Hacker News with Generative AI: Macintosh

Mac Mini G4 – The best « classic » Macintosh for retro-gaming? (xtof.info)
Although my first computer was an Apple II, I never was a Macintosh user, as my family switched afterwards to the PC. But reading the magazines made me familiar with this family of computers and I wanted to add a pre-OSX Macintosh to my collection for some time. The only things that refrained me were that most Macs use esoteric plugs and that I did not have the space.

Retro Gaming, Apple, Macintosh, Hardware

244 points by freediver 6 days ago | 115 comments

MacBASIC (fandom.com)
Macintosh BASIC, also called MacBASIC, is an implementation of BASIC developed at Apple Computer for the early Macintosh computers.

Programming Languages, Apple, Macintosh, History, Software

87 points by rbanffy 12 days ago | 75 comments

Oral history of Caroline Rose, writer of Inside Macintosh (2023) [video] (youtube.com)

Oral History, Apple, Macintosh, Technology, Video

57 points by msephton 15 days ago | 14 comments

Oral History of Caroline Rose, Writer of Inside Macintosh (ycombinator.com)
Caroline Rose was a technical writer at Apple from 1982, lead writer and editor of "Inside Macintosh".

Oral History, Apple, Technical Writing, Macintosh

14 points by msephton 15 days ago | 4 comments

The upside-down capacitor in mid-'90s Macs, proven and documented by hobbyists (arstechnica.com)
"Am I the first person to discover this?" is a tricky question when it comes to classic Macs, some of the most pored-over devices on the planet. But there's a lot to suggest that user paul.gaastra, on the 68kMLA vintage Mac forum, has been right for more than a decade: One of the capacitors on the Apple mid-'90s Mac LC III was installed backward due to faulty silkscreen printing on the board.

Hardware, Apple, Macintosh, Vintage Computing

4 points by Brajeshwar 49 days ago | 1 comments

The capacitor that Apple soldered incorrectly at the factory (downtowndougbrown.com)
There have been some past rumblings on the internet about a capacitor being installed backwards in Apple’s Macintosh LC III. The LC III was a “pizza box” Mac model produced from early 1993 to early 1994, mainly targeted at the education market. It also manifested as various consumer Performa models: the 450, 460, 466, and 467. Clearly, Apple never initiated a huge recall of the LC III, so I think there is some skepticism in the community about this whole issue.

Hardware, Apple, Macintosh, Retro Computing

536 points by zdw 52 days ago | 259 comments

Infinite Mac – classic Macintosh and NeXT system releases and software (infinitemac.org)
Infinite Mac is a project by Mihai Parparita to make classic Mac and NeXT emulation easily accessible.

Emulation, Macintosh, Software, History, Retro Computing

5 points by keepamovin 130 days ago | 7 comments

Emulating the Early Macintosh Floppy Drive (thomasw.dev)

Emulating, Macintosh, Hardware, Retro Computing

91 points by GloriousCow 146 days ago | 42 comments

Stapler: I remade a 32 year old classic Macintosh app (gingerbeardman.com)

Software, Retro Computing, Macintosh, Programming, UI Design

219 points by msephton 160 days ago | 70 comments

What purpose did the lower-right Enter key serve on original Mac 128k keyboard? (stackexchange.com)