Memory Protection

It's the end of another year, a strange year to live through in 2020 and a strange year for Apple in retrospect. Apple kept pretty quiet in 2000, releasing only what was necessary as they prepared for the launch of Mac OS X in 2001, as well as the PowerBook G4, iTunes, and iPod. We look back on Apple's transitional 2000 and discuss how using 20 year old computers have given us a new perspective on the technology we use today. Matt pulls out his Bean Stash and Josh goes through the looking glass as he discovers much more about a lost product from 2000.

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Hot Cocoa

• Oni Nears GM Status
• IBM Teases Us With Mention Of 700 MHz G3 Chips
• QuickTime 5 Public Preview 2 Available
• Handspring Releases Visor Phone Module

Year In Review

• Chip History's chip histories:
  • February 2000: Chip History
  • June 2000: Chip History 2: Son of Chip History
  • October 2000: Chip History 3: GPBoo!
• November 2000: Days of Future Flash
• July 2000: Macworld 2000 with Stephen Hackett - This episode features Matt's favorite Apple product the PowerMac G4 Towers
• January 2000: Steve's Turtlenectar - This episode features Josh's favorite Apple product of 2000.... iDisk....

Josh discovers the secret of the EPC

• MemPro Episode where we discuss the EPC
• Espresso PC Webpage with all the info
• EPC Purchase page on ibuypower.com
• Ars Technica review of the Espresso PC
• Ars Technica review of the Capuccino PC
• Sony Glasstron info

Recommendations:

• Josh
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Matt
  • Grandia 2 for the SEGA Dreamcast

Apple kept it's news under lock and key in November 2000, so while they hunker down in 2000 and we all hunker down in 2020 let's learn about the software Stove Jobs loved to hate, FutureSplash Macromedia Adobe Flash. We discuss the history of Flash, it's rise to prominence in the late 90's, it's eventual decline when the iPhone busted onto the scene, and it's suprisingly long life behind the scenes on some of your favorite TV shows.

Follow Up

• Steve Troughton-Smith on Twitter

Hot Cocoa

• History of the Web: Oct 23 , 2000 Konquerer
• Apple Creates New Executive Position to Regain Education Market Share
• Apple Menu On OS X? You Betcha'
  • Sig Software officially closed shop in May of THIS YEAR!
• The 2000 Presidential Election was a disaster, and was decided by the Supreme Court on December 12, 2000
• NVIDIA Releases New Mobile Chip, Leaves Door Open For Mac Compatibility
• OmniGraffle Beta Released for OSX

Flash ⚡️

• This article is a great primer on the history of Flash
• More info on the history of Flash animation
• A good timeline of flash and it's features over time, as well as a history
• A brief overview - this touches on Apple's decision not to bring Flash to the iPhone
  • More on Apple & Flash
  • Apple's... rather, Adobe's own Kevin Lynch's thoughts at the time
• A list of cartoons that used Flash at some point, from web only to professional shows
• The Best Cartoons of the Early Internet
• The Internet Archive Flash Library
• Flash Animations/Games Discussed:
  • Trogdor
  • Charlie the Unicorn
  • Final Fantasy Tribute - Robo Voice
  • Prowlies at the River - Special thanks to Cristobal Ortega for the recommendation
  • Dragon Age Journeys
  • The Impossible Quiz
  • Motherload
  • QWOP
  • Canabalt

Recommendations:

• Josh
  • Flash Animations:
    • Animator vs. Animation
  • Flash Game:
    • Captain Forever
• Matt
  • Show: Star Trek: Lower Decks
  • Game: Shenmue for the SEGA Dreamcast 🌀

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What would October be without a spooky story? This month Josh & Matt weave a frightening tale of the history of Apple & nVidia. Thrill at the twists! Scream at the betrayals! Delight as Memory Protection's mascot Chip History makes a spooktastic return as we discuss Graphics Processing Boonits..... uh, Units.

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Hot Cocoa

• Quake 3 For OS X Available
• Apple Releases Official OS X Software Compatibility List
• Netscape 6 Getting Closer To Release - Releases next month
• Apple Announces QuickTime 5, Releases Preview Version
• Official Napster Client For Mac OS, OS X
• Playstation 2 Hits The Market - Oct. 26th

Apple & NVIDIA

• July 2000: Apple scrubs all mention of ATI Radeon options for PowerMac G4 update after ATI screws the pooch
• NVIDIA enters the Mac GPU market in 2001 with the GEForce2 MX

Trouble nView September 2004: Nvidia can't produce enough stable 6800s, causing a delay in Apple's new 30" Cinema Display

Problem #1

From May 2007 - September Apple sold Macbook pros with some bad NVIDIA GPUs in them. Macbook Pro users started to experience video problems that were eventually linked to faulty NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPUs. Apple replaced the cards for free. - Apple: NVIDIA chips to blame for MacBook Pro video problems (Ars Technica) - MacBook Pro: Distorted video or no video issues (Apple Support) - Investigation confirms Apple Macbook Pros have Nvidia bad bump material - Feb 2009-Jan 2011: Intel sues Nvidia over chipsets being used in MacBook Pros (AppleInsider), throws Apple's roadmap into murky water - July 2009: Apple shows Nvidia the door (AppleInsider) - 2013-2014: Nvidia pulls some shenanigans with mobile GPU patents (Quora), tries to get Apple to pay up. They say no.

Problem #2

Driver problems: For reasons unknown, Apple wouldn't allow NVIDIA to create video drivers for MacOS Mojave 10.14. Mojave was released without updated drivers - apparently no NVIDIA drivers exist for Apple computers newer than 2018. - Nvidia Drivers For macOS Mojave: Timeline Of Events (Create Pro) - Nvidia on Its Lack of macOS Mojave Drivers for Newer Graphics Cards: 'It's Up to Apple to Approve Them' (Macrumors)

Problem #3

• In Sept. 2020 NVIDIA buys ARM (The Verge)

Recommendations:

• Josh
  • Movie: Digimon: The Movie
• Matt
  • Game: Skies of Arcadia for the SEGA Dreamcast

It's Public Beta time, Mac OS X Public Beta that is. Apple scores a coup by including QuickTime on the new Madonna album. We explore the beta and find out how close or (different) the original iteration of Mac OS X really was from OS 9 and we discuss John Siracusa's Ars Technica review. It's a Best in Show kind of episode, folks.

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Hot Cocoa

• Interview with Jeff Raskin - the original Macintosh Project Manager
• Apple Borrows Amazon's "1-Click" Ordering Method
• Apple Nabs Madonna's New Release In QuickTime Format
• Macworld Expo Paris Recap

Mac OS X Public Beta:

• Apple Expo 2000 - OS X Available For US$29.95 Via The Apple Store
• Revisiting the first OS X beta, Kodiak
• John Siracusa's Kodiak Review
• First Principles of Interaction Design (Revised & Expanded)

Recommendations:

• Josh & Matt:
  • Movie: Best in Show

What do you do with that shiny new G4 sitting silently on your desk? You make an iMovie thats what! Matt & Josh take iMovie 2 for a spin and see if it's still as easy as Apple claimed it would be 20 years later. We both make a couple of really excellent iMovies, Matt waxes poetic about Dreamweaver, and Josh gets aggressive with the fans after he lets his auteur status go to his head.

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Hot Cocoa

• August 10th, new G4 towers and Cubes start appearing in stores
• Adobe announces Photoshop 6
• Lucasfilm and Apple Bring Star Wars: Episode II to Starwars.com and Apple.com
• eMachines Running The Mac OS? (With Pic)

Topics: Seybold

• NotesKey Link
• [Seybold - OS X Beta Release Date Announced - September 13th, 2000](Seybold - OS X Beta Release Date Announced - September 13th, 2000)

iMovie 2

• Links to our dope videos:
  • Matt's Great Movie
  • Josh's Great Movie
• MacWorld Review
• Apple Press Release

Recommendations:

• Josh:
  • Video Game: Mario Tennis
• Matt:
  • Video Game: Spider Man for the Sony Playstation

What time is it? That's right, it's MacWorld time! This month Josh & Matt are joined by Stephen Hackett (512pixels.net & relay.fm) to discuss Steve Jobs' Macworld New York keynote where Apple announces the PowerMac G4 Cube. We continue to shake things up by streamlining Hot Cocoa and our Recommendations.

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Follow Up

• The Origin of the Tweet

Hot Cocoa

• Amazing Mac Cube Images Surface! World Wide Exclusive
• Change Is Good. Macworld Magazine Announces Redesign
• Web Based OS A Reality Today
• ATI Apologizes to Apple
• Napster is in trouble

Topics:

MacWorld Expo New York 2000 - July 19th, 2000

• Macworld 2000 Keynote Video
• NotesKey Outline
• Mac Power Users
• Office 2001 for Mac
• Summer 2000: The Splintering iMac G3 Line
• October 1999: iMac, iMac DV, iMac DV Special Edition
• NeXTcube

Recommendations:

• Josh:
  • Movie: Titan AE
• Matt:
  • Video Game: Strider 2 for the SONY Playstation

We're back! We found the original audio from our previous episode for your listening pleasure. The world turns upside down as we discuss Microsoft's antitrust lawsuit, and Microsoft's purchase of Bungie, disappointing Mac fans the world over. In honor of Bungie's Mac roots, we review their last Mac game (before Halo's eventual release), Oni. Is this fast-paced anime beat-em-up any good? Listen and find out.

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Microsoft's Antitrust Lawsuit

• Microsoft Ruling: Judge Slams MS, Orders Company Broken Up
• Former Apple VP Jean Louis Gassée Publicly Slams Bill Gates
• Wired Article where Gassée is quoted
• Bill Gates Compares Antitrust Lawsuit To Apple's "Look & Feel" Lawsuit

Bungie & Oni

• Black Becomes White, The Sun Doesn't Rise, & Microsoft Buys Bungie Software
• Bungie FAQ Sets Microsoft Record Straight
• Link to the FAQ
• Oni on Wikipedia

Welcome back to Memory Protection! This month we go back to the Mac... to the future. That's right, the time vortex has us again and we find ourselves in the distant future, the year 2005. We discuss Apple's chip transitions, the 2005 switch from PowerPC to Intel, and how that compares to the 2020 Intel to Apple Silicon announcement. We can't escape Star Wars: Episode One Racer, and oh, BTW, we're a MSFT podcast now...

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Hot Cocoa The Redmond Minute:

• Windows FireWire Support Gets Big Boost From Mac Company
• eCommerce Solution Heading Toward Completion
• Iconfactory Releases its 100th icon set (for OSX)
• iMate: Use Your Existing ADB Peripherals With USB Macs
• iMac Sales are down?
• IBM Producing New Line Of PowerPC Chips
• Apple Adds Another Firm To Help Build iMacs
• SoundJam Receives Update, OS X Version Available
• Macintosh Gets A Speaking Role On Buffy The Vampire
• Steve Wozniak Recognized As The Engineering Genius He Is
• Apple Offers iMac DV Camera Bundle In Advance Of MACWORLD
• New Chip Set From NVIDIA Offers Mac Support
• Macworld June 2000 Issue - Quake 3 Arena review on page 48
• Star Wars Episode 1 Racer - out now on Nintendo Switch

Topics:

June 2000 was a big month for Microsoft, the company has been broken in two by the ̸͉͌U̵̬͒S̸͉̈́ ̶̩̋C̷̦̐o̷͎̅ù̶̱ŕ̵̠t̸̎͜ ̷͔̾S̴̡͌ỵ̷̚s̶̥͋t̷̤̊e̵̥̿m̵̝͝ ̵̊͜ā̸͕n̵̘͝d̶̞̀ ̵̝̉i̸̥̇n̴̪͌ ̵̜̚t̵͖̍ḣ̸̜e̴͈͊ ̵̬̽s̶̤͛a̷͆͜m̵̰͋e̵̝̎ ̶̞͝m̸̯͗o̸̲̓ņ̶͆t̴̤̽ẖ̷͊ ̵̳̃t̴͎͝h̷̙̄ẻ̶̠ẙ̴͉ ̵̭͝ṕ̸͕u̴͚̅r̷̘͊ç̵̓ḥ̶̇á̶ͅs̷̬̾e̶̺̐ ̸̳̎B̶̥́u̷̬̅n̵̨͑ĝ̴͕i̷̻̅ẹ̴͝,̵̤̀ ̷̹͒ą̸̔ ̸̬̓p̵̳̂r̷͍̽o̴͎͝m̶͓͝ị̴̍n̵̬̋é̷̼ń̴͎t̶̀͜ ̴̗̀M̶̱͘a̷̝̚c̶̰̾ ̶͇̈́d̵̜̊ḛ̵́v̴̱̎e̵̓͜l̵̥̆o̶̜͑p̷̫͋e̶͍̿r̸̬͒.̴̹̎ ̷̩͐ ̷̧̓B̴̙͌ǫ̷̽ṭ̶̀h̷͇̓ ̵̙̒o̸̥͝f̸́͜ ̷̠̈t̴̜͆h̵̢̿e̶͇͛s̴͇͆ȅ̷̟ ̶̝̾e̵̺̐v̷͙͋e̸̤̔n̶͇̾t̶̳͛s̶̖͗ ̵͖́ḥ̸̑ḁ̸̊v̷̥͒e̵͓̾ ̸̈́ͅa̶͈̓ ̵̰̉p̵̰̊r̷̫͠o̷̻͠f̸̫̏o̸͓̾u̷̥̚n̷̡͑d̶͇̐ ̵̡̅ė̷̳f̷͕̈́f̶̧͒e̴̘̒c̸̙̃t̴̳̎ ̶͈͠o̷̘̽ń̴̖ ̶̳̈ṱ̵̔h̸̨̓e̷͈̓ ̸̢̇A̸̻̕p̸̲͘p̷͇̎ĺ̷͎e̴̫̚ ̷͍́o̶͚͐f̶̘̑ ̸̢̋t̵̰͘ḥ̵̈ȩ̷̈ ̸̜̚f̸͔̒ù̸̙t̶̳̀u̸͍̓r̸͚̆ȅ̷̼.̵̲̿

Hot Cocoa

• Apple Announces that iTunes Podcast Subscriptions Have Topped One Million

June 2005 - The PowerPC to Intel Transition in 2005 vs. Intel to Apple Silicon

Videos:

• WWDC 2005: The Intel Switch Announcement
• WWDC 2020: The Apple SIlicon Switch Announcement

Links:

• Apple's Intel Transition on Wikipedia
• Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kit
• The Osborne Effect
  • Osborning The Mac. Or Not.
• macOS Big Sur preview

MacWorld® Mac® SECRETS®

Tiger Dashboard Tips: "Tired of having to mouse over and click on the big plus sign (+) to bring up the Dashboard bar? Here's a little-known (and undocumented) keyboard shortcut: after activating Dashboard (the default shortcut on most computers is F12), just press Command-equal sign (=) to bring up the Widget bar. Press the combo again to make the bar vanish. Unfortunately, you can't activate the widgets without resorting to the mouse."

P̸̩̈́ṛ̶̀o̸̙̅b̸̻͌a̶̗̔b̴̰̏ḻ̴̛y̷̨̒ ̷̯̆n̷̝̈́o̶̜̒t̵͔̎.̷̞̀ ̷̭̒A̷͕͘p̸̣̂p̸̦͆l̸̼̐ë̸̯́ ̶͔̒s̵͕̈́t̷̯̽i̷͓͝l̵͕̽l̵̝̿ ̶̻̈́i̶̹̅s̷͈͐n̵̡͆'̵̨͑t̷̓ͅ ̶̜͋b̴̲͝í̵̮g̴̼͘ ̵̡̃į̶̒ṅ̴̦t̸̩̃o̸̙͐ ̵̝̔ģ̶̐à̸̱m̷̞̔i̴̙̐n̵̞̔g̵̻̎,̶̕ͅ ̵̛͖d̶̻͆ẽ̵̲s̷̲͂p̶̪̐ỉ̴̫t̸̛͜e̶̦͌ ̴̯͆b̸̫̑e̵̙̽į̴̐n̷̺̍g̵̘̉ ̸̼͑h̶͚͑u̶̩͝g̵̭͊e̷̪͒ ̷̦͋i̶͇̇ņ̴̿ṱ̷̃o̵̫̿ ̶̯́g̵̪̽a̴̞̿m̴̰̓i̶̩̾ń̶̮g̷͖̔ ̸̰́ơ̷̦ṉ̷̉ ̴̹̀ị̵̾Ơ̷͇S̸̙̑.̶̤̽ Their run with the Pippin soured them on future dedicated game consoles, and despite iOS being hugely popular for games, people don't see it as a gaming platform.

Recommendations:

• Josh:
  • Movie: Marvel vs Capcom 2 - SEGA Dreamcast 🌀
• Matt:
  • Game: Jet Set Radio - SEGA Dreamcast 🌀

Welcome back to Memory Protection! This month we peek under the hood at WWDC 2000. What do we find? Well, after a couple of missteps where Matt & Josh both watch the wrong keynote... Not much. When we do find the right information, what's there isn't all that great. Buckle up Memory Protectors, Mac OS X is going to be delayed(ish) and Apple snuck a QuickTime CD into your breakfast cereal.

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Follow Up:

• Zev's F/U on the iBooks & OS9
• Tantek Çelik

Hot Cocoa:

• Steve Jobs to Keynote Macworld 2000
• Apple Spin-off FileMaker, Inc. Reports 9th Straight Profitable Quarter
• Alternate G4 Commercial Advertisement
• Palm Users: New SilverScreen Theme Reminiscent Of Newton
• Gravity Theme Screen Shot
• iMovie is a hit
• MacWorld 2000 - Star Wars: Episode 1 Racer Review on Page: 58
• Creepy Eye Ad

Topics:

WWDC May 2000 - NotesKey - Apple's Own Recap

• Mac OS X Developer Preview Video Demo
• WWDC News: Apple Touts 200 Mac OS X Developers, Including Some Big Names
• WWDC News: Mac OS X Delayed, PR 4 Released, Public Beta Due Later this Summer
• WWDC News: Web Objects Drops From US$50,000 To US$699, Version 5.0 Coming
• WWDC News: Lord Of The Rings Trailer Helps Push QuickTime To Over 50 Million Downloads
• Announced OS X Public Beta Hides The Real Issue
• WWDC News: No New Hardware Announced, At Least Not Yet
• WWDC News: Phil Schiller Says No Handheld, No How, No Way
• Game Developers Not Thrilled With OS X Roadmap
• Apple Designs Awards: The Results Are Out

Recommendations:

• Josh:
  • Movie: Shadow of the Vampire
• Matt:
  • Game: Space Channel 5 - SEGA Dreamcast 🌀

Welcome back to Memory Protection! This month we wise up, buy some old macs and finally talk definitively about what we have for the last year been talking about only speculatively. We unearth more iMac ripoffs, talk about Microsoft more than normal and get our fingers stinky as we try out Mac OS 9 for the first time in almost 20 years.

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Follow Up:

WWDC Keynote Presenter History: * 1996 - Gil Amelio * 1997-2008 - Steve Jobs * 2009 - PowerPhil Schiller * 2010 - 2011 - Steve Jobs * 2012 - Current - Tim Cook

Hot Cocoa:

• Microsoft Found To Be In Violation Of Sherman Antitrust Act
  • MS abused its power as a monopoly

• Something Big Is Brewing For The WWDC

• Mac OS 9 News:
  • OS 9.0.4 Released - available via the software update panel
  • Lots of bugfixes
  • People ran into trouble with software update
    • Apparently you needed to update your software update control panel in order to get it to work - It doesn't appear that the software update control panel update was available through software update.

• Apple Announces Press Conference With Matrox & Pinnacle Systems

• Matrox Announces Support For Macs They announce the Matrox RTMac Video Card - (I owned this -M)

• Apple acquires Astarte - which they will use to produce iDVD & DVD Studio Pro in the near future
  • Astarte: Ancient Deity

• Netscape unveils Netscape 6.0

• MS Rejects Web Standards Project Guidelines in upcoming Windows release of IE5.5 - Leaving the Mac version more Web Standards compliant - Zeldman is pissed

• A comparison of the differences among current web browsers

• Apple Q2 Earnings Reports -
  • Net profit of $233 million
  • Compared to $135 million last year
  • Revenue was $1.94 billion up 27% from last year
  • Apple made $75 million from the sale of ARM holding shares

• Hey look! Another iMac knockoff - the FishPC

• Quicktime is updated to 4.1.2, adds several new features
  • Better streaming compatibility
  • Windows 2000 compatibility
  • No new channels

• The Sims is coming to Mac

• This is cool - Pocket EPC System

Topics:

Mac OS 9 First Impressions * These are the Macs we are using * The Macintosh Repository * NanoRaptor Twitter Account

Recommendations:

• Josh:
  • Game: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
• Matt:
  • Game: Star Wars: Episode One Racer (For the SEGA Dreamcast)