cozy in a mac rom scarf. specifically this is a slice of the ROM from a Macintosh IIsi. here's how it was made. i used @th 's script https://github.com/osresearch/prom/blob/master/hex2png and the mac roms on archive dot org https://archive.org/details/mac_rom_archive_-_as_of_8-19-2011

if you have ImageMagick already installed:

$ perl hex2png.pl -y 1280 -w 32 mac_rom_archive_-_as_of_8-19-2011/36B7FB6C\ -\ Mac\ IIsi.ROM \ | convert - maciisi.png

Then a slice four columns wide was taken of the resulting image and knit into a scarf. The scarf is 1280 pixels/knit stitches long and therefore wraps natively in the columns of the scarf. if you want to make your own, you'll need a hacked consumer knitting machine or an industrial knitting machine or someone with a setup to machine knit it for you.

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@fbz @th That is really cool. I want one.
@fbz @th this was keeping me warm this AM ๐Ÿ’œ
@fbz @th I want one, and I don't even wear scarves really.
@fbz @th awesome! Seems like a business opportunity: send bitmap and $$$, get scarf

@fbz @th I am in total awe at the amazing multidisciplinary aspects of this cozy nerdiness, wow.

Also, cc: @billgoats

@fbz wonderful! Does your knitting machine ingest the png directly? Thatโ€™s really cool. My element scarf generator thing would just spit out lists of rows.
@fbz @th this is sick! Do maker spaces have knitting machines these days? Have I been doing clothes wrong?
@fbz @th Please send me one. PLEAAASE! ๐Ÿฅน
@Kmason42 this the kind of cool of you'll appreciate
@fbz @th
@fbz @th absolutely love it and wish I could buy one! (:
@fbz @th amazing. are there any online d2c services that would produce this? I know nothing about the industry but I know I want this.
@fbz @th The original โ€œStolen from Appleโ€ icon was hidden/compressed in the Mac ROM:
https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Stolen_From_Apple.txt
Did you choose the Mac IIsi because they stopped hiding it by then? Or is that artistic license? (Very cool either way.)
Folklore.org: Stolen From Apple

@fbz @th
I once had a stolen Mac IIsi. This scarf is calling out to me.
@fbz @th I love the mixing of something as esoteric as an old Mac ROM and something as cozy as knitting! Good work!
@fbz @th omg omg omg this is adorable
@fbz @th Absolutely beautiful! Great execution!
@fbz @th well, until now I thought my KnitYak Rule 90 cellular automata scarf was the most geek-cool winterware possible.
@fbz I believe if you did pre-orders for this you might get a bunch? Just saying. Selfishly. Because I want one. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
@fbz @th Your scarf has delighted my family. :)
@fbz @th oh...my...god that is amazing (and I am relieved that it's machine knit because I thought for half a second about hand-knitting that and...absolutely not, wow)
@fbz @th Thanks for sharing an amazing example of what you can create with an industrial knitting machine.

@fbz @th
"did you knit that scarf?"

"no, it's Mac ROM made."

@fbz @sailorhg I'm really surprised at how many different grey codes are baked into the ROM!

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This is incredibly cool! I really want one!

@fbz @th The book "The Difference Engine" by William Gibson is about steam-powered computers in the 1850s, there's a clothing pattern called "Engine Check", a unique black & white pattern produced through computation; this is the first thing I thought of when I saw this!
@fbz this is legit amazing. *bows down* from one knitter to another: Holy fucking hell.