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paulrickards May 30, 2023

Could I build Mini VMac for Pocket Chip myself to include the LocalTalk over UDP option?? How hard could it be?! 🤪

paulrickards May 30, 2023

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

paulrickards May 31, 2023

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!

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #MiniVac #ImageWriterII #QuarkXPress

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #LiveLaughLocalTalk #MiniVMac #PocketCHIP

paulrickards Jun 1, 2023

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!

paulrickards Jun 1, 2023

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!

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #LiveLaughLocalTalk #MiniVMac #PocketCHIP #Emulation

Thanks in advance for a boost!

» Macintosh Emulation and Printing using Mini VMac on a PocketCHIP

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #MiniVMac #Emulation #AfterDark #FlyingToasters

Fly my pretties! Fly! 😅

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #MiniVMac

Ha you thought I was done with this silly PocketCHIP? 😅 Let’s run SoftPC!

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #MiniVMac #SoftPC #Windows31

C:/win 🙃

paulrickards Jun 23, 2023

Minesweeper because solitaire didn’t place the cards right (probably because of the weird screen size?)

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #MiniVMac #SoftPC #Windows31

https://www.printables.com/model/1461477-pocketchip-macintosh

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:

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac

paulrickards

Boot the emulated Mac on the PocketCHIP.. from Floppy?! Sure, why not! 🙃

Telmo 🦕Oct 29

@paulrickards this is getting out of hand, i love it. See, you sharpened all the pencil and now it’s a new one!!!

James against the machine Oct 30

@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!

paulrickards Oct 30

@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 🙂

paulrickards Jun 1, 2023

New blog post: Macintosh Emulation and Printing using Mini VMac on a PocketCHIP

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #LiveLaughLocalTalk #MiniVMac #PocketCHIP #Emulation

Thanks in advance for a boost!

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #MiniVMac #Emulation #AfterDark #FlyingToasters

Fly my pretties! Fly! 😅

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #MiniVMac

Ha you thought I was done with this silly PocketCHIP? 😅 Let’s run SoftPC!

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #MiniVMac #SoftPC #Windows31

C:/win 🙃

paulrickards Jun 23, 2023

Minesweeper because solitaire didn’t place the cards right (probably because of the weird screen size?)

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #PocketCHIP #MiniVMac #SoftPC #Windows31

https://www.printables.com/model/1461477-pocketchip-macintosh

Update: I collected the models and the art for the waterslide decals in one place:

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac

Ian Scott Oct 27

@paulrickards beautiful!!

@polpo Thanks Ian! ☺️

aburka 🫣Oct 27

@paulrickards not sure if real or nanoraptor

@aburka Best compliment ☺️ cc: @NanoRaptor

FozzTexx Oct 27

@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?

FozzTexx Oct 27

@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.

Akseli

Oct 27

@paulrickards Huh I still have mine, the battery is dead though

dan 💾Oct 27

@paulrickards That's very fun!

Tim Aidley Oct 27

@paulrickards Wow, that's lovely

psf Oct 27

@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 Oct 27

@paulrickards that looks fantastic!

Wiley Wiggins Oct 27

@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?

https://cordelya.net/posts/2023/07/03/reflashing-the-pocket-chip-in-2023/

@wysiwyggins I think I saw someone duplicated the repos, but I've never had to do it myself. Maybe this?

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.

Good luck!

Reflashing the Pocket CHIP in 2023

In the event you need to reflash a CHIP computer in 2023 or later, this post contains a walkthrough of a successful reflash using Ubuntu 14.04 on a Live USB.

Cordelya

Wiley Wiggins Oct 27

@paulrickards huh, I didn’t realize Mini Vmac did system 7’s that late. Cool!

Mike Dank Oct 27

@paulrickards well, this all may have just expedited “dig out pocketCHIP from storage” on my to-do list.

https://www.printables.com/model/1461477-pocketchip-macintosh

@Famicoman Pssst, I just uploaded the models I collected for this plus the art for the waterslide decals for the key caps.

🙂

PocketCHIP Macintosh by RolandJuno | Download free STL model | Printables.com

Printables.com

Blake Patterson Oct 27

@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.

#PocketCHIP #BBS #Linux

@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:

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.

» Macintosh Emulation and Printing using Mini VMac on a PocketCHIP

Blake Patterson Oct 27

@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.

Blake Patterson Oct 27

@paulrickards But is it 32-bit clean?!?!

@blakespot Haha I don't think so

AI6YR Ben Oct 28

@paulrickards what is this Max OS platform?!?!?! This is cool!

@paulrickards purty!

@paulrickards whit those key caps it seem can be used! I need to find mine and replace the broken touch

EndlessMason Oct 28

@paulrickards Shaped like a friend.

Telmo 🦕Oct 28

@paulrickards is the pencil pocket a sharpener? Because the pencil is smaller in some pictures 🤣

paulrickards Oct 28

@OnceUponAGoblin Haha no but an interesting idea for an upgrade 😆 It just turns the pencil into a kickstand for it.

HowToPhil Jun 22, 2023

@paulrickards I wish there was a pi designed to slot into this case

@howtophil That would be really cool!

HowToPhil Jun 23, 2023

@paulrickards They could call it the pi-kit-chip

Maybe(oz)Jun 22, 2023

@paulrickards oh nice... are these chips still a misery to flash ?

@oz Probably? I’ve been lucky to not have to do so, yet!

dan 💾Jun 2, 2023

@paulrickards Happy #FlyingToastersFriday !

bitcrush.io Jun 2, 2023

@billgoats There's a whole day for Flying Toasters?! And it happens every week?! You have made me so happy with this knowledge.
@paulrickards

dan 💾Jun 2, 2023

@bitcrush_io there is if you want there to be :D

media archaeology lab Jun 2, 2023

@paulrickards ok you've sold us, now we just have to figure out how to reset our PocketCHIP since the donor didn't give us a password...

@mediaarchaeologylab Yeesss! It boots to the icon menu? Tried the default passwords?

media archaeology lab Jun 2, 2023

@paulrickards tried "chip", are there others?

@mediaarchaeologylab AFAIK, just that one but used for both user chip and root.

media archaeology lab Jun 2, 2023

@paulrickards hmmmm fun. we'll poke some more...

Michael Job Jun 2, 2023

@paulrickards nice - a web version: https://www.michaeljob.ch/fly/

Flying Toasters

Jack Jun 1, 2023

@paulrickards @stroughtonsmith Makes me wish I still had my pocketchip

Maxime Ripard Jun 1, 2023

@paulrickards I’ve worked on the PocketCHIP for so long, it holds a special place in my heart. I’m glad it’s still being used today to make awesome things like this.