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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 nanomonkey »

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…

Amiga emulator on teensy 4.1: https://www.pjrc.com/amiga-emulator-on-teensy-4-1/

Re: MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

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Post by icehawk »

> Everyone loves MacPaint. Maybe you love MacPaint, and have noticed I’ve deftly avoided mentioning it. Okay, FINE:

To be honest, I'd bet Bill Atkinson knew every trick in the book and used many for making MacPaint work in the original constraints provided.

I'm not sure that's a fair fight for the author.

Re: MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

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Post by firewolf34 »

How are these people finding VGA cables in the street :S I needed like 10 or so VGA cables recently for an art installation and asked everyone I could and nobody had any lying around... I ended up having to buy new ones which seems a shame considering how many are thrown away!

Re: MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

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Post by dougg3 »

This is a really impressive project! It was a fun read. Thanks for sharing! I like this writing style.

> As an aside, I try to create a dual-target build for all my embedded projects, with a native host build for rapid prototyping/debugging

I find myself doing the same thing on my embedded projects, including at my job. I actually find myself using the PC build much more frequently than the hardware for my day-to-day work now that the hardware layer is stable and tested. More people should do this!

Re: MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

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Post by petemc_ »

dannyobrien wrote: post #7

I had a Saturday job at a computer shop when the Mac came out, and we got one as a demo. I remember just staring at the genius of those rounded corners in the corners of the screen, and thinking how beautiful it was that they'd thought of that.

In case you haven't read it - https://folklore.org/Round_Rects_Are_Everywhere.html

Re: MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

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Post by jwells89 »

Super cool project.

It makes me wonder what the smallest/barest SBC one could get away with for emulating the last 68k Macs or average mid-to-late 90s PPC Mac at full performance might be. Retrofitting a modernish laptop body of some sort with one of those so it would be capable of running System 7.6.1 up through Mac OS 9.x could make for a surprisingly useful "zen mode" laptop.

Re: MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

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Post by brcmthrowaway »

firewolf34 wrote: post #24

How are these people finding VGA cables in the street :S I needed like 10 or so VGA cables recently for an art installation and asked everyone I could and nobody had any lying around... I ended up having to buy new ones which seems a shame considering how many are thrown away!

I hope your art installation didnt involve CRT monitors?

Re: MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5

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Post by dec0dedab0de »

brcmthrowaway wrote: post #28
firewolf34 wrote: post #24

How are these people finding VGA cables in the street :S I needed like 10 or so VGA cables recently for an art installation and asked everyone I could and nobody had any lying around... I ended up having to buy new ones which seems a shame considering how many are thrown away!

I hope your art installation didnt involve CRT monitors?

I hope it did
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