We go behind the scenes of Simple Beep: how we create the show, a comprehensive emulation how-to, and our favorite classic Mac resources.

Follow up

• Leibniz emulator
  • its namesake and calculus
• eMate 20th anniversary
  • prototypes in othercolors
• Knowledge Navigator part 2 [YouTube]
• Pippin software on Macintosh Repository

Making the show (on modern computers)

• Ed's setup
  • Blue Yeti microphone
  • Heil PL-2T boom arm
  • Sennheiser HD 439 headphones
  • Piezo
• Brian's setup
  • Shure PG42 microphone
  • Sennheiser HD 280 headphones
  • QuickTime Player
  • ecamm Call Recorder
• production
  • GarageBand
    • Jason Snell's settings
  • Overcast uploads
  • Dropbox file requests
  • extracting YouTube audio
    • Audio Hijack
    • using VLC
  • Google Docs
  • Slack
  • these notes you're reading
    • Byword
    • Marked
    • Squarespace markdown block

Running classic software

• Basilisk (68K)
  • ClarisWorks 3 setup guide
• SheepShaver (PPC)
  • Redundant Robot setup guide
  • crazy ¿Gatekeeper? workaround
• file decompression tools
  • StuffIt Expander [MAS link!]
  • The Unarchiver
  • Virtual DVD-ROM/CD Utility
• classic hardware
  • iBook G3 (Dual USB, Body Odor)
    • Brian's display problem
  • PowerBook G4
  • Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)

Web resources

• Internet Archive
  • WayBack Machine
  • keyword search beta
  • in-browser emulation
• Macintosh Garden
• Mactracker
• EveryMac
• Low End Mac
• Apple wikia
• EverySteveJobsVideo
• Macworld magazine
  • at Vintage Apple 1984–94 (complete)
  • at Internet Archive 1984–99 (partial)