When Apple released the original Macintosh in 1984, it was looked at as a triumph of design — one of the more minimalist and user-friendly computer designs to hit the market. Old Macs have long since become obsolete, leading fans to come up with creative ways to hack them into a useful second life (like the MacQuarium), but John Leake took a different approach for his tribute to Apple’s most enduring product. Using Sintra foamboard and a Raspberry Pi, Leake has successfully created a working scale model of the original Mac that’s one-third the size of the original.
Absolutely love this.
Where’s the link? The headline is self linking…
That is stupid, but awesome.
(I half think Apple should either freeware Classic MacOS and the old Mac ROMs, or let someone apply to a license to sell and of the pre-MacOS8 stuff.
I’m not sure it would cost Apple anything to speak of.
And I’d be sorely tempted to buy such a thing in some form.)
Finally, the Mac Nano we’ve all been waiting for. 😀
I’d have been impressed with a simple scale model. This is remarkable.