Get online with your vintage Mac PrintToPDF a free utility to create PDF files on classic Macs running System 7 through Mac OS 9. It seems like a fairly straightforward process, so if you're nostalgic for the days when Mac software was a bit simpler, hit the source links below. The Gryphel Project 68k era Mac software and home of the Mini VMac Mac Plus emulator. With the app installed onto the Nook Simple Touch, users can run virtually any classic Mac OS app or game on the E Ink display. FlyingToaster, a member of the 68k Macintosh Liberation Army forum, had duplicated the original trick, finding that Mini vMac II offered an improved experience that addressed scaling and grayscale issues.
That all changed yesterday when he came upon a gallery of photos that depict Mac OS 7.5.3 running on Nook hardware. Unfortunately, there was little in the way of proof at the time. The hack wasn't exactly flawless, but Cane's wishes had come true. In February, Cane came across a report claiming someone had successfully installed Mini vMac - an early Macintosh OS emulator - onto the device. It turns out the dream wasn't so impossible after all. There's likely no one happier about this than Mike Cane, who blogged last year about an 'impossible dream' that centered around loading the legacy OS onto a Nook. In what is unquestionably one of the more creative Nook Simple Touch homebrew hacks we've seen, you can now install the classic Macintosh OS on Barnes & Noble's ereader.
