Classic 8×8-pixel B&W Mac patterns
6 days ago
- #pixel-art
- #retro-computing
- #macintosh
- The author created a website featuring the original 8×8-pixel black-and-white Mac patterns from System 1.0.
- The patterns were extracted from a System 6 disk using emulation and tools like Mini vMac, ExportFl, and sitPack.
- The extraction process involved converting the PAT# resource into .pbm format for easy manipulation and archival purposes.
- The author used nostalgia and a fondness for the original Mac aesthetic as motivation for the project.
- The patterns can be scaled without interpolation to maintain sharpness using tools like ImageMagick.
- The project aimed to preserve the exact original data in an archival format.