RMP 051 — Mid-MARCHintosh Check In

Episode NotesApple News* Details on every new Apple hardware product announced in March (https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/04/apple-march-2026-product-releases/)Microsoft News* Mozilla announces plans to sunset Firefox ESR on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-users-windows-7-8-and-81-moving-extended-support)Other Tech News* Software engineer Crait is crowd sourcing help to reverse engineer the 1998 Tiger Electronics Pokedex to extract the ROM to an Arduino-based Arduboy (https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/02/hacker-appeals-for-help-to-preserve-this-1998-pokemon-pokedex)* Mad Lad, Carl Does Tech Things gets online co-op Super Mario 64 cross play working before a Nintendo 64 and a PlayStation 2Retro Gaming News* Sega legend, Hideki Sato, passes away at 77 (https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sega-console-designer-hideki-sato-has-passed-away)* Tomb Raider 2 is receiving a fan port to the Sega Saturn; demo is available now (https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/02/lara-is-coming-back-home-tomb-raider-ii-is-coming-to-sega-saturn-30-years-after-sony-blocked-it)* Game preservation site Myrient is shutting down March 26; cites rising hardware costs and more (https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/02/this-is-what-ai-and-greed-does-video-game-preservation-service-myrient-is-shutting-down)* Console port of Rave Racer (sequel to Ridge Racer) is out on Switch 1/2, PS4/5, Xbox Series S/X (https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/02/arcade-only-ridge-racer-sequel-rave-racer-is-finally-making-its-home-console-debut-31-years-on)* New 8-bit “GameTank” console has met its $30,000 funding goal; first units set to ship on July 12, 2026 (https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/02/gametank-is-an-entirely-new-breed-of-hardware-for-the-next-generation-of-8-bit-games)Command Line Tool of the Month: Ledger* https://ledger-cli.org* Ledger is a powerful, double-entry accounting system that is accessed from the UNIX command-line. Ledger, begun in 2003, is written by John Wiegley and released under the BSD license.* Available on BSD, Linux, Mac, and WindowsWays to Join the Community This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit retropunk.substack.com/subscribe