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This Tiny Macintosh Replica Actually Works
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Indeed, it's fun to do the math on what most of us carry around in our pockets.
My first Apple computer (which I still have!) was a //c, but my first Mac was an LC with a 20MB hard drive, 2MB RAM, a 16MHz CPU with no floating point capability, and a 512×384 color display.
The computer I have in my pocket now has 4,000x as much RAM, 12,000x as much storage (which can read and write data several hundred times faster), has 16x more display pixels, and is somewhere on the order of several hundred times faster for integer tasks and millions of times faster for floating point, vector, or 3D image generation tasks. Plus, of course, multiple video cameras, still cameras, microphone, high-speed cellular networking, satellite network connection, and a flashlight, plus the battery to run all that for several hours at a time.
It seems almost petty to mention that it currently doesn't support sound, except for the startup beep.
Also the screen resolution is actually 1/16th smaller than the original 128k Mac. And it's not scaling the image from 512px, it's a hacked ROM that assumes the screen is fixed at the smaller size. So I'm guessing some software won't run properly.
Oh, but I want one anyway. The Collector's Edition specifically, the one that comes in the replica of the original shipping box. I also want a replica of the padded canvas backpack that I carried my 128k Mac around in.
(It does have a USB port in back, for all of those people joking about mouse and keyboard.)
Also the screen resolution is actually 1/16th smaller than the original 128k Mac. And it's not scaling the image from 512px, it's a hacked ROM that assumes the screen is fixed at the smaller size. So I'm guessing some software won't run properly.
Oh, but I want one anyway. The Collector's Edition specifically, the one that comes in the replica of the original shipping box. I also want a replica of the padded canvas backpack that I carried my 128k Mac around in.
(It does have a USB port in back, for all of those people joking about mouse and keyboard.)
LOL - I just got a 16 Pro (since my XR will soon be obsoleted by Apple) and need to update my signature.
Impressed you still have a working IIc - I still have a working PowerBook 180....
"Snow - Classic Macintosh emulator"
https://snowemu.com
https://github.com/twvd/snow
"It currently emulates the Macintosh 128K, Macintosh 512K, Macintosh Plus, Macintosh SE, Macintosh Classic and Macintosh II."
https://snowemu.com
https://github.com/twvd/snow
"It currently emulates the Macintosh 128K, Macintosh 512K, Macintosh Plus, Macintosh SE, Macintosh Classic and Macintosh II."
I know Apple is a profit making business, but this seems utterly silly and churlish on their part. Hopefully there will be some sort of compromise or licensing deal.
copyright/trademark law is a crazy thing. If you don't fight any infringement you know about, you can lose your rights to it.
They actually let him keep it up for a little longer and fulfil all orders that were already purchased, which they didn t need to do legally.
Yeah, that actually happened maybe a couple of months ago. I'm not sure how he still got away with honouring existing orders but I'm glad he did - mine arrived on Monday.
I received the collector's version of pico mac nano a few days ago, and it has a built-in battery module, which is really good as a desktop ornament. It currently only displays a standby screen without the mouse, and I don't have a mouse that is compatible with it. It would be more interesting if it could have a built-in automatic execution script, simulate operations after booting, and automatically turn on some programs. Does anyone make custom firmware like this?