I Built a "Mac Minus" With a Real CRT
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Published 2024-07-27
Today we're building a real working Mac "Minus", complete with working 5 inch CRT!
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π Mac Minus: www.thingiverse.com/thing:5532530
π Bambu A1 printer: bit.ly/3WiJ9e5
π Bambu filament: bit.ly/3SmLxza
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All Comments (21)
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Check out the Bambu A1 3D printer and filaments I used here: Bambu A1 printer: bit.ly/3WiJ9e5
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It's a little-known fact. AMTEL is the Sony of miniature CRT TVs.
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I'd recommend using a Pi 3 for this, it still has composite video (on the "audio" jack, it's TRRS) and is much faster - might even get decent emulation speeds with it. And you can route the GPIO to your empty slot in the back!
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"Glow in the dark green! That's what we're using!" Of course you're using the dumbest option, Sean. Never change! β€
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If you haven't seen mine, I built the Big Mac @ Open Sauce, which went the opposite direction with a 21" screen-sized Mac Plus and everything else scaled up to fit.
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You might be able to get better quality if you output a black and white (luma) signal from the Pi, not sure if itβs possible but Iβve heard on old black and white displays the contrast and legibility can improve.
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Sean: "Maybe I'll just be careful" LOL!
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The opposite would be a Mac/2, a cursed computer with a Frankenstein GUI running on top of OS/2 1.0.
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I used to have a Mac Plus as a child, it was my dad's, and my first computer. I played many games on it until it was stolen in a robbery
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As a British person of a certain age, the appearance of RISC OS fills my heart with joy.
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I have two or three of those 5" black and white TVs that I never use, something like this might be a good use of one of those
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I have one of those CRTs mini TVs. It works. And a pi. And random PSUs and voltage regulators. And a 3D printer. And a VCF nearby. Nah.
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The Mac Plus has always been my favourite Macintosh so seeing a smaller, more portable version complete with CRT, is a real treat!
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DankPods would call him Shrek-minus.
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these types of tvs were very common and were even still on sale brand new in 2009 or maybe ever 2010
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This is what an Apple Archimedes would look like!
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What about an FPGA-based or otherwise re-engineered but shrunken version with a BlueSCSI instead of the floppy drive? Or even a smaller version still, while youβre at it π
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I love my Mac plus, Iβm not that old but one of my friends brothers got me into retro computing then I found this channel which is a great channel. I watch it all the time and itβs so cool to see a portable plus
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Glow in the dark filament is great. A couple of years back I printed a 12 inch Enterprise 1701-D in the stuff, and its still awesome
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Damn right, it's adorable. I love how you bring me in to get fascinated by projects I thought I wouldn't have any interest in. Until I do. Dang it!