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$14 Mac clone made with a Raspberry Pi Pico

Sure, there are other microcontrollers that could run old operating systems even cheaper than the Pi, but only if your time is worthless.

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Nov 07, 2024
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Screenshot: Action Retro / YouTube

Action Retro set out to make the cheapest possible Apple Macintosh, and their offering is beautifully simple—and, at $14, pretty durned cheap. You'll need a Raspberry Pi Pico and some other bits and bobs to follow along.

Today, we're using the Pico Micro Mac project, along with a project from the endlessly cool ‪@RonsCom…

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