Put a vintage Mac in your pocket!

This Does Not Compute June 23, 2023
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The majority of vintage Mac enthusiasts focus on restoring original hardware. But here's a way to get the classic Mac OS experience in a device you can fit in your pocket! Instructions overview for installing Mini vMac on PocketCHIP: Download the .zip file from the GitHub repository and find/make a Mini vMac disk image (links below) Install SSH server if it isn't already: sudo apt-get install openssh-server Find the PocketCHIP's IP address: ip addr show wlan0 Connect to PocketCHIP using an SFTP client with credentials chip/chip Create a folder on PocketCHIP and navigate into it Upload the minivmac, MacII.ROM and your disk image file On the PocketCHIP, navigate into the folder you made and make minivmac executable: chmod +x minivmac Then just run it with ./minivmac (provided that your disk image is named disk1.dsk) Sources and links: biosrhythm blog post about MiniVMac on PocketCHIP: https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2688 Mini vMac project page: https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/ GitHub MiniVMac port for CHIP: https://github.com/zzxzzk115/Pocketchip-MacOS-Emulator Mini vMac premade disk images: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mini-vmac-ready-go "Is This the End for the C.H.I.P.?," Hackaday: https://hackaday.com/2018/04/03/is-this-the-end-for-the-c-h-i-p/ Leftover CHIP inventory photos: https://web.archive.org/web/20180918185627/https://bbs.nextthing.co/t/1600-brand-new-pocketchips-for-sale/20800 Suspicion about CHIP selling at a loss: https://www.cnx-software.com/2015/06/07/allwinner-r8-module-datasheet-and-price-is-the-9-c-h-i-p-computer-selling-at-a-loss/ ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).

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