Put a vintage Mac in your pocket!
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/
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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/
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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).
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