<p>This episode we revisit MacAddict magazine and its freakin' awesome coverage of the Apple world in the late '90s. </p>





<h3 id="follow-up">Follow Up</h3><ul>
<li>25th anniversary Myst playthrough<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/314378086">Part 1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/318091870">Part 2</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>New <a href="https://twitter.com/dokas/status/1047193136009637890">receipt and luggage emoji easter eggs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/3/17926212/wifi-6-version-numbers-announced">Wi-Fi adopts version numbers</a></li>
<li>Rumor mill follow-up<ul>
<li><a href="http://lowendmac.com/2006/sudden-impact-apples-great-asteroid-hoax/">"Asteroid" honeypot rumor</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scfTmFua7Xk&amp;feature=youtu.be">"Super Secret Apple Rumors" GarageBand demo</a></li>
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<h3 id="macaddict-magazine">MacAddict Magazine</h3>
<ul>
<li>Archives<ul>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/details/macaddict?&amp;sort=date">Issues 1–112</a> on the Internet Archive</li>
<li><a href="https://www.kiwidget.com/macaddict-2005-2007-special-releases/#more-476">Issues 113–125</a> on Kiwidget</li>
</ul>
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<li>Mac|Life<ul>
<li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4QIAAAAAMBAJ&amp;rview=1">early issues</a></li>
<li><a href="https://future-publishing.msgfocus.com/files/amf_future_publishing/workspace_62/landing_page/mac_life_landing_page.html">official website</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Attitude.<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1BQqS5ZQx0&amp;feature=youtu.be">"Hey look it's a PC!"</a><ul>
<li>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN2ae36sc6I">That's aggression"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wsjroVlu8">Office Space printer scene</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://www.macgasm.net/2015/01/08/mac-from-the-past-remembering-macaddict-magazine/">the appeal to teens</a></li>
<li>Bungie ads<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_(video_game)">Abuse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth:_The_Fallen_Lords">Myth</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul><h3 id="the-disc">The Disc</h3><ul>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/details/macaddict_coverdiscs?&amp;sort=date">ISO images</a> on the Internet Archive</li>
<li>Ed discovered <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2RXdz2rHpo8ay47YBkVRHL?si=u5kxrDVJR9icG7G_y0iowA">some music</a></li>
</ul><h3 id="the-website">The Website</h3><ul>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19980215004812/http://www.macaddict.com:80/network/">The MacAddict Network</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19970521152259/http://www.macaddict.com:80/">original green and purple</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19980215004154/http://www.macaddict.com:80/">toned down green and purple</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000408234506/http://www.macaddict.com:80/">ugly beige</a></li>
</ul>

e76 – System Alert Sounds

A podcast looking back at the history of Apple and the Mac community. Hosted by Ed Cormany and Brian Sutorius.