Running a Neural Network on a Mac 128K

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KenDesigns

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Hello all, my first post here. I have been working on a small project where I tried getting a neural network to run (performantly) on the original Macintosh line, including the original 128K (which was a pain). You can try out the booter disk image for it, which I have uploaded here: https://github.com/KenDesigns/MacNIST68000

Please read the README carefully as there are some gotchas for running it ;)

I've also made a YouTube video here where I go over how I managed to go about it, and the challenges that needed to be solved here:

Please excuse the cringe thumbnail, that's just how its gotta be on YouTube...

Feel free to ask any questions :)
 
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JDW said:
Ken, I just finished watching your video and I must say, you have a truly brilliant mind. Absolutely ingenious!

@frontein1 and @David Cook , you two gentlemen might find this work intriguing as well!

Note that the SNOW emulator mention is found here:

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Thank you for the kind words :)

If you like this, I have some good news, this is just the beginning of the tom foolery I have planned for these original Mac models. I have some stuff cooking right now (including a much larger and perhaps more interesting AI model) you may enjoy.
 
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