Apple fans just love old Apple computers. Sure, we're all so incredibly tech savvy these days, but there's still something special about those bygone era computers. Take the Mac 512K, for example. No, you don't need Siri to launch old programs on a Macintosh from 1986, but still -- it's super awesome.
Niles Mitchell has spent the past couple of years tinkering with the Macintosh 512K, finding ways to get the old computer to talk with modern devices and desktops.
"The Mac 512K has always interested me," Mitchell writes on his blog. "It was basically identical to the Mac 128k, the only difference being the RAM. However, that RAM difference opened it up to a few things that 128K couldn’t do. One of those things was file sharing on a AppleShare network. Granted, it was only as a client, but still the door was open."
A recent video (via MacObserver) shows Mitchell using the speech functionality of the 512K -- along with some AppleScript and other workarounds -- to send commands back to the 512K, like opening a game of StuntCopter. Seriously, it's rad.
Be sure to check out all of Mitchell's videos at his blog. There's some really interesting stuff for Mac enthusiasts.
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