Blast from the Past: RetroMacCast

James and John love old Macs. So much so, that they get together about once a week to talk about collecting and using old Macs on their new podcast, the RetroMacCast. Each episode "strolls down memory lane" to discuss older Macintosh computers, from both the perspective of the collector and the user. In a recent episode, the two discussed the signatures found engraved on the inside of their 128K "toaster" Mac and using one as a recipe server in the kitchen and troubleshooting using "the Dead Mac Scrolls".

The style is extremely laid back and each podcast uses m4a picture annotation, so there's always something to look at as they talk. Episodes last about 20 to 30 minutes on average. I really enjoyed listening, especially as the hosts kept finding things to discuss that caught my interest. Clearly, they worked to an outline and this level of organization helped the podcast keep moving forward.

Thanks James

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James and John love old Macs. So much so, that they get together about once a week to talk about collecting and using old Macs on their new...

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James

We spent a few weeks trying to come up with an appropriate name for our podcast. It was quite difficult finding something succinct and also available as a domain name. This Old Mac would have been great, but it is taken along with a dozen or so other great ideas we had. We also tried to incorporate "collector" or "collecting" in the name, but it wasn't easy with all the syllables. My apologies to the original MacCast.

James

February 27 2007 at 5:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Adam Christianson

Funny... I was kinda thinking the same thing. :) Sounds like a great podcast though.

February 27 2007 at 5:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Byll

This sounds like a good idea and all but I can't help thinking to myself that they could of thought of a more original name.

Everytime I hear it the name RetroMacCast I think I should be listening to an old episode of The MacCast.

http://www.maccast.com

It's the original.

February 26 2007 at 10:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply