TIL that Apple actually released the source code to SimpleText! I don't know how I missed this for so long...

#VintageApple #RetroComputing #AprilTosh #mb

CVE Alert: CVE-2026-33616 - MB connect line - mbCONNECT24 - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/cve-alert-cve-2026-33616-mb-connect-line-mbconnect24/

#OSINT #ThreatIntel #CyberSecurity #cve-2026-33616 #mb-connect-line #mbconnect24

CVE Alert: CVE-2026-33614 - MB connect line - mbCONNECT24 - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/cve-alert-cve-2026-33614-mb-connect-line-mbconnect24/

#OSINT #ThreatIntel #CyberSecurity #cve-2026-33614 #mb-connect-line #mbconnect24

CVE Alert: CVE-2026-33613 - MB connect line - mbCONNECT24 - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/cve-alert-cve-2026-33613-mb-connect-line-mbconnect24/

#OSINT #ThreatIntel #CyberSecurity #cve-2026-33613 #mb-connect-line #mbconnect24

#GlobalTalk Pro Tip:

You know that progress dialog that shows up when you try to connect to some hosts? That’s it trying to use AppleShare IP to connect to the host over TCP/IP instead of AppleTalk, which will not work over GlobalTalk. Hit cancel and it will drop back to AppleTalk instantly.

Or BETTER YET, install AppleShare Client Setup, and change the TCP Lookup to 1 second and you’ll never see the dialog again. You might want to raise it back up if you connect to OS X Macs on your LAN.

#mb

For anyone debugging memory issues in your Classic Mac OS program, I can recommend Metrowerks ZoneRanger, which shows a live view of memory allocations

In this demo, you can see how my old version allocates all those tiny blocks of memory for chat lines but then just leaks them, but the fixed version frees it

Legend: Red blocks are non-relocatable, yellow are relocatable (so they move around when the memory manager wants to), and green is free

#MARCHintosh #VintageApple #RetroComputing #mb

Could this be the first battery-powered, fully-wireless ImageWriter II in history? Well, it might at least be the first one on #GlobalTalk!

Just in time for the end of #MARCHintosh, a cheap Farallon AirDock showed up on Yahoo Auctions, and since I already had one, I had to try this stunt - adding an IRTalk node to GlobalTalk.

It is currently live on GlobalTalk if you want to try it, I'll probably leave it up until either the battery runs out or I deem it too much of a tripping hazard.

#mb

CVE Alert: CVE-2026-32969 - MB connect line - MB connect line mbCONNECT24 - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/cve-alert-cve-2026-32969-mb-connect-line-mb-connect-line-mbconnect24/

#OSINT #ThreatIntel #CyberSecurity #cve-2026-32969 #mb-connect-line #helmholz

And it’s time for my fourth and final #MARCHintosh project for 2026, TalkCrawler AD. It’s an After Dark Module for TalkCrawler that will let you watch #GlobalTalk leisurely scroll past in one of two different styles

There is a standalone version as well if you don't want to install After Dark

Note you will need to run a re-scan in TalkCrawler Lite 1.4 (just released) before it can show anything

Available on landisk/Blackbird on BaroNet. Video in first reply.

#VintageApple #RetroComputing #mb