May 13, 2015
Macintosh II software running on Android Wear
Posted On 13th May 2015
You are an android user, but still want to
show your loyalty to the Macintosh on your wrist? Well, after the custom built
1970s-themed Apple II Watch, next on the list of options is a wearable running
the System 6 operating system from the 1987 Macintosh II. As long as the fact
that it's running on an Android Wear device don't bother you, you can
experience System 6 and its desktop, windows, and menu bar in their full glory
on a 1.6-inch screen!
This creative hack comes from YouTube user
Corbin Davenport, who already has plenty of experience bringing aging operating
systems to the wearable of today. Last fall, the 16-year-old developer managed
to run Windows 95 on a Samsung Gear Live. This time around, he's bought the
Macintosh II software to the same Android Wear device thanks to emulator app
Mini V Mac II.
Davenport's video reveals a faithful port
of System 6, complete with boot-up screens and menus. As you would expect, it
turns out to be incredibly difficult to not only use a desktop OS without a
mouse, but on such a tiny touchscreen. Good luck trying to tap the specific
icon to open a folder or launch an application.
Nonetheless, the emulation is impressive to
see and you can't help but laugh at the software of a near-30-year-old desktop
computer running on a wrist computer of today. Now we'll just have to see if
the OS X Yosemite of today will still work on our cornea implant devices of the
2040s.
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