I admit my love of retro technology isn’t as bad as it could be, but when the opportunity presented itself, I had to jump at the chance to breathe new life into this Macintosh Apple 1MB.
After my eBay purchase landed on the workshop bench I was surprised to learn that the machine I bought for parts turned on, the CRT received a signal and there was that lovely start up beep.
I’d never been more excited to see that dead little Macintosh icon before. When I purchased the Macintosh, I bought it cheap for parts. I never thought it was going to be functional out of the open box.
I’ll admit it took me a hot minute to get the back off of the machine because I had to purchase the right length bit. Outside of some older capacitors this Mac was in fine working condition in my opinion.
I was pleasantly surprised to see all of the signatures embossed into the back of the shell.
The end game for this project is to store the internals and multi-boot different MacOS from a microSD using a raspberry pi. I enjoy the aesthetic of having modern functionality in older products. Much like my TV/VCR combo in the garage that uses a firestick.
Stay tuned as I work my way through the software, hardware, and restoration of this project.
