A replica Classic Macintosh 128K that works, but it half as big as a
can of Coca-Cola! It uses a Raspberry Pi computer, so really emulating
a Classic Mac. Unfortunately it is currently out of stock, but more are planned.
This Tiny Macintosh Replica Actually Works
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Meet the pico-mac-nano, a super tiny yet functional Macintosh
replica created by 1-bit rainbow, a website that sells parts
or vintage Apple products.
pico-mac-nano website:
<https://www.1bitrainbow.com/parts-store.php?cPath=Fpico-mac-nano_P4389>
Image: <https://images.macrumors.com/t/37Vrw24gUYRXwawC97xJJ2Q_xD4=/1600x0/article-ne
w/2025/05/Pico-Mac-Nano.jpg>
Inside the miniature 3D-printed Macintosh 128K case is a small
Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller, along with a 2-inch LCD
screen. The replica Macintosh is actually usable, as it runs
an emulated version of the classic Mac operating system, and
it has USB keyboard and mouse support with an included USB
splitter cable.
1-bit rainbow is selling the pico-mac-nano for £56, but it has
gone out of stock after it received attention on tech blogs.
The website says orders will resume "soon," and you can enter
your email to be notified. Or, you could create one yourself,
as the pico-mac code and 3D-printable case files are freely
available on GitHub.
<https://github.com/all2coolnick/pico-mac-nano>
1-bit rainbow's Nick Gillard shared more details about the
pico-mac-nano in a blog post.
<https://blog.1bitrainbow.com/pico-mac-nano/>
<https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/28/tiny-macintosh-replica/>
A replica Classic Macintosh 128K that works, but it half as big as a
can of Coca-Cola! It uses a Raspberry Pi computer, so really emulating
a Classic Mac. Unfortunately it is currently out of stock, but more are planned.
This Tiny Macintosh Replica Actually Works
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Meet the pico-mac-nano, <snip>
In article <101844c$3fq8l$1@dont-email.me>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
A replica Classic Macintosh 128K that works, but it half as big as a
can of Coca-Cola! It uses a Raspberry Pi computer, so really emulating
a Classic Mac. Unfortunately it is currently out of stock, but more are
planned.
This Tiny Macintosh Replica Actually Works
------------------------------------------
Meet the pico-mac-nano, <snip>
Well, it was this post back in May that brought this gizmo to my
attention, and I went and immediately placed an order!
Yesterday, I received confirmation that it had finally shipped so in a few days will have this in my hands. I am torn between ripping it open and
using it or keeping it sealed and boxed and tucking it away into my
Macintosh collection storage crates...
I'll probably open it up and have a play, that's my usual way with these things, but the reason I'm considering hiding it away for posterity is
that there have been some developments in the project - a cease and desist from Apple.
The vendor has been sending out regular updates to all those who ordered -
it sounds like they had a huge amount of orders, leading to
round-the-clock work for them, and he freely admitted that he anticipated
it being short-lived as a product due to the blatant unlicenced use of Apple's IP.
His latest update, about the cease and desist, did state that Apple were actually very friendly and positive about it, even while threatening to
sue him into oblivion, but there will likely be no more of these once he
has shipped all previously paid-for orders.
On 2025-08-09 07:13:45 +0000, scole said:
The vendor has been sending out regular updates to all those who ordered - it sounds like they had a huge amount of orders, leading to
round-the-clock work for them, and he freely admitted that he anticipated it being short-lived as a product due to the blatant unlicenced use of Apple's IP.
His latest update, about the cease and desist, did state that Apple were actually very friendly and positive about it, even while threatening to
sue him into oblivion, but there will likely be no more of these once he has shipped all previously paid-for orders.
Putting the 3D plans, etc. online for free so people can build their
own (which I think might have been already one of the options) would
get around that. It's usually only when you're making money or defaming
that the registered / trademark / copyright owners start to get grumpy.
In article <1076uug$168gh$1@dont-email.me>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 2025-08-09 07:13:45 +0000, scole said:
The vendor has been sending out regular updates to all those who ordered - >>> it sounds like they had a huge amount of orders, leading to
round-the-clock work for them, and he freely admitted that he anticipated >>> it being short-lived as a product due to the blatant unlicenced use of
Apple's IP.
His latest update, about the cease and desist, did state that Apple were >>> actually very friendly and positive about it, even while threatening to
sue him into oblivion, but there will likely be no more of these once he >>> has shipped all previously paid-for orders.
Putting the 3D plans, etc. online for free so people can build their
own (which I think might have been already one of the options) would
get around that. It's usually only when you're making money or defaming
that the registered / trademark / copyright owners start to get grumpy.
Yes, the guy stated that he would be sharing it all for folk to make their own if they want - like you say, it was the commercial aspect of it that
was almost guaranteed to fire up Apple's lawyers...
Still, the way they kinda predicted it would have a very short lifespan
and encouraged people to pre-order to get ahead of any legal smackdown was pretty smart - they've clearly managed to sell a lot of product, I think
it was mentioned in one of the email updates that they were managing to complete and ship 40 units a day, 7 days a week, so add that over the last few months and it's a lot! I hope they've cleared a decent enough profit
to have made the effort worth their while, they seem like good eggs!
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