Mac Power Users

538: I Predate the Home Computer, with James Thomson


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PCalc developer James Thomson joins David and Stephen to talk about his background with the Mac, and what it take to build and maintain the same application over multiple decades.

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    Support Mac Power Users with a Relay FM Membership James Thomson (@jamesthomson) / Twitter TLA Systems Home Page PCalc for macOS PCalc for iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch Commodore 64 - Wikipedia BBC Micro - Wikipedia Interactive fiction - Wikipedia Atari ST - Wikipedia Macintosh Classic - Wikipedia Copland (operating system) - Wikipedia The History of Clarus the Dogcow – 512 Pixels The iMac G3 Project – 512 Pixels How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook 30-plus years of HyperCard, the missing link to the Web | Ars Technica PCalc's Origin Story PCalc Version History Apple Asks PCalc Developer to Remove iOS 8 Widget - MacStories PCalc for Apple TV PCalc's Delightfully Insane About Screen - MacStories An Illustrated History of Easter Eggs – James Thomson at Hacking with Swift Live 2019 - YouTube Dice by PCalc Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable "This Is Not a Product": The Apple Developer Transition Kit - MacStories BBEdit Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Xcode - Apple Developer Blender Basilisk II SheepShaver VMware Fusion Logic Pro Main_MiSTer Wiki Main_MiSTer Wiki - Why FPGA? Photos Field Guide (2nd Edition) | MacSparky Field Guides
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