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Mac Power Users · May 31, 2020 · 1 hr 54 min

538: I Predate the Home Computer, with James Thomson

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. This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by: Sanebox: Stop drowning in email! 1Blocker: The Fastest & Most Powerful Blocker for Safari DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off. Guest Starring: James Thomson Links and Show Notes: Sign up for the MPU email newsletter and join the MPU forums. Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership Submit Feedback 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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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.

This episode of Mac Power Users is sponsored by:

  • Sanebox: Stop drowning in email!
  • 1Blocker: The Fastest & Most Powerful Blocker for Safari
  • DEVONthink: Get Organized — Unleash Your Creativity. Use this link for 10% off.

Guest Starring:

James Thomson

Links and Show Notes:

Sign up for the MPU email newsletter and join the MPU forums.

Support Mac Power Users with a Relay Membership
Submit Feedback
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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