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I'm attempting to get this working like others have done, but have not been able to compile umac within the pico-mac repository. I'm attempting it with VS Code on a 2012 MacBook Pro with Raspberry Pi's Pico extension installed. I tried some of the example projects and they compile, but their...

Found them! Right where I thought they were, but buried under other boxes. :)

Now to find my Picos and RP2040 clones before Pico Micro Mac arrives - I know they’re in my home office somewhere.

I also found this interesting board: https://www.waveshare.com/product/raspberry-pi/boards-kits/raspberry-pi-pico-cat/rp2040-pizero.htm Basically it’s a RP2040 in a Raspberry Pi Zero form factor with DVI output via a mini HDMI connector. I’m not sure if it would work with the Pico Mac project...

I ordered one too - sounds interesting. It should be interesting to see if the RP2040 clones work with it too. I have the Pico, Pico W, and some Chinese clones that have 16MB flash storage.

Ah - a wax pooper! 😁 Had an office Phaser printer at my first programming job. Boy they wore that printer out.

I have SoftPC, but I’m pretty sure it requires a PowerPC. May have to try it on my MDD - it’s been years since I messed around with it.

I also have a StarTech adapter in my MDD G4 connected to a 120 GB SanDisk SSD. If I recall it is set to Cable Select. The adapter is connected to the ATA 66 bus since at the time it was installed I had to remove the drive cage that would connect to the ATA 100 cable. Works in OS 9 and Tiger...

For this particular model, there isn't a thermal sensor on the hard drive since it is a 2.5" laptop drive. I think the previous version used a 3.5" hard drive, which did have a sensor. The iMac has been maxed out with an i7-3770s, 16GB memory, and a 1TB SSD. The 120GB SSD part of the original...

Last week I got the Mac Mini’s big brother: a 2012 iMac 21.5”. The seller packed it so well I thought there was a mistake and they sent a larger model due to the amount of packaging. Currently it has an i5-3330s, 8GB of memory and a 1TB Fusion Drive. When I received it, the SSD and hard disk of...

The card almost looks like one of those ATI All-In-Wonder cards with a TV tuner. Don’t know if they made them for Macs for bot though.

After the fun of trying to get an old CanoScan LIDE 70 to work, I may partition the drive and install Mountain Lion. This appears to be the last version of MacOS supported by the drivers. The scanner worked with my Lombard, but was quite slow. The iBook G4 worked better, but sometimes the 1024...

Couldn’t resist upgrading Mac OS to Catalina so things like Steam, Chrome, Firefox and Visual Studio Code would install. I’m tempted to try Linux or Chrome OS Flex on it as well.

SSD and 8 GB memory are installed, El Capitan installed. Now installing updates. Once the updates are done I’ll install the cover.

The USB installer worked. Unfortunately since it is using the original mechanical hard disk it takes 30 minutes after rebooting to finish the installation. I’ll put the SSD in and try again later today.

The original hard disk and memory sticks are back in and it's booting..... slowly. I'm guessing the reason the screen was white with the SSD in there was that it had Windows 10 on it. Still trying to reinstall El Capitan, getting an error message when it is loading installation information...

Memory and SDD installed. It bongs, but stays on a gray screen. I’ll put the original 4GB back in and see if it gets any further.

Today I received a pair of OWC 512MB DDR modules, bringing it up to 1.75GB. Apparently someone bought them a long time ago, opened the box they came in but not the packaging of the memory modules.

Today I received the Mac Mini’s older brother: a 2009 Mac Mini. For some reason I can’t use internet restore to install 10.11. I have 2 4GB SO-DIMM modules and a 240 GB SSD to install to upgrade the 4GB and 250GB SATA hard disk currently installed. I have the feeling that by the time I’m done...

It’s the original ATI Radeon 9000 AGP video card.