The unique Apple Macintosh was launched over 40 years in the past, and to rejoice this milestone – or actually extra as a wild concept that he may make occur – Matt Evans created the MicroMac. This emulation setup squeezes the facility of a 128KB Macintosh onto a Raspberry Pi Pico.
It’s a mind-boggling accomplishment, and a testomony to the exponential advance of computing energy. Think about that the unique Mac value round 1/3 the worth of a working automotive (so long as it was a VW Golf), however the Pico {hardware} for the MicroMac, plus some bits you would possibly discover across the store, may be constructed for lower than £5, or ~$6.63 in ‘Merica cash.
If you wish to take issues a step or two additional, and substitute in a properly manufactured PCB for perfboard and components scrounging, Joe’s Laptop Museum is providing a MicroMac adapter package for $14.99 sans Pico, or $24.99 if you wish to embody the Raspberry Pi {hardware}. The package consists of pin headers for the Pico, in addition to a VGA port for monitor output. A Micro USB port is offered for energy, following together with the Pico motif, and a +/- energy pinout can also be offered instead.
Whereas this venture seems to be a work-in-progress, the Ron’s Laptop Movies… video under reveals off the MicroMac/adapter setup properly. Now you may play Frogger and carry out different retro-computing duties within the wonderful black and white of years previous!
