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James and John discuss eBay finds: JLPGA PowerBook, Macintosh Classic II, and Macintosh II. Joe from Joe's Computer Museum repairs John's problem SE/30 logic boards, ands news includes iMac inspired iPhone cases, OpenEmulator, and an Apple themed Geo Metro. Join our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, watch us on YouTube, and visit us at RetroMacCast.

Why didn't Apple's Unix-based A/UX become the Mac OS of the future? Original text by Basal Gangster. UniSoft mentions A/UX exactly once in the darker recesses of its website. A/UX 1.0 demo on the Computer Chronicles, 1989. Demo starts at ~19 minutes. Watch the announcement of Carbon at WWDC 1998. Sean Parent describes how Carbon almost didn't happen, a classic case of sticking to your guns until Steve Jobs adopts your idea. The fight over multiuser features and authentication requirements for Mac OS X as told by Avie Tevanian and (separately) Steve Jobs. Bill Warner tells his story about founding Avid and switching from Apollo workstations to the Macintosh. Individual parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (the Mac part). Cropped 16:9 in one piece. Watch Bill Warner demonstrate the Avid/1 Media Composer on a Macintosh II in 1989 for an Avid promo tape and for WBZ TV Massachusetts.

The Macintosh's year in review for 1988: some reached milestones, some threw stones, and some wished they'd stayed at home. Original text by the late Charles Seiter, Macworld, January 1989. Macworld: In Memoriam. Charles was just 58 when he passed. If you ever spotted a heavy math, science, or programming and development tool-related article in Macworld, you could be certain to find Charles' name nearby. I believe this particular article was, unfortunately, his only excursion into humorous editorials. I had a little contact with Charles back in 2004 after I thanked Macworld's team of contributing editors for teaching me that, contrary to what I had been taught in school, writing could be fun. Clip of Jean-Louis Gassee's story about having dinner with John Sculley from the 2011 “Steve Jobs' Legacy” event at the Churchill Club. Even the Newton marketing team acknowledged people sort of looked down upon John Sculley's technical background. Gassee's new book “Grateful Geek” is out now. His old book is too. nVIR clip from Don Swaim interview with Cliff Stoll, author of The Cuckoo's Egg. The WayBack Machine does not have the source file but I do. The Computer Chronicles' whirlwind tour of Boston Macworld Expo 1988. Bill Gates' observation about borrowing ideas from Xerox. On the DRAM crisis of 1988. Mainframe and VAX connectivity makes up a fairly large percentage of the marketing material coming out of Apple in the late ‘80s, as you can see from The ReDiscovered Future and the Apple User Group VHS Archive. As told by Bob Supnik and many others, DEC was already thoroughly doomed by the late 1980s. Pre-QuickTime Video production on the Mac II was, by today's standards, weird and expensive. WordPerfect 1.0 and 2.0 weren't heralded as very Mac-like, unlike v3.5, which shipped around the time Microsoft Word 6 ate everyone else's lunch. Not all early CD-ROM titles were as compelling as Myst: About Cows v3.09, $40USD. How AutoCAD was ported to the Macintosh II–with a dirty hack. Apple and Stephen Wolfram pushing Mathematica 1.0. The first few years of fax software on the Macintosh were a bit of a disaster. Apple'e entry was particularly embarrassing. Macworld even called the AppleFax software/hardware package “beleaguered”. 1989 was the year John Norstad's Disinfectant began to spread like wildfire. We usually received a new version every 3-6 months via my father's employer. It's remarkable software distribution at that scale happened at all when you think about how few people people had modems back then.

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In an interview conducted shortly before the dawn of the Macintosh II, Andy Hertzfeld talks about product design, NeXT, leadership, PostScript, designing products for the broadest possible audience, Windows 1.0, copyrighted code, graphics accelerators, unsung heroes of the Mac team, growing up, and Macintosh Servant. Original text from Macworld, February 1987. Unison World/Print Shop lawsuit (casetext) clip from the 1986 “Second Hand Computers” episode of the Computer Chronicles. Early days of Radius clip from Andy Hertzfeld speaking at the 2004 Mac OS X Conference. Windows 1.0 was allegedly going to do overlapping windows at first. As explained in “Barbarians Led by Bill Gates” (Edstrom and Eller, 1998) the product nearly died in its early years before two guys at a drunken company party unintentionally to transformed it into a 32-bit protected mode OS/2 killer. (The 32-bit part wasn't accidental, just the OS/2 part.)

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This week we discuss Apple's all-in-one keyboard computer patent. Apple launches inaugural Entrepreneur Camp for Latin founders. Apple to rolls out iOS 15.4. We also cover Apple's Peek Performance Event introducing M1 Ultra, Mac Studio, Studio Display, iPhone SE 5G, iPad Air with M1, and Friday Night Football on Apple TV+. Picks: Hello Mac OSX Tiger, Sophie Wilson creator of the ARM Instruction Set.

John and John discuss eBay Finds: Apple employee blanket, Macintosh II, and 1984 Apple Collection catalog. John boots his G4 Mac mini into OS 9, and news includes event rumors, a new Apple IIc keyboard, and retro Mac keycaps.

MFM #159 MJ house update Recap: Last episode the guys spoke about buying MJ’s house. The plan was to potentially turn it into a museum or Airbnb. Problem: zoning and parking -- but those might be overcome  Shaan: Spoke to Rally Rd and Nifty Gateway founders  Now what: What's going to happen now? Sam thinks nothing’s going to happen -- the guys are too busy. Shaan: you’re afraid to fail Collecting old Apple computers Opportunity: Old Apple computers like the Macintosh II and Apple II sell for a premium on eBay. There is still demand for these because of their cool aesthetics, and retro look. At Monkey Inferno, visitors would often ask about their old Macs over the expensive paintings that hung on the walls. Sam bets these will continue to appreciate. Can make for a good investment opportunity as retro style becomes more and more in demand.  Idea: Creating products from old Macs, such as https://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/03/Macquarium-jake-harms.jpg  Sex talk Steve Shubin - founded Interactive Life Forms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleshlight Origin: Steve started creating sex dolls, but eventually realized most guys wouldn’t order sex dolls. He pivoted and created the Fleshlight. He scaled the company with his kids. Does an estimated $50-$100m in revenue Sidenote: One of Fleshlight’s factories in Spain uses its excess capacity to manufacture prosthetics elephant legs for Southeast Asia Opportunity: Creating the new fleshlight There is a growing demand for male sex toys, especially in countries like India and China. Even in areas where it’s taboo, new discreet packaging has made it easier.  Idea: Fleshlight marketing through channels like Onlyfans. Molds can even be made from the Onlyfans creators themselves. Billy of the week Brad Kelley Started out renting space for factories and warehouses. When he noticed lots of customers using his warehousing space to store tobacco, he pivoted.  He founded Commonwealth Brands in 1991 and sold it in 2001 for $1B "I've never defended [smoking]. Hopefully, it will be phased out of society." He’s bought a ton of land since then and is now the 4th largest landowner in the US. In January 2020, Kelley put up for sale many of his West Texas ranches, offering roughly 500,000 acres with a listing price of $404 million. He also bought Lonely Planet installing a 24-year-old CEO at the helm The purchase was a failure when he sold the company in 2020 for $50m having had bought it for $70m Sam’s a fan Keeps to himself and has done “boring” businesses. In contrast to Silicon Valley’s flashy hype-machine Indie VC Indie VC was a venture firm backing mostly bootstrapped founders. The idea was to give founders a little bit of money to help them grow instead of the traditional model of flooding a company with cash and taking a massive stake. The company closed its doors, and Shaan and Sam are critical of how founder Bryce Roberts announced the closing (didn’t take the blame hard enough). https://medium.com/@bryce/the-end-of-indie-6e1b92d90b09 --------- Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. Editing thanks to Jonathan Gallegos (@jjonthan)

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP):3:57 Investing in old Apple computers7:04 Update on buying MJ's house17:46 Opportunities in male sex toys32:08 Brad Kelley, the Billy of the Week43:40 The end of Indie VCMFM #159MJ house updateRecap: Last episode the guys spoke about buying MJ’s house. The plan was to potentially turn it into a museum or Airbnb.Problem: zoning and parking -- but those might be overcome Shaan: Spoke to Rally Rd and Nifty Gateway founders Now what: What's going to happen now?Sam thinks nothing’s going to happen -- the guys are too busy. Shaan: you’re afraid to failCollecting old Apple computersOpportunity: Old Apple computers like the Macintosh II and Apple II sell for a premium on eBay. There is still demand for these because of their cool aesthetics, and retro look.At Monkey Inferno, visitors would often ask about their old Macs over the expensive paintings that hung on the walls.Sam bets these will continue to appreciate. Can make for a good investment opportunity as retro style becomes more and more in demand. Idea: Creating products from old Macs, such as https://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/03/Macquarium-jake-harms.jpg Sex talkSteve Shubin - founded Interactive Life Forms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FleshlightOrigin: Steve started creating sex dolls, but eventually realized most guys wouldn’t order sex dolls. He pivoted and created the Fleshlight. He scaled the company with his kids.Does an estimated $50-$100m in revenueSidenote: One of Fleshlight’s factories in Spain uses its excess capacity to manufacture prosthetics elephant legs for Southeast AsiaOpportunity: Creating the new fleshlightThere is a growing demand for male sex toys, especially in countries like India and China. Even in areas where it’s taboo, new discreet packaging has made it easier. Idea: Fleshlight marketing through channels like Onlyfans. Molds can even be made from the Onlyfans creators themselves.Billy of the weekBrad KelleyStarted out renting space for factories and warehouses. When he noticed lots of customers using his warehousing space to store tobacco, he pivoted. He founded Commonwealth Brands in 1991 and sold it in 2001 for $1B"I've never defended [smoking]. Hopefully, it will be phased out of society."He’s bought a ton of land since then and is now the 4th largest landowner in the US.In January 2020, Kelley put up for sale many of his West Texas ranches, offering roughly 500,000 acres with a listing price of $404 million.He also bought Lonely Planet installing a 24-year-old CEO at the helmThe purchase was a failure when he sold the company in 2020 for $50m having had bought it for $70mSam’s a fanKeeps to himself and has done “boring” businesses. In contrast to Silicon Valley’s flashy hype-machineIndie VCIndie VC was a venture firm backing mostly bootstrapped founders. The idea was to give founders a little bit of money to help them grow instead of the traditional model of flooding a company with cash and taking a massive stake.The company closed its doors... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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I often think of companies in relation to their contribution to the next evolution in the forking and merging of disciplines in computing that brought us to where we are today. Many companies have multiple contributions. Few have as many such contributions as Apple. But there was a time when they didn't seem so innovative.  This lost decade began about half way through the tenure of John Sculley and can be seen through the lens of the CEOs. There was Sculley, CEO from 1983 to 1993. Co-founders and spiritual centers of Apple, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, left Apple in 1985. Jobs to create NeXT and Wozniak to jump into a variety of companies like making universal remotes, wireless GPS trackers, and and other adventures.  This meant Sculley was finally in a position to be fully in charge of Apple. His era would see sales 10x from $800 million to $8 billion. Operationally, he was one of the more adept at cash management, putting $2 billion in the bank by 1993. Suddenly the vision of Steve Jobs was paying off. That original Mac started to sell and grow markets. But during this time, first the IBM PC and then the clones, all powered by the Microsoft operating system, completely took the operating system market for personal computers. Apple had high margins yet struggled for relevance.  Under Sculley, Apple released HyperCard, funded a skunkworks team in General Magic, arguably the beginning of ubiquitous computing, and using many of those same ideas he backed the Newton, coining the term personal digital assistant. Under his leadership, Apple marketing sent 200,000 people home with a Mac to try it out. Put the device in the hands of the people is probably one of the more important lessons they still teach newcomers that work in Apple Stores.  Looking at the big financial picture it seems like Sculley did alright. But in Apple's fourth-quarter earnings call in 1993, they announced a 97 drop from the same time in 1992. This was also when a serious technical debt problem began to manifest itself.  The Mac operating system grew from the system those early pioneers built in 1984 to Macintosh System Software going from version 1 to version 7. But after annual releases leading to version 6, it took 3 years to develop system 7 and the direction to take with the operating system caused a schism in Apple engineering around what would happen once 7 shipped. Seems like most companies go through almost the exact same schism. Microsoft quietly grew NT to resolve their issues with Windows 3 and 95 until it finally became the thing in 2000. IBM had invested heavily into that same code, basically, with Warp - but wanted something new.  Something happened while Apple was building macOS 7. They lost Jean Lois Gasseé who had been head of development since Steve Jobs left. When Sculley gave everyone a copy of his memoir, Gasseé provided a copy of The Mythical Man-Month, from Fred Brooks' experience with the IBM System 360. It's unclear today if anyone read it. To me this is really the first big sign of trouble. Gassée left to build another OS, BeOS.  By the time macOS 7 was released, it was clear that the operating system was bloated, needed a massive object-oriented overhaul, and under Sculley the teams were split, with one team eventually getting spun off into its own company and then became a part of IBM to help with their OS woes. The team at Apple took 6 years to release the next operating system. Meanwhile, one of Sculley's most defining decisions was to avoid licensing the Macintosh operating system. Probably because it was just too big a mess to do so. And yet everyday users didn't notice all that much and most loved it.  But third party developers left. And that was at one of the most critical times in the history of personal computers because Microsoft was gaining a lot of developers for Windows 3.1 and released the wildly popular Windows 95.  The Mac accounted for most of the revenue of the company, but under Sculley the company dumped a lot of R&D money into the Newton. As with other big projects, the device took too long to ship and when it did, the early PDA market was a red ocean with inexpensive competitors. The Palm Pilot effectively ended up owning that pen computing market.  Sculley was a solid executive. And he played the part of visionary from time to time. But under his tenure Apple found operating system problems, rumors about Windows 95, developers leaving Apple behind for the Windows ecosystem, and whether those technical issues are on his lieutenants or him, the buck stocks there. The Windows clone industry led to PC price wars that caused Apple revenues to plummet. And so Markkula was off to find a new CEO.  Michael Spindler became the CEO from 1993 to 1996. The failure of the Newton and Copland operating systems are placed at his feet, even though they began in the previous regime. Markkula hired Digital Equipment and Intel veteran Spindler to assist in European operations and he rose to President of Apple Europe and then ran all international. He would become the only CEO to have no new Mac operating systems released in his tenure. Missed deadlines abound with Copland and then Tempo, which would become Mac OS 8.  And those aren't the only products that came out at the time. We also got the PowerCD, the Apple QuickTake digital camera, and the Apple Pippin. Bandai had begun trying to develop a video game system with a scaled down version of the Mac. The Apple Pippin realized Markkula's idea from when the Mac was first conceived as an Apple video game system.  There were a few important things that happened under Spindler though. First, Apple moved to the PowerPC architecture. Second, he decided to license the Macintosh operating system to companies wanting to clone the Macintosh. And he had discussions with IBM, Sun, and Philips to acquire Apple. Dwindling reserves, increasing debt. Something had to change and within three years, Spindler was gone. Gil Amelio was CEO from 1996 to 1997. He moved from the board while the CEO at National Semiconductor to CEO of Apple. He inherited a company short on cash and high on expenses. He quickly began pushing forward OS 8, cut a third of the staff, streamline operations, dumping some poor quality products, and releasing new products Apple needed to be competitive like the Apple Network Server.  He also tried to acquire BeOS for $200 million, which would have Brough Gassée back but instead acquired NeXT for $429 million. But despite the good trajectory he had the company on, the stock was still dropping, Apple continued to lose money, and an immovable force was back - now with another decade of experience launching two successful companies: NeXT and Pixar.  The end of the lost decade can be seen as the return of Steve Jobs. Apple didn't have an operating system. They were in a lurch soy-to-speak. I've seen or read it portrayed that Steve Jobs intended to take control of Apple. And I've seen it portrayed that he was happy digging up carrots in the back yard but came back because he was inspired by Johnny Ive. But I remember the feel around Apple changed when he showed back up on campus. As with other companies that dug themselves out of a lost decade, there was a renewed purpose. There was inspiration.  By 1997, one of the heroes of the personal computing revolution, Steve Jobs, was back. But not quite… He became interim CEO in 1997 and immediately turned his eye to making Apple profitable again. Over the past decade, the product line expanded to include a dozen models of the Mac. Anyone who's read Geoffrey Moore's Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, and Zone To Win knows this story all too well. We grow, we release new products, and then we eventually need to take a look at the portfolio and make some hard cuts.  Apple released the Macintosh II in 1987 then the Macintosh Portable in 1989 then the Iicx and II ci in 89 along with the Apple IIgs, the last of that series. By facing competition in different markets, we saw the LC line come along in 1990 and the Quadra in 1991, the same year three models of the PowerBook were released. Different printers, scanners, CD-Roms had come along by then and in 1993, we got a Macintosh TV, the Apple Newton, more models of the LC and by 1994 even more of those plus the QuickTake, Workgroup Server, the Pippin and by 1995 there were a dozen Performas, half a dozen Power Macintosh 6400s, the Apple Network Server and yet another versions of the Performa 6200 and we added the eMade and beige G3 in 1997. The SKU list was a mess. Cleaning that up took time but helped prepare Apple for a simpler sales process. Today we have a good, better, best with each device, with many a computer being build-to-order.  Jobs restructured the board, ending the long tenure of Mike Markkula, who'd been so impactful at each stage of the company so far. One of the forces behind the rise of the Apple computer and the Macintosh was about to change the world again, this time as the CEO. 

You know about the Macintosh, but do you know about the sequel? The Macintosh II was huge--literally. But its compact successors might be the pinnacle of late 80s/early 90s Apple design.

You know about the Macintosh, but do you know about the sequel? The Macintosh II was huge--literally. But its compact successors might be the pinnacle of late 80s/early 90s Apple design.

James and John discuss eBay finds: Macintosh II, 512K, and PowerBook 160. John gives an update on his super-secretive PieMate project, and news includes an Apple Glasses patent and a tiny iMac. To see all of the show notes and join our website, join our Facebook page and visit us at RetroMacCast.

This week on the podcast, Dan shares a tip for working with REN servers and load balancers, and then he and Kyle talk about what makes good knowledge management systems and how to improve your documentation. Show Notes Jim Marion Developer Day! 8/20 @ 2:30 Linux for the Macintosh II @ 4:15 Merge Request REN and LB @ 10:30 javascript_kn_server parameter #37 - The REN Server Knowledge Management Systems @ 17:00

Todays episode is on one of the topics I am probably the most intimate with that we'll cover: the evolution of the Apple servers and then the rapid pivot towards a much more mobility-focused offering. Early Macs in 1984 shipped with AppleTalk. These could act as a server or workstation. But after a few years, engineers realized that Apple needed a dedicated server platform. Apple has had a server product starting in 1987 that lives on to today. At Ease had some file and print sharing options. But the old AppleShare (later called AppleShare IP server was primarily used to provide network resources to the Mac from 1986 to 2000, with file sharing being the main service offered. There were basically two options. At Ease, which ran on the early Mac operating systems and A/UX, or Apple Unix. This brought paged memory management and could run on the Macintosh II through the Centris Macs. Apple Unix shipped from 1988 to 1995 and had been based on System V. It was a solidly performing TCP/IP machine and introduced the world of POSIX. Apple Unix could emulate Mac apps and once you were under the hood, you could do pretty much anything you might do in another Unix environment. Apple also took a stab at early server hardware in the form of the Apple Network Server, which was announced in 1995 when Apple Unix went away, for the Quadra 950 and a PowerPC server sold from 1996 to 1997, although the name was used all the way until 2003. While these things were much more powerful and came with modern hardware, they didn't run the Mac OS but ran another Unix type of operating system, AIX, which had begun life at about the same time as Apple Unix and was another System V variant, but had much more work done and given financial issues at Apple and the Taligent relationship between Apple and IBM to build a successor to Mac OS and OS/2, it made sense to work together on the project. Meanwhile, At Ease continued to evolve and Apple eventually shipped a new offering in the form of AppleShare IP, which worked up until 9.2.2. In an era before, as an example, you needed to require SMTP authentication, AppleShare IP was easily used for everything from file sharing services to mail services. An older Quadra made for a great mail server so your company could stop paying an ISP for some weird email address like that AOL address you got in college, and get your own domain in 1999! And if you needed more, you could easily slap some third party software on the hosts, like if you actually wanted SMTP authentication so your server didn't get used to route this weird thing called spam, you could install Communigator or later Communigate Pro. Keep in mind that many of the engineers from NeXT after Steve Jobs left Apple had remained friends with engineers from Apple. Some still actually work at Apple. Serving services was a central need for NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP systems. The UNIX underpinnings made it possible to compile a number of open source software packages and the first web server was hosted by Tim Berners Lee on a NeXTcube. During the transition over to Apple, AppleShare IP and services from NeXT were made to look and feel similarly and turned into Rhapsody from around 1999 and then Mac OS X Server from around 2000. The first few releases of Mac OS X Server, represented a learning curve for many classic Apple admins, and in fact caused a generational shift in who administered the systems. John Welch wrote books in 2000 and 2002 that helped administrators get up to speed. The Xserve was released in 2002 and the Xserve RAID was released in 2003. It took time, but a community began to form around these products. The Xserve would go from a G3 to a G4. The late Michael Bartosh compiled a seminal work in “Essential Mac OS X Panther Server Administration” for O'Reilly Media in 2005. I released my first book called The Mac Tiger Server Black Book in 2006. The server was enjoying a huge upswing in use. Schoun Regan and Kevin White wrote a Visual QuickStart for Panther Server. Schoun wrote one for Tiger Server. The platform was growing. People were interested. Small businesses, schools, universities, art departments in bigger companies. The Xserve would go from a G4 to an Intel processor and we would get cluster nodes to offload processing power from more expensive servers. Up until this point, Apple never publicly acknowledged that businesses or enterprises used their device so the rise of the Xserve advertising was the first time we saw that acknowledgement. Apple continued to improve the product with new services up until 2009 with Mac OS X Server 10.6. At this point, Apple included most services necessary for running a standard IT department for small and medium sized business in the product, including web (in the form of Apache), mail, groupware, DHCP, DNS, directory services, file sharing, and even web and wiki services. There were also edge case services such as Podcast Producer for automating video and content workflows, Xsan, a clustered file system, and in 2009 even purchased a company called Artbox, whose product was rebranded as Final Cut Server. Apple now had multiple awesome, stable products. Dozens of books and websites were helping built a community and growing knowledge of the platform. But that was a turning point. Around that same time Apple had been working towards the iPad, released in 2010 (although arguably the Knowledge Navigator was the first iteration, conceptualized in 1987). The skyrocketing sales of the iPhone led to some tough decisions. Apple no longer needed to control the whole ecosystem with their server product and instead began transitioning as many teams as possible to work on higher profit margin areas, reducing focus on areas that took attention away from valuable software developers who were trying to solve problems many other vendors had already solved better. In 2009 the Xserve RAID was discontinued and the Xserve went away the following year. By then, the Xserve RAID was lagging and for the use cases it served, there were other vendors whose sole focus was storage - and who Apple actively helped point customers towards. Namely the Promise array for Xsan. A few things that were happening around the same time. Apple could have bought Sun for less than 10% of their CASH reserves in 2010 but instead allowed Oracle to buy the tech giant. Instead, Apple released the iPad. Solid move. They also released the Mac Mini server, which while it lacked rack and stack options like an ipmi interface to remotely reboot the server and dual power supplies, was actually more powerful. The next few years saw services slowly pealed off the server. Today, the Mac OS X Server product has been migrated to just an app on the App Store. Today, macOS Server is meant to run Profile Manager and be run as a metadata controller for Xsan, Apple's clustered file system. Products that used to compete with the platform are now embraced by most in the community. For the most part, this is because Apple let Microsoft or Linux-based systems own the market for providing features that are often unique to each enterprise and not about delighting end users. Today building server products that try to do everything for everyone seems like a distant memory for many at Apple. But there is still a keen eye towards making the lives of the humans that use Apple devices better, as has been the case since Steve Jobs mainstreamed the GUI and Apple made the great user experience advocate Larry Tesler their Chief Scientist. How services make a better experience for end users can be seen by the Caching service built into macOS (moved there from macOS Server) and how some products, such as Apple Remote Desktop, are still very much alive and kicking. But the focus on profile management and the desire to open up everything Profile Manager can do to third party developers who serve often niche markets or look more to scalability is certainly front and center. I think this story of the Apple Server offering is really much more about Apple branching into awesome areas that they needed to be at various points in time. Then having a constant focus on iterating to a better, newer offering. Growing with the market. Helping the market get to where they needed them to be. Serving the market and then when the needs of the market can be better served elsewhere, pulling back so other vendors could serve the market. Not looking to grow a billion dollar business unit in servers - but instead looking to provide them just until they didn't need to. In many ways Apple paved the way for billion dollar businesses to host services. And the SaaS ecosystem is as vibrant for the Apple platform as ever. My perspective on this has changed a lot over the years. As someone who wrote a lot of books about the topic I might have been harsh at times. But that's one great reason not to be judgmental. You don't always know the full picture and it's super-easy to miss big strategies like that when you're in the middle of it. So thank you to Apple for putting user experience into servers as with everything you do. And thank you listeners for tuning into this episode of the History of Computing Podcast. We're certainly lucky to have you and hope you join us next time!

Todos aprendimos hace tanto a utilizar el ratón del ordenador que la mayoría ni se acuerda de ese momento. Yo sí recuerdo el proceso completo. Empezó el día que mi padre me enseñó un mac en su trabajo. No sé el modelo, pero debía ser un Macintosh II o Classic. Aluciné con los cuadrados a los que mi padre llamaba ventanas, el ratón que movía encima de la mesa y se movía automáticamente en la pantalla... Lo viví como algo alucinante, alta tecnología, y casi mágico. Pocos años después llegó un mac a nuestra casa también. Con un juego que venía de serie interioricé durante horas cómo funcionaba el sistema y el ratón. Yo dediqué todas aquellas horas a aprender aquel sistema interactivo completamente nuevo para mí. Pero no podemos pedir a nuestros usuarios que dediquen todo ese tiempo a aprender los productos digitales que diseñamos. Los usuarios de hoy en día sienten que ya saben, y no van a dedicar tanto tiempo a aprender y entender una nueva web o app. Por eso ahora nos toca a los diseñadores avanzarnos aplicando el diseño de interacción (IxD) y crear el idioma común para que los usuarios y la tecnología se entiendan. La semana pasada te presenté el IxD. Esta semana vamos a ver cómo llevarlo a la práctica. ¿Empezamos? NOTA: Todas las notas de este podcast y enlaces mencionados están disponibles en el post que acompaña al episodio en mi web: https://maria-pascual.es/podcast. Puedes seguirme también en: El blog del podcast: subscríbete a la newsletter en https://maria-pascual.es/podcast Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariapascualcerdan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leccionesuiparacreativos Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4BGqNgANgOHn5QjUiF6O4c

Tweet on CATSThis CATS review might change your mind about seeing the movie. Spoiler: Gilbert still isn't seeing it.Cortex Theme SystemCortex PodcastMark GalerKyle's Dear Theodosia CoverCanon RF 70-200 firmware update confirmedWhoops, B&H posted the EOS-1D X Mark III too earlySony A9 IICanon EOS M6 MK IISony A6600Panasonic S1HLogitech Cordless Access with Zero Degree Tilt (Amazon)LG 5K2K Ultrawide MonitorAmazonBasics Wall-Mount Monitor Arm, which is working great so far (Amazon)Rain Design mStand for laptopsWhat we meant to say was ADB, not ADCAlso, the "D" in ADC is for "display," not "device."The Macintosh II was offered with a choice of the ADB keyboard or the Apple Extended Keyboard, which also connected via ADBNote: None of these are affiliate links, but perhaps in the future they will be. Because why not?

As the 2010's end, we debate when the decade ends. We fact check iOS 13.3's fix on UWB bug and ATP increments. We follow up on TCC, and the $100K Mac Pro. iDevices get key-based protection, webAuthn, IBM Workgroup Updates on Swift.org, Hype Cycles, and a cheaper Apple Arcade cost are also covered. We look back at the last 10 years of Apple innovation, news and changes. Amazon, Google, Apple and the Zigbee Alliance to develop connectivity standard. Picks: Swift For Good, Fork - a fast and friendly git client for Mac and Windows. Special Guest: Mike Vinakmens.

You know you want a Macintosh II. But wouldn’t it be wiser to wait? Written by Steven Levy, The Iconoclast, Macworld November 1987. Text available in HTML and ePub.

A backstage look at the creation of the Macintosh II and the unsung heroes who designed it. Written by Steven Levy, The Iconoclast, Macworld May 1987. Text available in HTML and ePub.

In 1987, Mark Hollis, a practice management consultant in New York City, began to research practice management software for several clients and friends, including a dentist and a family practitioner.   Mark determined that, thanks to their ease of use, Macintosh computers would be best for his clients. He bought a Macintosh II and began looking for suitable software for his friends. A year later, after attending numerous trade shows and seeing many demos, Mark discovered HealthCare Communications, Inc. (HCC). Mark knew that their software was the one that met his criteria, and soon MediMac, DentalMac, and ChiroMac became an integral part of his practice management consultancy.   Mark Hollis had continuous experience with MediMac, DentalMac, and ChiroMac marketing, sales, training and support for the next 15 years. He and his organization supported and consulted with over 600 clients in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. 20-30% of all dentists and physicians who used MediMac, DentalMac, or ChiroMac nationwide were Mark's clients, due in great measure to the superior ongoing local support he and his staff provided. During the past decades, Mark was responsible for designing and implementing a number of marketing and training initiatives for Apple Computer. For example, he authored a business plan for the Apple SBSS (Small Business Selling System) initiative creating a duplicateable reseller/developer model relationship. This model partnership leveraged the marketing and personnel strengths of each to advertise and produce over 200 Apple seminars, which Mark presented for HealthCare Communications.   Mark delivered the very first vertical market seminar in the nation in an Apple Market Center. This model was followed by other HCC sales representatives throughout the US and significantly contributed to the success of HCC. At Apple's request, he developed and implemented a national training program for Apple MicroAge resellers interested in the healthcare market. He worked with an Apple Evangelist to the healthcare market to create and deliver a seminar program across the US at Apple Market Centers and SBA offices. Interested doctors who attended these activities were put in contact with local representatives. Many of Mark's sales and marketing initiatives provided the model for numerous HCC marketing programs. He was given numerous awards by HCC for his contributions and for being the top sales representative in the US.   The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) requested that Mark construct and deliver a practice management course to dental students at their school, which he did for several years. Mark has also delivered several presentations at various dental and medical meetings.   Mark continued to work with DentalMac customers, providing training, support, and service. He maintained a cooperative relationship with the MacHealth™ division of WebMD, and worked together with the Lincoln Nebraska staff to maintain customer satisfaction. He, along with his wife and business partner Mickey, have been steadfast in their commitment to their clients, to MediMac, DentalMac, and ChiroMac, and to the Macintosh platform. Mark found many ways to enhance what his clients were able to accomplish with MacHealth software. Mark was an Apple VAR for 12 years and participated in Apple's Science and Technology initiative. He was an Apple Product Professional, Apple Solutions Expert (ASE), a member of Apple Consultant Network (ACN), and a Macintosh Trainer for 10 years. By 2004 Mark felt the need to advance the software and support to a new level to create the next generation of Practice Management. His thinking was shared by the original programmer of MediMac, DentalMac and ChiroMac, Patrick Clyne. Together they founded MacPractice, Inc. in May 2004.   https://www.macpractice.com/

Motorola wypuściła w 1987 roku procesor MC68030 z rodziny MC68000, zwany potocznie 030. Co ciekawe, była to wersja rozwojowa pierwszego, w pełni 32 bitowy procesor Motoroli 68020. Historia MC68030 związana jest z wieloma ciekawymi urządzeniami, jak Amiga 3000, Amiga 4000/030, słynny Macintosh II oraz Atari Falcon. Projekt procesora mocno skupiał się na zwiększeniu wydajności oraz optymalizacji. Do tej pory dostępne są modele o szybkościach 16, 20, 25, 33, 40 i 50 MHz, a zapaleńcom optymalizacji udało się najmocniejszą wersje podbić do stabilnych 62.5 MHz i niestabilnych 64 MHz. Sam procesor produkowany był do 2009 roku, a więc całe 22 lata. Jednym z jego feature'ów był tzw. tryb 'burst', którego celem było szybkie wypełnianie pamięci podręcznej (cache). Polegało to na przełączeniu magistrali danych w tryb synchroniczny i sekwencyjnym odczycie czterech kolejnych długich słów w ciągu siedmiu kolejnych cykli magistrali. Zadaniem naszego odcinka dzisiaj także jest szybkie wypełnianie waszej pamięci podręcznej kontentem, który dla was przygotowaliśmy ;) A z racji 30 odcinków życzymy sobie, by nasz podcast również był produkowany przynajmniej 22 lata! UWAGA, sypiemy SPOILER'AMI na lewo i prawo. Nie ma taryfy ulgowej! Dzisiaj rozmawiamy o: - wrażeniach Piotra po zagraniu w "We were here" - https://store.steampowered.com/app/582500/We_Were_Here/ - naszych wrażeniach po przeczytaniu Warchalków 3 - https://pl-pl.facebook.com/warchlaki/ - naszych wrażeniach po przeczytaniu "Amerykańskich Bogów" - Neil'a Gaiman'a - http://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/3868566/amerykanscy-bogowie - wrażeniach Piotra po przeczytaniu "Gwiezdnego Pyłu" - Neil'a Gaiman'a - http://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/3868546/gwiezdny-pyl - wrażeniach Macieja po przeczytaniu "Programista - I co dalej" Maćka Aniserowicza - http://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/4843993/programista-i-co-dalej - wrażeniach Macieja po obejrzeniu dokumentu "Take your pills" - https://www.netflix.com/pl/title/80117831 - sprostowaniu tematu, przez Macieja, o Godus'ie - tym, że Holandia banuje lootboxy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb8ssMDbmrw i https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FApve3vF2CU - nowej karcie graficznej od Nvidii - https://www.purepc.pl/karty_graficzne/nvidia_geforce_gtx_1180_wyciekla_specyfikacja_karty - tym, czym jest GPP Nvidii i jak się do niego odnośni AMD - https://www.purepc.pl/karty_graficzne/amd_w_koncu_odnioslo_sie_do_programu_gpp_nvidii - tym, że Piotr poleca kanał na youtube "Astronarium" - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6RgJ8lYW5BGaLNM9FEMJg - nowym trailerze Venoma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Mv98Gr5pY Miłego słuchania :)

We start the show with a discussion of 2 Factor Authentication on Apple IDs. We discuss the Best Burritos in the US. We answer Allan Edmonds #askMTJC question about our first computers and our predictions for the next 5 years. We follow up on Mark's iPhone swollen battery. We discuss whether to buy AppleCare, the discuss the delay in Apple Mac hardware, SoftBank's purchase of Arm, the rumored iPhone 7 Pro and iOS Beta Periods. We also discuss iOS 9.3.3 security update. Picks: Scrivener for iOS Effective Objective-C 2.0 Episode 101 Show Notes: Apple Two Factor Authentication 1Password America's Best Burrito Ferry Farmer’s Market at the Embarcadero Allan Edmonds Mac Classic Commodore PET Atari 800 Power Macintosh Macintosh IIcx SE/30 Macintosh II PDP 11 QWERKYWRITER Computer History Museum Tech Museum of Innovation AppleCare Plus So where are all the new Macs for 2016 MacRumors Buyer's Guide - Mac Hackintosh ARM: the weightless corporation that outweighs Intel P.A. Semi Apple might announce 3 different iPhone 7 models this year iOS version release date history About the security content of iOS 9.3.3 Beware! Your iPhone Can Be Hacked Remotely With Just A Message Reversing the wall Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard Erin Thomas (Mrs. Aaron) Episode 101 Picks: Scrivener for iOS Effective Objective-C 2.0 Flixel wins Best Startup

In 1987, Mark Hollis, a practice management consultant in New York City, began to research practice management software for several clients and friends, including a dentist and a family practitioner.   Mark determined that, thanks to their ease of use, Macintosh computers would be best for his clients. He bought a Macintosh II and began looking for suitable software for his friends. A year later, after attending numerous trade shows and seeing many demos, Mark discovered HealthCare Communications, Inc. (HCC). Mark knew that their software was the one that met his criteria, and soon MediMac, DentalMac, and ChiroMac became an integral part of his practice management consultancy.   Mark Hollis had continuous experience with MediMac, DentalMac, and ChiroMac marketing, sales, training and support for the next 15 years. He and his organization supported and consulted with over 600 clients in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. 20-30% of all dentists and physicians who used MediMac, DentalMac, or ChiroMac nationwide were Mark's clients, due in great measure to the superior ongoing local support he and his staff provided.   During the past decades, Mark was responsible for designing and implementing a number of marketing and training initiatives for Apple Computer. For example, he authored a business plan for the Apple SBSS (Small Business Selling System) initiative creating a duplicateable reseller/developer model relationship. This model partnership leveraged the marketing and personnel strengths of each to advertise and produce over 200 Apple seminars, which Mark presented for HealthCare Communications.   Mark delivered the very first vertical market seminar in the nation in an Apple Market Center. This model was followed by other HCC sales representatives throughout the US and significantly contributed to the success of HCC. At Apple's request, he developed and implemented a national training program for Apple MicroAge resellers interested in the healthcare market. He worked with an Apple Evangelist to the healthcare market to create and deliver a seminar program across the US at Apple Market Centers and SBA offices. Interested doctors who attended these activities were put in contact with local representatives. Many of Mark's sales and marketing initiatives provided the model for numerous HCC marketing programs. He was given numerous awards by HCC for his contributions and for being the top sales representative in the US.   The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) requested that Mark construct and deliver a practice management course to dental students at their school, which he did for several years. Mark has also delivered several presentations at various dental and medical meetings.   Mark continued to work with DentalMac customers, providing training, support, and service. He maintained a cooperative relationship with the MacHealth™ division of WebMD, and worked together with the Lincoln Nebraska staff to maintain customer satisfaction. He, along with his wife and business partner Mickey, have been steadfast in their commitment to their clients, to MediMac, DentalMac, and ChiroMac, and to the Macintosh platform. Mark found many ways to enhance what his clients were able to accomplish with MacHealth software.   Mark was an Apple VAR for 12 years and participated in Apple's Science and Technology initiative. He was an Apple Product Professional, Apple Solutions Expert (ASE), a member of Apple Consultant Network (ACN), and a Macintosh Trainer for 10 years.   By 2004 Mark felt the need to advance the software and support to a new level to create the next generation of Practice Management. His thinking was shared by the original programmer of MediMac, DentalMac and ChiroMac, Patrick Clyne. Together they founded MacPractice, Inc. in May 2004. www.macpractice.com

James and John discuss eBay finds: Macintosh II, Apple 2 playing cards, and OpenDoc jacket. They play some Deja Vu andEnchanted Scepters, and news includes Apple Campus 2 video, Apple car, Pencil and Newton, test patterns, and USB retro mice.   To see all of the show notes and join our website, visit us at RetroMacCast

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.  It took four years of blue screen shooting in his living room and work on a Macintosh II for Kerry Conran to complete his black and white short of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Through a friend of his brother's wife, he was introduced to producer Jon Avnet who shepherded the project into a full-length feature film that would stretch the limits of computer technology. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by Megan Calcote and Darren Moser to talk about Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. We discuss our first encounters with the movie, the story, the revolutionary nature of the film, the look, the fun sci-fi gadgets, the cast and characters, the music, wrapping up with final thoughts, ratings and why everyone should watch Sky Captain.     Host Matthew Rushing   Guests Megan Calcote Darren Moser   Editor and Producer Matthew Rushing Richard Marquez   Associate Producers Norman C. Lao Kenneth Trip   Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Coordinator Will Nguyen   Chapters Sky Captain (00:02:49) The First Time (00:03:48) The Story (00:10:59 Completely New (00:19:14) The Look (00:31:34) Fun Sci-Fi Toys (00:42:12) Cast & Characters (00:44:47) Music (00:52:17) Final Thoughts (00:54:43) Closing (00:57:18)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network!   Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep our shows coming to you every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

James and John discuss eBay Finds: NIB iMac DV, garment bag, briefcase, pen, Apple III+, Portable, Apple I Replica, NIB PB270c, and Graphics Tablet.  News includes the Apple I Sotheby's auction, Macintosh II birthday, Apple II+ teardown, and Apple Collection catalog. To see all of the show notes and join our website, visit us at RetroMacCast. 

Friday, March 2, 2007.  Twenty years ago today, Apple Computer introduced their newest computer, the Mac II.  I talk about that particular machine, compare the relative expense of top-of-the-line home computers then and now, and muse about the way technology has gotten progressively more powerful, yet less expensive.Today's music is "Press YES To Start Demo," by Aaron Derington.  Theme music composed and performed by Marc Rose.There's also a promo for Yog-Sothoth.com, a gaming website devoted to Call of Cthulhu.  They also do a delightful podcast, Yog Radio.If you're a podcaster and would like to swap promos, please email me!

The Retro Mac is the Macintosh II, and in the Collection Spotlight, James and John sample some books from their libraries. The eBay Find of the Week is a set of Apple History DVDs. Current events include a rumored subnotebook and the problem of Macs holding their value.