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This cool project crams classic Mac emulation
into a four-inch alarm clock chassis
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This tiny Mac clock mod becomes a working Raspberry Pi Mac.

It was only a matter of time. A YouTuber turned a palm-sized
classic Mac styled clock into a working computer. Here's how
he did it.

I'm sure almost everyone reading this is aware of the meme
"Can it run Doom?" - the meme that challenges tech-savvy
DIYers to get Doom up and running on just about anything.
But maybe what we should actually be asking is, "Can it Mac"
coupled with playing Doom.

YouTube channel This Does Not Compute has taken up the
mantle, it seems, and has actually taken a Mac-inspired
clock from cute tchotchke to functional computer. The
process is documented in a fifteen-minute-long YouTube video
that is worth watching.

YouTube video (14min 30secs)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRr5iVjMfqs>

The reason the project exists in the first place is that the
RayCue Maclock is a surprisingly faithful recreation of the
exterior of original Mac. It's also tiny, standing about four
inches tall.

The project requires some basic soldering skills and the
confidence to pry open a small cube of plastic. While it may
not be a beginner-friendly project, I'm fairly positive that
most tech-savvy folk who know their way around a soldering
iron would be able to knock this out - the project is pretty
well documented after all.

The necessary hardware includes a Zero 2 W Raspberry Pi, a
Waveshare 2.8" LCD screen, and a 32GB microSD card. There's
also an extra step for a 3D printable screen bracket, too.

If you're interested in doing the project yourself, the This
Does Not Compute GitHub repository has all the information on
software and steps available here.
<https://github.com/ThisDoesNotCompute/wondermac>

So maybe it's not a true "Can it run Doom?" style project. It
mostly just uses the body of the clock and is a pretty
standard Pi project otherwise.

That being said, for $100 in parts and a relatively minor time
investment, it's still an impressive project. Plus, who could
deny how cool it would be to have a functional 4-inch-tall Mac
on your desk?

Colin, the voice and hands behind the project, acknowledges
that it could be taken even further. He notes that it wouldn't
be too difficult to use the fake floppy disc to actually turn
on the Pi, or even make it an SD card reader.

It would be interesting to see how far the project could be
pushed. There's not much room inside the Maclock, but that
certainly didn't stop Colin.



<https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/02/23/this-cool-project-crams-classic-mac-emulation-into-a-four-inch-alarm-clock-chassis>





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