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Infinite Mac project works to create lightning fast, browser-based Macintosh Quadra emulation

This is an incredibly cool retro project and will make you wish your Macintosh Quadra from the 90’s ran anywhere near this fast. A developer has extended on the work of James Friend’s Basilisk II and PCE.js with the Infinite Mac project to create an improved version of a Quadra emulator. This arrives at a […]

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System 7.0.1/early Macintosh emulator now available for download

This is about as true a labor of Mac love and geekiness as it gets. The cool cats over at the Internet Archive have worked out an in-browser emulation engine for early models of the Apple Macintosh. While there are certainly predecessors to the computer desktop paradigm, the introduction of the Macintosh brought it to […]

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Adobe updates Flash Player to version 21.0.0.213, works to patch new vulnerability (updated)

As useful as Adobe’s Flash Player tends to be, this is sort of a mess. Less than a month after a critical Flash vulnerability allowed an attacker to take control of a Mac, Adobe has issued an emergency update for yet another critical flaw, bringing the current version to 21.0.0.213. The latest one is already […]

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Thousands surface for Steve Jobs biopic extras call

It’s not every day that you get a chance to be an extra in a Steve Jobs biopic. Over in Cupertino, thousands of people replied to a casting call over the weekend to be an extra in the Steve Jobs biopic with scenes being filmed at the Flint Center where Jobs unveiled the original Macintosh […]

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What a difference 30 years makes for image resolution…

It’s more a picture than anything. Over on Things of Interest, someone overlaid the original Apple Macintosh, which was released in 1984 and shipped with a black-and-white 512 x 342 display. Fast forward 30 years to the release of the iMac with Retina 5K display, which ships with a 5,120 x 2,880 display with support […]