February 2000: Chip History

Welcome back Memory Protectors! This month sees Apple jetting off to Tokyo for Macworld 2000 where Phil tries Sushi for the first time. There isn't much to report other than a few product announcements. We discuss Apple's big bear codenames for OS X, Josh's deep, deep knowledge of wine & apple varieties, we announce our contest winner from last month, and we dive into Apple's diverse choices when it comes to processor architechture with a new segment we like to call: Chip History.

Listen:

Follow-Up:

• Story of Panic’s MP3 software:
  • The True Story of Audion - by Cabel Sasser
  • Welcome to Macintosh - Don't Panic
• When did Netscape become free? January 22, 1998
• AppleWorks End of Life
• iTools became .Mac (2002), which became MobileMe (2008)
• MacOS Codenames
• Single window mode
  • You can still access it via the terminal (even in Catalina)
• Zev’s tweet

Hot Cocoa:

• Apple continues its trend of advertorial content with iMac DV spot on Oprah’s show
  • Transcript from the show
• Maybe in response to Bungie open-sourcing Marathon 2 last month, Mac Game Designers Urged To Release Old Projects To Open Source
• Apple rolls out Technician Repair Program
• Where the heck is Netscape?
• SoundJam MP Bundled With I-Jam Portable MP3 Player
  • MP3 Player designs were crazy

• Apple dumps more ARM holdings

Topics:

Announcements from Macworld Tokyo 2000 🇯🇵

Wednesday, February 16, 2000 @ the Nippon Convention Center

• Announcements from the show:
  • New G4 towers servers
  • New PowerBooks get Firewire ports
  • New Graphite iBook

Chip History 🤠

• Chip History theme song by Aaron Boothroyd
• Motorola can't make faster chips
• Where is the 500mhz PowerMac G4?
• People complaining that now there aren't enough options

Recommendations:

• Josh:

  • Book: The Girl with the Pearl Earring
  • Game: Pokémon Stadium

• Matt:

  • Game: Resident Evil Code: Veronica
  • Game Vagrant Story