Its an Apple Lisa, on a FPGA
News Source : Hackaday
News Summary
- A German tinkerer built a Lisa compatible from scratch.
- Later on, it was modified to run a patchee copy of Mac’s System OS.
- The machine has a surprisingly large PCB compared to the size of the FPGA.
- It takes the approach of mixing new and old in interfaces, for example as well as original Lisa keyboard and mouse support, you can also use modern USB versions.
- There's also an HDMI output for a modern monitor, and an SD card.
Most of us will know that Apples precursor to the Macintosh series of computers was a machine called the Lisa. Something of a behemoth compared to those early Macs, it had a price to match and wasn [+1002 chars]
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