An old Hackintosh

[H3NRY]

I dug my '86 vintage Hackintosh (Yes, that's what we called 'em back then) out of the barn and took some pictures. Unfortunately, it's the worse for its years in a cardboard box which also apparently was a home to various rodents who peed etc. on everything. Yet TBD how much of the system is still operable and what's died in the 20+ years since it was last used. xx(

http://web.me.com/henryspragens/stuff/Slide_Shows/Pages/86_Hackintosh.html

 

[Temetka]

Actually from the video you posted, the corrosion does not look too bad. Certainly repairable.

Of course not seeing it in person means that I don't know too much about the system.

Are you going to toss it, fix it, store it until it becomes 1 giant piece of iron oxide?

 

[H3NRY]

I thought I'd offer parts here, if anyone wants them after I find out what's working and what's not. It doesn't look bad except on the outside. I doubt anyone would pay shipping on the whole thing, since it's kind of heavy. Otherwise it gets recycled.

 

[Bunsen]

I'd be interested in the video out device.

 

[redrouteone]

Back in the day I read a book about building your own Macintosh.

I really wanted to build an SE/30 but I couldn't come up with the cash.

Of course now I could build a 100 of them. Toys are much easier to buy when you are an adult with a job.

 

[dorkbert]

Actually I would love to find out how to wire a MAC logic board to a TTL monitor...

 

[johnklos]

Actually I would love to find out how to wire a MAC logic board to a TTL monitor...

Do you mean a Mac logic board? A MAC logic board doesn't make much sense; Mac (as in computer) is not an acronym. MAC stands for media access control and is the 48 bit number used to identify distinct nodes on an ethernet network. The chip which holds the MAC address on older ethernet boards can hardly be considered a logic board.

I think you can do it pretty easily with a 74LS14. As far as where to pull the video signal from various Mac motherboards, Google will probably help you with that, or if you post which board you'd like to use, perhaps someone here can say.

 

[Mac128]

As far as where to pull the video signal from various Mac motherboards... perhaps someone here can say.

Yup

http://68kmla.org/files/classicmac2.pdf