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Simple Beep
By Ed Cormany and Brian SutoriusTechnology
Simple Beep episodes
- e51 – Designed by Apple in California
Ed is joined by Stephen Hackett to talk about the how and what (rather than the why) of Apple chronicling its own history in the new photo book Designed by Apple in California, as well as Stephen's new ebook Aqua and Bondi.
e51 – Designed by Apple in California (with Stephen Hackett)Ed Cormany and Brian SutoriusDownload- Stephen Hackett
- 512 Pixels
- Relay FM
- Aqua and Bondi
- followup: original Mac's modified RJ-11 keyboard connection
- Designed by Apple in California book
- Stephen's video with actual products
Mac mini manufacturingCopper-wrapped iPhoneApple Watch prototypeiPhone 3G internalsCinema display cross-section- 2013 "Designed by Apple in California" video
- Other historical books
- AppleDesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group
- So Far: The First Ten Years of a Vision
- Iconic by Jonathan Zufi
- our interview with Jonathan
- Aqua and Bondi
52 min - Stephen Hackett
- e50 – Legacy I/O
We cover the wild, wonderful, and sometimes half-baked history of getting data in and out of Macs. It turns out we've been citizens of Dongle Town for a long time already.
e50 – Legacy I/OEd Cormany and Brian SutoriusDownloadPeripheral buses- DB-9 (mouse, keyboard) and DB-19 (floppy)
- Apple Desktop Bus
- Mini-DIN connector
- Griffin iMate
- Serial (printer, modem, network)
- LocalTalk
- AppleTalk
- SCSI
- terminators
- Skuzzy
- HDI-30
Networking- AAUI Ethernet
Displays- DA-15 vs. VGA
- dongle!
- Mini 15 dongle
- HDI-45
- Apple AudioVision 14 Display
- S-video
- same connector as ADB
- iBook A/V port and cable
- Apple Display Connector
The only HDI-45 monitor.
The last, best CRT monitor.
Audio- optical audio
- SP/DIF
- Toslink
- USB audio on G4 Cube
1 hr 24 min - e49 – Town Hall
After what is surely-for-real-this-time the last event at Apple's Town Hall event space on the Infinite Loop campus, we cover the history of events big and small that have happened in Apple's most intimate presentation setting.
e49 – Town HallEd Cormany and Brian SutoriusDownloadFollowup- startup chime is gone on 2016 MBPs
- it can be brought back
- Avara source code now on GitHub
- WayBack Machine keyword search beta
Apple's Town Hall at IL4- Apple Campus [Wikipedia]
- Six Colors – Apple’s Town Hall: A look back
- Upgrade 113 on entry to Town Hall
- The Talk Show 171 on Town Hall seats
Goodbye (again)
- Events
- introduction of dual USB iBook G3
- introduction of the original iPod
- Xserve Q&A session
- Antennagate press conference
- Steve Jobs' reserved seat
- the "last" event (iPad Pro 9.7" intro)
- 40 in 40
- the "encore" (Touch Bar MacBook Pro)
- flying PowerBooks video
1 hr - startup chime is gone on 2016 MBPs
- e48 – The Apple Community at Release Notes
In September we attended the Release Notes conference and got to meet some awesome people in the Apple community. In this episode, we share five conversations we had at Release Notes about the history of the Mac, iOS, and finding fellow Apple nerds.
e48 – The Apple Community at Release NotesEd Cormany and Brian SutoriusDownload- Greg Pierce
- Agile Tortoise
- Power Mac 7200
- UserLand Frontier
- Manton Reece
- Mac Classic
- ResEdit
- HyperCard
- Rich Siegel
- Bare Bones Software
- "Fat Mac"
- Macintosh Pascal
- David Sparks
- Mac Power Users
- MacSparky
- Apple II
- Jean MacDonald
- App Camp for Girls
- Umax clones
- Pismo
- Creating Killer Websites
29 min - Greg Pierce
- Special: Mac draft
At Release Notes, we joined Stephen Hackett and Christina Warren to pick our personal favorite Macs…and we managed to keep it mostly on the rails.
This episode was originally released in the Relay FM B-Sides feed.
Special: Mac draftEd Cormany, Brian Sutorius, Stephen Hackett, and Christina WarrenDownloadRound 1- Brian – iMac G3 (Slot Loading)
- Ed – Macintosh SE/30
- Christina – PowerBook G3 "Pismo"
- Stephen – Titanium Book G4
Round 2- B – 12" PowerBook G4
- E – iMac G4
- C – Power Macintosh 6100
- S – Power Macintosh G4 Cube
Round 3- B – Macintosh LC
- E – Retina 4K iMac
- C – Black MacBook
- S – Network Server 500
Round 4- B – iBook G3 (Dual USB)
- E – Macintosh IIfx
- C – Macintosh TV
- S – Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
Bonus Round- S – Xserve RAID
- B – Apple Studio Display 17" ADC
- E – PowerTower Pro 225
- C – Power Macintosh G4 "Sawtooth"
49 min - e47 – Avara
Avara, the minimalist 3D mech shooter from Ambrosia Software, just turned 20 years old. We celebrate the occasion and are joined by Scarlet Swordfish, who ran a 20th anniversary event that was livestreamed on Twitch.
e47 – AvaraEd Cormany and Brian SutoriusDownload- official Ambrosia site
- on Wikipedia
- 20th Anniversary Stream on Twitch
Gameplay- the HECTOR bipedal tank
- Hector D. Byrd
- AT-ST
- MechWarrior
Hector in the forest
Key layout customization
- interview with creator Juri Munkki [WayBack]
- level files and add-ons
- Binary Space Partitioning
- the Finnish word "Avara"
- Avara level design guide [.sit.hqx file]
- ClarisWorks
- Avara Aftershock
- "official" fan site [WayBack]
- download at Macintosh Garden
Our chat with Scarlet Swordfish- Escape Velocity stream with Matt Burch
- Richard Moss
- The Secret History of Mac Gaming
- Scarlet Swordfish's setup
- iBook G3
- Epiphan AV.io HD capture card
- Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)
- Avara community
- Avaraline
- now on Facebook
- IRC channel
- Avara web forum
- Avara Guild
- pavara port
1 hr 9 min - e46 – One More Thing
Apple announced a lot of things this past week, but they didn't announce One More Thing. This episode is a comprehensive rundown of Steve Jobs' biggest presentation trope — the good, the bad, and the ugly of specially featured Apple announcements.
e46 – One More ThingEd Cormany and Brian SutoriusDownloadOne More Thing from Steve- Stevenote [Wikipedia]
- EverySteveJobsVideo
0. MWSF 1998: Apple is profitable
- MWSF 1999: Five flavors of iMac
- Seybold 1999: 22” Cinema Display
- Special event fall 1999: iMac DV, iMac DV SE
- MWNY 1999: Airport
- MWSF 2000: Aqua, Steve is full CEO
- MWNY 2000: G4 Cube
- MWSF 2001: PowerBook G4 Titanium
- MWNY 2002: iPods for Windows, 17” iMac G4
- MWSF 2003: 12” PowerBook G4
- WWDC 2003: Power Mac G5
- MW Paris 2003: Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
- MWSF 2004: iPod mini colors
- WWDC 2004: 30” Cinema Display
- Music event 2004: U2 iPod
- MWSF 2005: iPod shuffle
- The "One More Thing" event: TV shows in iTunes
Night Stalker- MWSF 2006: MacBook Pro
- Music event 2006: movies in iTunes Store, iTV preview, John Legend performance
- WWDC 2007: Safari for Windows, web apps for iPhone
- Music event 2007: iTunes WiFi Music Store
- iPhone software roadmap event (spring 2008): the iFund
- Special event fall 2008: unibody MacBook
- Music event 2009: 5th generation iPod nano
- WWDC 2010: FaceTime
TURN OFF YOUR WI-FI- Music event 2010: 2nd generation Apple TV
- Special event fall 2010: 2nd generation MacBook Air
- WWDC 2011: iTunes Match
One More Thing from Tim- Fall 2014: Apple Watch
- WWDC 2015: Apple Music
1 hr 19 min - e45 – Mice
From solid steel balls to unusable hockey pucks to sleek pieces of sushi, we cover all of Apple's mouse designs. And we couldn't stop there, so we threw in some trackpads and third-party pointers for good measure. 🐭
e45 – MiceEd Cormany and Brian SutoriusDownloadFollowup- G4 Cube
- yes, it has a handle
- "Behold the G4 Cube, Apple's most epic computer ever"
- iMac carrying case
- buy one on Amazon!
I’ve had enough internet today… pic.twitter.com/c9O6ck4KC0
— Alex Vanderzon (@alexvanderzon) August 18, 2016- Patrick Blampied's iOS Macintosh Portable
- demo video
@simple_beep @gruber love this ep. Still using an iOS Mac Portable daily for writing. Same alps as the good AEK II. pic.twitter.com/G05qVCO0vA
— Patrick Blampied (@patrickblampied) August 15, 2016- lead-acid batteries
- Mac Portable battery weighed ~2 pounds
- PowerBook 100 had one too [manual pdf]
Mouse history- previously: e6 – Keyboards
- elsewhere: 512px on Apple mice
- elsewhere: Apple Mouse Museum
- interview about the first mouse
- Douglas Engelbart's "Mother of All Demos"
- Xerox Alto mouse
Apple mice- Macintosh Mouse
- DE-9 connector
- 1983 Microsoft Mouse
- Apple Desktop Bus mouse
- ADB Mouse II
- TopoGigio
- Snow White design
- Apple USB Mouse
- it was not well-loved.
- Apple Pro Mouse
- Macworld 2000 introduction
- Mighty Mouse
- trademark dispute
- Magic Mouse
- didn't sound right!
- foam hack
…and trackpads- "How to refer to the pointer thing on laptop keyboards"
- Cirque GlidePoint
- PowerBook 500
- trackpad tapping trick
- Multi-Touch
- Force Touch
- rumored iPhone Force Touch home button
Third-party mice- Kensington Turbo Mouse [WayBack]
- JoyPort ADB [WayBack]
- MacMice The Mouse BT
- MacMice's dodgy history
- Kensington StudioMouse [WayBack]
- Logitech Ultrathin Touch Mouse
- Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse
Kensington Turbo MouseKensington StudioMouseMacMice The Mouse BT1 hr 30 min - G4 Cube
- e44 – Portability
Apple has been striving to make their products thinner, lighter, and easier to carry around for well over 30 years. We discuss some landmark products in Apple's quest for portability.
e44 – PortabilityEd Cormany and Brian SutoriusDownloadApple IIcApple Flat Panel DisplayMacintosh Portable1984 Macintosh prototype1984 Macintosh prototype1984 Macintosh prototypePowerBook 100Duo DockDuo MiniDock12" PowerBook G4- Apple IIc
- Apple Flat Panel Display
- AlphaSmart
- Running a IIc on batteries
- Macintosh Portable
- lead-acid battery
- 1984 flat-panel Macintosh prototype
- on display at SFMOMA until October 23
- PowerBook 100
- NiCad battery
- still winning awards
- PowerBook Duo
- Duo Dock and Mini Dock
- PowerBook 2400c
- 12" PowerBook G4
- MacBook Air
- MacBook "One"
- 7 notebooks in 6 minutes
1 hr 8 min - Apple IIc
- e43 – Help
This episode we discuss the history of how Apple has helped you learn to use the Mac. Along the way we encounter Jay, Cleo, undersea creatures, and the horror of HTML frames.
e43 – HelpEd Cormany and Brian SutoriusDownloadDouglas Adams followup- Starship Titanic box set
- H2G2
- his hatred of dongles
- Psion Series 3a PDA
Macintosh Help- Macintosh Guided Tour
- updated Mac Plus Guided Tour
- MultiFinder
- HD20
- Macintosh Basics
- MacroMind Director
- early sketches and concept art
- download at Macintosh Garden
- Mouse Practice
- Balloon Help
- Apple Guide (System 7.5)
- Info Center (Mac OS 8)
- Help Center (Mac OS 8.5)
- Help Viewer (OS X)
Jay in spaceCleo concept artAMAZINGLonesome WastelandApple Guide markerHelp Viewer frames1 hr
About Simple Beep
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A podcast looking back at the history of Apple and the Mac community. Hosted by Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius.