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An engineer has built a classic Mac Plus from modern parts

Apple sold the Mac Plus from 1986 to 1990 — but now this early classic Mac is back with most of the parts made this century, thanks to a very dedicated fan.

A vintage computer screen displays a control panel with settings for general, keyboard, mouse, and sound, along with an alert sound setting labeled 'Simple Beep'.
That’s actually a Mac Classic but the screen is showing the output from the clone Mac Plus

Usually when someone tells you that they’ve built their own computer, nod politely and change the subject. Invariably, it’s a PC, they’re a gamer, and they’ve ordered a few components and put them together exactly the way they were intended.

It’s fiddly, and you can end up with a smoking box of now-worthless electronics if you’re not careful. But, it’s nothing like building a computer from individual chips and circuits.

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