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Miniature Macintosh with Raspberry Pi
- sxp 3y agoThe original had an M68k @8MHz w/ 128k of RAM. It might be possible to emulate it on a Raspberry Pi Pico which has 2x133MHz Arm with w/ 264k of RAM for an even smaller package. This has been done on an ESP32 which has similar specs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBiQgLlgcnA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBiQgLlgcnA
- Paul-Craft 3y agoLol, I'd actually prefer it to be in a life-sized (i.e. Mac Classic-sized) package, so it's more usable as an actual computer. I suppose as a piece of hacker-oriented performance art, having a teeny Mac with a teeny tiny screen is also fun, but think of what you could do with all that extra space inside the case!
- tyingq 3y agoI like this project where Trammel Hudson drives a Mac SE CRT with a BeagleBone Black, translates keyboard signals, etc. So you have a real Mac on the outside, with modern internals. https://trmm.net/Mac-SE_video/ https://trmm.net/Mac-SE_video/
- Paul-Craft 3y agoOh, yeah. Now that's a project I like. Even supposing I had a broken, ~30-35 year old Mac and a BeagleBone hanging around, I'm not sure I could have gotten too much past "program the BB to be a video card" lol :) I just love the creativity that's out there in the world sometimes, you know?
- krabizzwainch 3y agoThis is like the 20th reason why I need to get a filament in the retro computer beige color.
- ChickeNES 3y agoThis filament: https://www.printedsolid.com/products/jessie-pla-1-75mm-x-1kg-beige-500 https://www.printedsolid.com/products/jessie-pla-1-75mm-x-1k... claims to be a direct match for the Amiga 500 beige. I don't have one to compare it to, but it's pretty close to some of the beige machines I do have
- 13of40 3y agoThe real question is does it turn nut brown on one side if you leave it next to the window for ten years.
- 037 3y agoOut of curiosity: can you list some of the other reasons?
- krabizzwainch 3y agoSure! I’ve got a Tandy T-100 that I want to mod/repair/do something with. The needed electrical repairs are beyond my soldering ability, so I’m gonna try to hand off the internals to someone at a vintage computer fair. I also have an old handheld radio project that I want to mod to put a Pi in. Need the matching color to make it thicker to actually fit the components I have. And I’m in the middle of printing a case for an eReader I’m building. I wrote the software in Python and it has mechanical keyboard switches for the buttons. It’s the main reason I bought a 3D printer, because it was previously built out of an AirPods box. Seems like it’d be cool in this beige. Fine, I exaggerated. I have 3 other uses lol
- 037 3y agoReally interesting, especially the eReader idea! Thank you for taking the time to answer.
- WillAdams 3y agoAre Raspberry Pi 4s in stock affordably anywhere that anyone can find? Any idea on when specifically they will be? Last I heard was 2023 some time and we're almost halfway done.
- datenyan 3y agoNot an exact answer to your question, but where I work we've been using OKdo Rock 4C's [1] in place of Pi 4's, since they seem to be impossible to get. From what I've heard from the people that are using them, they seem to be pretty decent, but unfortunately not quite a simple drop-in replacement. [1] https://www.okdo.com/p/okdo-rock-4-model-c-4gb-single-board-computer-starter-kit-with-psu-case-preloaded-linux-os-heat-sink-fan/ https://www.okdo.com/p/okdo-rock-4-model-c-4gb-single-board-...
- ChickeNES 3y agoYes! As of this week my local Microcenter seems to be consistently restocking them, and from looking at rpilocator Adafruit has been getting stock in on most weekdays, though they still sell out. I think we're close to finally seeing the supply crunch end.
- anikom15 3y agoWhat are people using all these Raspberry Pis for? Is it really so needed that the price is becoming unaffordable? There are other components in stock, so I’m curious what’s demanding an RP4.
- doubled112 3y agoRaspberry Pi decided to focus on their business customers and meet their needs, so trying to find one at retail became difficult.
- anikom15 3y agoYeah but is that really driving the price of them?
- sroussey 3y agoI wonder if my original Mac will still boot…
- codepoet80 3y agoIf it bongs, but doesn't light up, give the right side a gentle smack and see if it flickers. In fact, almost any sign of life is a good indication that it can be restored. Take the battery out, if you haven't already!
- mattkevan 3y agoI’d love to do a similar project with a Newton eMate - there’s easily enough space in the case for a pi, battery pack and any other bits needed, and it’s possible to get colour touch screens the same size as the old one. Just need the time and skill to make it happen.
- WillAdams 3y agoThe problem is the software --- there doesn't seem to be any decent opensource handwriting recognition software --- Cellwriter leaves a lot to be desired, and the one project which worked well required copying a DLL for HWR from Windows Vista. To say nothing of Newton Intelligence and the wonderful note-taking and calendar and so forth. It kills me that my Kindle Scribe is so limited compared to my Newton MessagePad.
- girvo 3y ago> It kills me that my Kindle Scribe is so limited compared to my Newton MessagePad. My Boox Note 2 (which is somewhat old now, released late 2019) is much more fully featured, but again it still has mostly the same problem despite having full-fat Android at your stylus-tip; most of the software isn't made for this kind of user interaction. The software that is (the reader, the note-taking software, etc. that Boox wrote) is excellent. Which makes it all the more sad that there's so little that is written to take advantage of it.
- rtpg 3y agoA fun project would be to somehow use the Newton ROM and some emulation layer to get this stuff working on your tablet. Don't know how feasible it is
- guestbest 3y agoThe people who developed the newton handwriting recognition went on to work with WinCe and it has been embedded in every device with a touch screen since at least wince 5 when they started calling it windows mobile. It must have been written in C++
- thinkling 3y agoYes, but are all the contributors’ signatures printed on the inside of the case? ;)
- codepoet80 3y agoThis might be sacrilegious, but I've made a bit of a hobby of repairing old Macs. When I really bring one back from the dead, I add my signature to the inside (in pencil, of course)
- EamonnMR 3y agoI'd be super interested in a G3. Much more finishing work I'd imagine, but may what a great case design.
- ForOldHack 3y agoNote to self: Order 3.5" Fresnel lens, and 'Brazil' sticker.
- easyThrowaway 3y agoUnfortunately this kind of projects are sort of held back from the lack of decent emulators for the classic environment - Credits where it's due to Basilisk/Sheepshaver/Minivmac and their authors, but their age and limitations nowadays are showing[1]. Wish I had the skills to write anything equivalent to Dosbox for the 68K Macintosh scene, let alone something anywhere close to PcEm. [1]https://invisibleup.com/articles/30/ https://invisibleup.com/articles/30/
- sasanaderi 3y ago[dead]