Subj : Apple Classic
To   : dingo
From : niter3
Date : Wed Nov 06 2024 10:35:45

 di> I think you are talking about Apple Macintosh Classic? The old
 di> Macintoshes with Black & White Graphics?
 di> 
 di> https://infinitemac.org/ is a really good online resource, using WASM I
 di> think to migrate several classic Macintosh emulators in the browser. I
 di> have used this emulator to successfully install System 6, 7, and 8 into
 di> a "hard disk" and export that for use on real 68k and early powerpc
 di> apples. Otherwise, emulators are really hard to get going, gathering &
 di> configuring ROM's and stuff.
 di> 
 di> And the "floppyemu" that is useful for Apple ]['s is also compatible
 di> with all of the classic Macintoshes. They're all pretty easy to repair,
 di> BlueSCSI makes great hard drive replacements, and I also switch out the
 di> models with a fan with a Noctua for complete silence.
 di> 
 di> Old Macintoshes are dog slow. Especially for games. A few games, like
 di> Crystal Quest and Arkanoid provide smooth graphics but those are the
 di> exception. Many of the best games are available on other platforms, and
 di> they're all better over there -- SimCity, Civilization, Railroad Tycoon.
 di> But at least for the Macintosh SE, MacEffects just released a fairly
 di> affordable $129 68030 accelerator.
 di> 
 di> You can also pretty much say the same about powerpc macintoshes, games
 di> like Starcraft, Warcraft 1&2, Heroes of Might and Magic 3 and more are
 di> available -- but they are also available on other platforms. There are
 di> very few unique titles, such as "Marathon" which still have a bit of a
 di> following.

 di> Classic Macintoshes were primarily used for word processing and
 di> spreadsheets, it was really difficult to develop for at the time and
 di> still are today, in that there is very little for modern cross-compile
 di> tools etc. and it was
 di> 
 di> Contributors of BlueSCSI have recently rallied together to creaet a few
 di> great tools for System 6 through 9, https://bluescsi.com/docs/Toolbox so
 di> *somebody* is developing for it, I was really elated to see it.
 di> Anyway look hard enough you will find a few small interesting projects,
 di> I just stumbled on this "video player" for classic macs
 di> https://www.macflim.com/
 di> 

All great info and links, thank you.

My question is more around, has anyone put together a Apple MAC Classic case with a PI in it for emulation? I've seend a couple videos out there, but just wondering if others have done it?

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