Connecting a Raspberry Pi directly to a Mac Classic CRT

[AlexCL]

Cool article on how to connect a Raspberry Pi to a Mac Classic CRT to output the Raspberry Pi display...

Could be useful in Mac Classics totally destroyed by cap or battery leakage to at least be used under emulation on the Pi while appearing stock. Might also be useful for creating a custom video card on the Pi connected to the PDS on the SE.

Turn a Broken Mac Classic Into a Modern-day Raspberry Pi Computer

Turn a Broken Mac Classic Into a Modern-day Raspberry Pi Computer: Well, this might not be useful for everyone, because most of you probably don't own a broken classic Mac. However, I really like the display of that thing and I successfully connected it to a BBB years ago. However, I was never...

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[retr01]

Nice, @AlexCL!

We have a thread going on by @vorg with a smaller CRT and printed compact Mac case using RPi. Check it out!

https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/the-macintosh-minus-pi-powered-mini-mac-plus-clone-with-5-crt-display.1833/

 

[vorg]

I have a 16:9 10 inch amber CRT I'd like to adapt this guide for. I have a similar problem to interfacing with a Macintosh as it's a custom signal and not NTSC or PAL.

Text looks crisp in that guide. This screen is from a word processor, so that's perfect.

 

[AlexCL]

Another guide for getting video out of a Compact Mac...

Compact Mac video adapter « waveguide.se

[img=mac-se-video-bmva.jpg] For many years I have had an old Macintosh SE logic board that was scrapped out from an old Apple repair shop. Someone had broken the SIMM sockets at some point by snapping the retaining clips at the ends. A common problem u...

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