Thursday, April 14, 2016

Mini Pi Mac Abstract

The objective of the Mini Mac Pi project is to take my Rapsberry Pi 2 and produce a computer which emulates a 1993 Mac operating system. This is an invigorating topic for the world of computer scientists because of the merging of operating systems. Raspbian (which is similar to Linux) is the main OS on the Raspberry Pi 2. The OS necessary for this project is Minivmac; Minivmac is the name of the OS that emulates a 1993 Mac computer. My goal was to have Minivmac work successfully along side Raspbian so that my Mini Mac Pi may be a success.
There was hardware that goes along with the software as well. The outer shell of the Pi looks like an old style computer monitor. The only way to obtain the outer shell was by way of three dimensional printing. Stl files are needed to print in three dimensions. The stl files can be found on adafruit.com, the same site where the inspiration for this project was originated. There are 5 pieces that needed to be printed and each piece took about three hours to complete. The pieces were equipped with compartments for magnets and speakers so that the building of the computer was sturdy. The speaker is necessary because the pi nor screen has built in sound. I also purchased a lithium battery, 500 powerboost, and a switch so that the Mini Pi Mac may be portable. Soldering was necessary for the wiring to come together as well.
I had some problems with putting the final product together as well as downloading some of the software. Re-downloading the Raspbian operating system was necessary multiple times in order to get the desired results. In the end, the Mini Mac Pi was a success and useful for select purposes such as: playing games, taking notes, calculating, and more. In the future I hope to download a later version of a Mac operating system so that the Mini Mac Pi may be multipurposeful. Overall I enjoyed this project and look forward to many more activities with my Raspberry Pi 2.



Please leave any comments below on how I may improve on anything in regards to my Mini Pi Mac. Thank you.

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