RCrcarmo·Jan 11, 2026Submission
BasiliskII Macintosh 68k Emulator Ported to ESP32-P4 / M5Stack Tab5
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BasiliskII Macintosh 68k emulator ported to ESP32-P4 / M5Stack Tab5 - Run classic Mac OS on embedded hardware
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What it is
BasiliskII Macintosh 68k emulator ported to ESP32-P4 / M5Stack Tab5 - Run classic Mac OS on embedded hardware
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| Jan 9, 21:00 | 2026-01-09 21:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-10 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 2026-01-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-10 03:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 10, 03:00 | 2026-01-10 03:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-10 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 2026-01-10 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-10 09:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 10, 09:00 | 2026-01-10 09:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-10 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 2026-01-10 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-10 15:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 10, 15:00 | 2026-01-10 15:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-10 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 2026-01-10 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-10 21:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 10, 21:00 | 2026-01-10 21:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-11 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 2026-01-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-11 03:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 11, 03:00 | 2026-01-11 03:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-11 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 2026-01-11 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-11 09:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 11, 09:00 | 2026-01-11 09:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-11 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 2026-01-11 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-11 15:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesShow HN: Mac OS 8.1 Running on an ESP32-P4 Dev Board
I ported the BasiliskII Emulator to the ESP32-P4. The performance is a lot better than I expected. I think there is a ton more room to improve.
Currently there is support for USB Keyboards and Mice as well as the touch screen. The project is easy to build and install. I think there is a lot of performance left to unlock. The way I am handling the frame buffer is pretty basic at the moment.
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