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MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

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Re: MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

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Post by Moto7451 »

xixixao wrote: post #3

I was hoping this was a super cheap hackintosh running modern macOS. Is that even possible these days?

Yes. The biggest limiting factor for “cheap” is building around a CPU with a supported GPU. A second hand RX 4xx/5xx series card is a good pick if you can’t find a chip with supported iGPU.

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MenhirMike wrote: post #6

I was considering doing something like that for an Amiga, running AmigaOS 3.2. It's a cute idea, especially once you 3D print a shell that looks like the original (shrunken down). I do think that the lack of an old school floppy drive means that something is kinda missing from the experience, but I do like the idea of having a machine dedicated to running this instead of just firing up an emulator on my existing desk…

I would buy this! Especially if you got the sizing right so that an SD card could be inserted like a floppy, that would rock!

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Post by travem »

MenhirMike wrote: post #6

I was considering doing something like that for an Amiga, running AmigaOS 3.2. It's a cute idea, especially once you 3D print a shell that looks like the original (shrunken down). I do think that the lack of an old school floppy drive means that something is kinda missing from the experience, but I do like the idea of having a machine dedicated to running this instead of just firing up an emulator on my existing desk…

You could check out the A500 mini, more of an emulator though - https://retrogames.biz/products/thea500-mini/

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> The day I started soldering it together I needed a VGA connector. I had a DB15 but wanted it for another project, and felt bad about cutting up a VGA cable. But when I took a walk at lunchtime, no shitting you, I passed some street cables. I had a VGA cable – the rust helps with the janky aesthetic.

Sometimes this happens.

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