The majority of vintage Mac enthusiasts focus on restoring original hardware. But here’s a way to get the classic Mac OS experience in a device you can fit in your pocket!
Instructions overview for installing Mini vMac on PocketCHIP:
Download the .zip file from the GitHub repository and find/make a Mini vMac disk image (links below)
Install SSH server if it isn’t already: sudo apt-get install openssh-server
Find the PocketCHIP’s IP address: ip addr show wlan0
Connect to PocketCHIP using an SFTP client with credentials chip/chip
Create a folder on PocketCHIP and navigate into it
Upload the minivmac, and your disk image file
On the PocketCHIP, navigate into the folder you made and make minivmac executable: chmod x minivmac
Then just run it with ./minivmac (provided that your disk image is named )
Sources and links:
biosrhythm blog post about MiniVMac on PocketCHIP:
Mini vMac project page:
GitHub MiniVMac port for CHIP:
Mini vMac premade disk images:
“Is This the End for the .?,“ Hackaday:
Leftover CHIP inventory photos: ://
Suspicion about CHIP selling at a loss:
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