now or what things yo… Continue
To celebrate 25 years of Macintosh, I just spent the last week catching up with the Mac Folklore Radio podcast. I was familiar with the folklore.org site (and overwhelmed by the sheer number of stories) and to find the best presented in such a fun way was just perfect.
It was a huge effort by some amazing characters.
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Despite my better judgement, I now have a Bondi Blue iMac (Rev B, 233 Mhz, Tray Loader). It's cute, sounds good and teaches me patience.
When I first tried to turn it on, no luck. It had been in my trunk for a few hours and it's not the warmest place out here. I was a bit afraid that I might not be able to get it awake but figured that it would then become a project machine. (Not a big loss) Well, tonight it came alive and surprisingly is in good shape software-wise with 9.2.2 on it. The keyboa… Continue
Stan Veit of Computer Shopper (the magazine) fame has posted a great feature article on his site about Jobs and Woz going to show off the new Apple II. Despite the amazing demo, Stan explained a business lesson...
Note: Stan was in the business before there WAS a business. Computer Shopper was magazine publishers dream - a magazine that people BOUGHT for the adver… Continue
One of our Apple // friends continues to post interesting stories and reviews of his Apple // Adventures. This time he takes a first look at Road War 2000 from SSI. A fun post! Continue
Added by Wholly Mindless on December 6, 2008 at 12:43pm —
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PC Pro (UK Magazine/Site) did a remake of the iPhone 3G ad that touts the speed of the new iPhone. What was done in a 30 second spot, took more than 2 minutes and 20 seconds on a WiFi connection.
The Advertising Standards Authority claimed that the original ad was too misleading and had Apple pull the ad.
The side by side comparison can be found here.
Is the iPhone really that slow? Do… Continue
Added by Wholly Mindless on November 27, 2008 at 11:29pm —
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CIO magazine has a huge slideshow from the collection of a guy down in Australia. You might have a lot of machines, but this guy's probably weigh more!
Slideshow -- Tech of Yesteryear: Where Old Computers Find Their Final Resting Place
Text from CIO - "Max Burnet has turned his home in the leafy suburbs of Sydney into arguably Australia’s largest private compute… Continue
Added by Wholly Mindless on November 24, 2008 at 9:08am —
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Well, we know that Brutal Deluxe the French GS development group kind of come out retirement a few months ago but I had thought they had only woken up long enough to post their old stuff and information.
That's not entirely correct. They (in particular Antoine), have gone nuts and have started writing FST (File System Translators) for GS/OS. Even Apple didn't really finish the ones they've done but BD have got an rDOS (a custom OS used for copy protecti… Continue
Added by Wholly Mindless on November 19, 2008 at 9:00pm —
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Although I appreciate that you guys want us all to join you, some of us actually have to work and can't keep getting these types of messages every few hours.
I've unfortunately had to disable email notification from RMC so if you need to get hold of me, you'll have to send it direct or hope I notice.
This may have an impact on conversations I was following. Continue
This kinda freaks me out a little but A2Central posted this as a quickie today:
Apple II emulation has come to the 8-bit Atari, thanks to Piotr “Artax” Mejer. Read all about it (originally in Polish) Google translation here… Continue
Added by Wholly Mindless on September 26, 2008 at 6:59pm —
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ByteCellar has a writeup on the Abaton Transform. I've never seen one or heard of one but it claimed to be able to convert almost any Apple II program to run on the Macintosh.
Check out the article for more details.
Has anyone ever seen one? Continue
Added by Wholly Mindless on August 25, 2008 at 11:00am —
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Gamasutra is running a great article on the early history of Atari. Not much that is new here but it does go a long way stringing the known stories together to explain why they ... I can't tell you. You have to read it to find out. But it happened in 1976 and a couple of guys named "Steve" were involved.
The History of Atari: 1971-1977Continue
Added by Wholly Mindless on August 23, 2008 at 4:32pm —
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OK, I don't normally do this but this is just too weird. I'm assuming that Apple lovers are often Jos Wedon fans (Firefly, Buffy, Angel and more).
Well, Jos has a seriously weird internet only show that goes live next week. Once it's had it's run (until July 20th) you'll need to pay to see it or buy it on DVD.
Just try it and see what you think: Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along BlogContinue
Added by Wholly Mindless on July 12, 2008 at 1:54am —
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Well, this fits the old and retro even if it isn't mac/apple (If someone can post their easy bake oven pics, I can post Tandy pics!)
This article in PC World shows a dissection in photos of an old Tandy 100 portable computer. It was a terribly neat system for its time and still has some possible uses (although the 300 baud modem doesn't sound too great).
Enjoy!
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Added by Wholly Mindless on June 3, 2008 at 8:09pm —
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