paulrickards, 1 year ago

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

mmu_man, 1 year ago

@paulrickards "a few years later…"

paulrickards, 1 year ago

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, 1 year ago

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

A closeup of the PocketChip showing a document in Quark XPress using the Mini VMac emulator sitting on top of an ImageWriter II printer. The document on the screen says Hello from the PocketChip with a picture of the ResEdit icon.

moira, 1 year ago

@paulrickards oh my god how

i have one of these, never used it for much after supporting the kickstarter tho

paulrickards, 1 year ago

@moira See the replies to the thread for some pointers on how to get started. If building it yourself is out of reach, there’s a couple of pre built binaries too.

moira, 1 year ago

@paulrickards thanks!

paulrickards, 1 year ago

@moira Also I have a blog post coming later today with lots more detail!

paulrickards, 1 year ago

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!

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

About Netscape Navigator 2.0.2 page. It’s being displayed on a PocketCHIP.
Frog Find search engine displayed in Netscape 2.0.2. It’s being displayed on a PocketCHIP.

chiefgyk3d, 1 year ago

@paulrickards @liaizon oh I need to dig my pocket chip out for this!

paulrickards, 1 year ago

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!

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

A PocketCHIP sitting on top of an ImageWriter II. The printer has a piece of paper coming out with printing on it: the ResEdit icon with the text Hello from the PocketChip next to it. On the screen of the PocketCHIP is the same document that's in the printer but in color as displayed in Quark XPress.
A PocketCHIP handheld computer showing a emulated Mac running System 7.5.5. On the screen is the splashscreen for Quark XPress 3.1.

mripard, 1 year ago

@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.

paulrickards, 1 year ago

Fly my pretties! Fly! 😅

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

After Dark Flying Toasters screen saver on an emulated Mac on a PocketCHIP.

paulrickards, 11 months ago

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

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

howtophil, 11 months ago

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

paulrickards, 11 months ago

@howtophil That would be really cool!

howtophil, 11 months ago

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

oz, 11 months ago

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

paulrickards, 11 months ago

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

paulrickards, 11 months ago

C:/win 🙃

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

paulrickards, 11 months ago

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

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

GabeMoralesVR, 9 months ago

@paulrickards @paulrickards go deeper. Run Windows 3.1 through Soft PC by running Mac OS through Sheep Shaver by running WinUAE to run Workbench Amiga.

jezlyn, 11 months ago

@paulrickards It’s somewhat embarrassing how happy it makes me to see flying toasters. 😀

paulrickards, 11 months ago

@jezlyn Trust me, it makes many others (me incl) happy too! 😅

jezlyn, 11 months ago

@paulrickards I keep wanting to find a live wallpaper for my phone with flying toasters… Haven’t found one yet.

mc, 1 year ago

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paulrickards, 1 year ago

@mc Why not use both and connect them over LocalTalk =)