Macinography

Macinography 18: The Problem with Performas

Macinography 18: The Problem with Performas

Meet the Martinettis. They’re the all-American family of the nineties. When they want a computer, they hop on down to the big box store and buy a Performa, the computer made just for them. Alas, darkness lurked from within that happy Mac, seduced by the siren song of marketshare. Listen to find out how an otherwise reasonable idea almost rotted Apple from the core.

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00:00:39 - Share and Marketshare Alike
00:11:38 - Putting Your Mind At Ease
00:23:15 - Nobody Beats The Wiz
00:39:41 - Legacy
00:51:35 - Outtro and Credits

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Macinography 17: The Print Shop

Macinography 17: The Print Shop

Decades ago, making your own holiday cards was a tedious affair of hand writing and poorly drawing a season’s greeting. What if your new home computer made it easy to design attractive custom cards? You’d make one for everybody—even Uncle Frank. Aldus and Adobe might have led the charge, but Broderbund Software was just as critical to introducing desktop publishing to the masses. But there’s more to this groundbreaking app than banners—it starred in a titanic legal battle to determine the future of software copyright. Tune in to find out.

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00:00:00 - Opening
00:00:37 - Carrying On An Old Family Tradition
00:07:57 - An App For All Seasons
00:20:22 - Knock-Off Effects
00:31:57 - Signed, Sealed, Delivered
00:35:31 - Outtro, Sources, and Credits

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Macinography 16: How The Aaron Extension Saved The World

Macinography 16: How The Aaron Extension Saved The World

If there’s one thing users love, it’s customizing their computers. Extensions were the cause of, and solution to, all of Classic Mac OS’ problems. The humble INIT made your Mac more powerful, or just more attractive. Ironically, the system that tried to kill the extension, Copland, inspired some of the most popular add-ons—especially ones that mimicked its new interface. Was Jeff Goldblum really running the Aaron extension on his PowerBook in Independence day? Listen to learn how the shareware community, and the Aaron extension, changed the Mac.

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00:00:00 - Opening
00:00:37 - INIT to Win It
00:13:47 - A Concerto for CDEV
00:31:52 - It's a Mac System... I KNOW This!
00:44:28 - Through The Kaleidoscope Glass
00:51:59 - Outtro and Credits

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Macinography 15: The Road to ARMageddon

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Macinography 15: The Road to ARMageddon

November 2020 marks the thirtieth anniversary of ARM Limited. With Apple switching to Arm-based Apple Silicon for Macs, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's Arm's desktop debut, but it's not the first time for Arm on desktop. How did ARM go from powering Acorn Computers, a veteran of the British Micro wars, into the world's most popular architecture? And how did Apple and ARM save each other in their hours of need? Listen in to find out.

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Macinography 14: The LC 500 and Power Mac 5000 Series

Macinography 14: The LC 500 and Power Mac 5000 Series

A long time ago, in a schoolyard far far away, the computer was a rarity. Apple conquered the classrooms of the eighties with the Apple II, but repeating that success in the nineties with the Macintosh would be a more difficult feat. Before the iMac, Apple launched many big-screen all in ones. Listen to find out how successful (or disastrous) this was for Apple in their most challenging era yet.

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Contact Us You can find Dan on twitter @kefkafloyd and Jake on twitter @jakepugh. We’re available on your podcast platform of choice, and if you like us, a five star rating or review would be greatly appreciated. You can visit our website at icongardenshow.com or post in the Ars thread by going to bit.ly/tigsthread. Some interstitial music used in this episode is courtesy of the Youtube Audio Library and it was composed by Jeremy Blake. Thanks for listening, and we’ll catch you next time.

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Macinography 13: The Sexy, Sassy Story of SCSI

Macinography 13: The Sexy, Sassy Story of SCSI

O woe of the early Mac User, for they could not store more than 400K. Nay, such crimes could not stand! It was not the serial drive nor the hyperdrive that would lead them to storage salvation. Forsooth, it is SCSI that would lead the Mac faithful to the promised land of mass storage. Listen in for the tale of SCSI’s attempt to bring order to the chaotic world of storage.

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Macinography 12: The Macintosh II Series

Macinography 12: The Macintosh II Series

Steve Jobs loved his all-in-one Mac, but not everyone was happy with its limitations. Even before Steve’s departure, engineers were planning a new expandable Mac with color screens and lots of power. From the cancelled Big Mac to a Wicked Fast IIfx, the projects that made the Macintosh II series were some of Apple’s most influential. Listen in to hear the tale of the Mac’s second act.

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Macinography 11: Trackpads and the Portable Pointing Device Wars

Macinography 11: Trackpads and the Portable Pointing Device Wars.

Today, every laptop in the world comes equipped with a touchpad. But it wasn’t always that way. What came before the trackpad? What did it have to beat to be number one? And who had one first? We touch on these complicated questions on this installment of Macinography.

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Contact Us You can find Dan on twitter @kefkafloyd and Jake on twitter @jakepugh. We’re available on your podcast platform of choice, and if you like us, a five star rating or review would be greatly appreciated. You can visit our website at icongardenshow.com or post in the Ars thread by going to bit.ly/tigsthread. Some interstitial music used in this episode is courtesy of the Youtube Audio Library and it was composed by Jeremy Blake. Thanks for listening, and we’ll catch you next time.

Macinography 10: OpenDoc and Apple’s Development Doldrums

Macinography 10: OpenDoc and Apple’s Development Doldrums

In the beleaguered era, developing for the Macintosh was radically different than today. But one project of Apple’s stood out from the rest. OpenDoc wasn’t just a way to link data, but aimed to redefine how we interact with documents and applications. With partners like IBM, Novell, and WordPerfect, how could it fail? Listen to find out.

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Contact Us You can find Dan on twitter @kefkafloyd and Jake on twitter @jakepugh. We’re available on your podcast platform of choice, and if you like us, a five star rating or review would be greatly appreciated. You can visit our website at icongardenshow.com or post in the Ars thread by going to bit.ly/tigsthread. Some interstitial music used in this episode is courtesy of the Youtube Audio Library and it was composed by Jeremy Blake. Thanks for listening, and we’ll catch you next time.

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Macinography 9: The First PowerBooks

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Macinography #9: The First PowerBooks

In the eighties, our arms ached from lugging around big, heavy portable computers everywhere. Some companies started making laptops, but the real game changer were notebooks made by NEC and Compaq. Where was Apple in all of this? They stumbled with the Mac Portable, but a resourceful team had a plan: make the smallest, most powerful notebooks on the market. Listen in to learn about the birth of the PowerBook and how Apple changed laptop history.

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Contact Us You can find Dan on twitter @kefkafloyd and Jake on twitter @jakepugh. We’re available on your podcast platform of choice, and if you like us, a five star rating or review would be greatly appreciated. You can visit our website at icongardenshow.com or post in the Ars thread by going to bit.ly/tigsthread. Some interstitial music used in this episode is courtesy of the Youtube Audio Library and it was composed by Jeremy Blake. Thanks for listening, and we’ll catch you next time.