A somewhat unusual "Macintosh" for this year's MARCHintosh offering...

Here is my Atari 520ST running Spectre, a Macintosh emulator (or translator, perhaps more accurately) which features actual Macintosh Plus ROMs (user must provide) and in 1989 (along with Magic Sac which preceded it in 1986) was "the only legal Macintosh clone." Gadgets by Small, who made the device, called it 20% faster than a Mac Plus, with a 30% larger screen size (640x400 on the ST monochrome display vs. 512x342 on the early Macs). 

The Atari 520STm shown here features an 8MHz MC68000, has been expanded to 4MB RAM (up from 512K), features an HxC2001 floppy emulator, an ACSI2STM hard disk emulator, and dual Atari RGB and monochrome monitors, switchable with a Monitor Master switchbox. The 12-inch SM124 monitor showing Pinball Construction Set for Mac is nearly identical to the early Mac monochrome displays in terms of clarity, the distinctive bluish P4-class phosphor, and its overall "presence." It is a very nice display running at a rock-solid 71Hz.

(A similar series of devices, beginning with the A-Max, was released by ReadySoft for the Commodore Amiga in 1989, though I found the ST options more appealing, in large part due to the superb high-res, non-interlaced monochrome display the ST supported.)

#MARCHintosh

#Macintosh #Mac #Apple #vintageApple #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrocomputers #computing #computers #CRT #emulation #Finder #Spectre #MagicSac #Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #photo #photos #nostalgia #vintage #BillBudge #tech #ElectronicArts #ByteCellar

UW Surplus is selling a... _Macintosh Plus_?

https://www.govdeals.com/en/asset/7538/6794

This has clearly been in a closet somewhere for a _very long time_. But it turns on! xD

#macintosh #MacPlus #vintage #UW #seattle #retrocomputing

Recreating One of the First Hackintoshes

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/recreating-one-of-the-first-hackintoshes/

Classic Mac Gaming’s History of Dark Castle
MARCHintosh is almost over, so here's a short doc (13 minutes) on one of the most misunderstood games for pre-OS/X Macs, Dark Castle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9QEe3xwHTA

Why is it misunderstood? Because it received several ports to other platforms around the time it was popul
https://setsideb.com/classic-mac-gamings-history-of-dark-castle/
#indies #niche #retro #ClassicMacGaming #DarkCastle #indie #mac #macintosh #niche #retro

I've been having fun getting a game across to my System 6 Macintosh Classic this evening. Not.

Transfer via BlueSCSI: either the .sit file won't expand using Stuffit Expander or the pre-expanded files won't transfer over using the BlueSCSI utility.

For the record, I ended up using Infinite Mac to eventually get the files pre-expanded, but they won't transfer over from the BlueSCSI utility to the folder.

I wonder if I can use Basilisk to mount my .HDA file... 🫠

#macintosh #apple

It's already two years old, but hey... Lucky guy! A brand new, sealed and never opened #Apple #Macintosh Classic. I'm jealous... 😍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RENqXXRB-bM

Spigen、Macintosh 128KをモチーフとしたiPhone 17 ProやAirPods Pro 3ケース、MagSafe対応ウォレットなどClassic LSシリーズのセールを開催。
https://applech2.com/archives/20260329-spigen-classic-ls-sale.html

#applech2 #Spigen #iPhone17_Pro #Macintosh #ケース #ストラップ #セール #発売

A few new stickers for #MARCHintosh on the 2022 MacBook Air.

#Mac #MacBookAir #macOS #Apple #AppleSilicon #sticker #stickers #laptopstickers #laptops #M2 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #nomanssky #photo #photograph #computers #Macintosh