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Macintosh Emulation and Printing using Mini VMac on a PocketCHIP

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Alternate title: I want to print from an emulated Mac on a pocket computer to my ImageWriter II over AppleTalk.

The PocketCHIP that wants to be a Mac. Yes, that’s a pencil sticking through the pencil holder being used as a stand. The hole on the left is for a pen (it’s round). Clever, yes?

I’ve had a PocketCHIP for several years now. I picked it up right after the Kickstarter campaign was finished sometime in 2016/2017. It’s a great little Linux-based handheld device that combines a lot in one package (touch display, keyboard, storage, battery, sound, USB port, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.). The novelty wore off and I stowed it away in a box. The company Next Thing Co. went out of business shortly thereafter in March 2018.

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Installing an Ethernet card and video card and other upgrades for a Mac SE/30.

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(The following was a Twitter thread on March 10, 2021 for #MARCHintosh.)

But there’s only one slot, you say? It’s all a matter of using a clever part to adapt a pass-through.

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