paulrickardsEveryone’s on their Hand386 so I dusted off my PocketChip and look at that, I’m running System 7.5.3 thanks to Mini VMac! It’s delightfully quick!
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Could I build Mini VMac for Pocket Chip myself to include the LocalTalk over UDP option?? How hard could it be?! 🤪
After making some really sketchy repository changes and doing an incantation, I got some X11 sources installed and Mini VMac actually compiled without issue!
And look! It’s speaking AppleTalk (UDP) on my network!! Hahaha this is so weird to me. Should I print something to my AppleTalk ImageWriter II from my handheld? 😅
#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketChip #MiniVMac #AppleTalk #LiveLaughLocalTalk #LocalTalk
After a few tries I was able to fully print from Quark XPress to the ImageWriter II over #AppleTalk with the #AirTalk from the #PocketChip! It wasn’t quick but it worked!
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How about browsing the ✨ Internet ✨ on the emulated Mac? 😅
Using MacIPGW here for MacIP. Writing up a blog post about all of this later today!
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New blog post: Macintosh Emulation and Printing using Mini VMac on a PocketCHIP
In this post I go over how I got Mini VMac compiled on the PocketCHIP with LocalTalk options enabled. I also go over how I printed to a real ImageWriter II as well as browsed the web with Netscape 2.0!
https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2688
Thanks in advance for a boost!
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Fly my pretties! Fly! 😅
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Ha you thought I was done with this silly PocketCHIP? 😅 Let’s run SoftPC!
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Minesweeper because solitaire didn’t place the cards right (probably because of the weird screen size?)
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Picking up this project from two years ago, I finally printed a bezel and key set for my PocketCHIP. I printed it with Polar Retro Platinum and used waterslide decals for the key tops and badge with Univers 57 font.
Update: I collected the models and the art for the waterslide decals in one place:
https://www.printables.com/model/1461477-pocketchip-macintosh
Boot the emulated Mac on the PocketCHIP.. from Floppy?! Sure, why not! 🙃
James against the machine@paulrickards this whole thread inspired me to finally persist in unbricking (and re-bricking, several times) my own Pocketchip. Fun!! I need to print this case and keys; they look fantastic!
@j Fantastic! Glad to hear it was an inspiration. The keyboard does give it a more polished feel. And it's so much easier to locate keys. Look forward to seeing yours when it's finished 🙂
Ian Scott@paulrickards beautiful!!
@polpo Thanks Ian! ☺️
aburka 🫣@paulrickards not sure if real or nanoraptor
@aburka Best compliment ☺️ cc: @NanoRaptor
FozzTexx@paulrickards Those keys look really nice! I wonder how durable the water slide decals will be. Possibly 3D printing directly onto a laser printout might last longer? I messed with that briefly for making a case for the IIc to QuickTake adapter, it was very difficult to get the printed sheet aligned where the 3D print was going to be.
@fozztexx Not sure about durability but we’ll find out. Saw someone do it but use an acrylic clear coat on top. Might try that.
For printing on top method did you scrub away the paper layer after?
@paulrickards Yah. It left a kind of rough surface. I've seen it done elsewhere with overhead transparency film, but I only have a few sheets and didn't want to use it on an experiment.
dan 💾@paulrickards That's very fun!
Tim Aidley@paulrickards Wow, that's lovely
psf@paulrickards Does adding keytops make the keys more ergonomic? I have a PocketChip but repeatedly pinching stiff buttons on a thin circuit board isn't something my wrists can take for long.
@psf Better but still not great. I still wouldn’t want to type on it for too long.
Bryan Haskin@paulrickards that looks fantastic!
Wiley Wiggins@paulrickards I've got a bricked Pocket chip that I haven't been able to restore because a needed code repo isn't up any more. I'm curious about your setup here. Is that running Basilisk?
@wysiwyggins I think I saw someone duplicated the repos, but I've never had to do it myself. Maybe this?
https://cordelya.net/posts/2023/07/03/reflashing-the-pocket-chip-in-2023/
I'm using MiniVMac. More details in this thread at the top, including a blog post I wrote about how I got it to compile.
https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2688
Good luck!
@paulrickards huh, I didn’t realize Mini Vmac did system 7’s that late. Cool!
Mike Dank@paulrickards well, this all may have just expedited “dig out pocketCHIP from storage” on my to-do list.
@Famicoman Pssst, I just uploaded the models I collected for this plus the art for the waterslide decals for the key caps.
https://www.printables.com/model/1461477-pocketchip-macintosh
🙂
Blake Patterson@paulrickards Impressive! My PocketCHIP sits beyond my displays on the wall ledge. I've not used it in a few years.
What emulator is that?
The "keyboard" on the thing as is is pretty abysmal. I started to try and pull the clear adhesive sheet off, not realizing that was all that was holding the "key caps" in place -- figured it out before too late, thankfully.
@blakespot Thanks! It's MiniVMac with LToUDP enabled so I can do AppleTalk with it. More details in this thread at the top or on my blog post:
https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2688
The new keyboard I printed isn't much better feeling, unfortunately. But what it does do it make the keys easier to find in this quirky layout.
@paulrickards Very nice - I shall read it.
I didn't realize MiniVMac added color at some point.
@blakespot Yep, it'll emulate up to a Mac II with 256 colors and 8MB of RAM.
@paulrickards But is it 32-bit clean?!?!
@blakespot Haha I don't think so
AI6YR Ben@paulrickards what is this Max OS platform?!?!?! This is cool!
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akiran_n@paulrickards whit those key caps it seem can be used! I need to find mine and replace the broken touch
EndlessMason@paulrickards Shaped like a friend.
The Secretbatcave@paulrickards the case looks really nice!
ComputerNut43@paulrickards this is sooooooo cute