hageir
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Hello gang,
new guy here. (lurker)
I have a bunch of computers of all sorts (up to 20≈ish now LOL)
I have a G4 at work doing some oddball stuff alongside a Mac Pro for all kinds of design and photography work.
Got my hands on an old PowerBook 165C with all original documents and in mint condition, currently in the works (need a SCSI2SD for that one)
Recently I've been on the prowl for an older Mac to use with MIDI Sequencing software.
I've got an Opcode Serial/GeoPort MIDI Interface so I need a Mac that can run 7.5 - 8.5 circa and has that port.
Rescued two Macintosh Performa machines from the junkyard yesterday,
one is fairly beat-up (the plastic shell) but actually boots into 7.5.1 and is the working one out of the two;
it's a 5200 and I've made a Disk Image clone of the hard drive (for easy installation onto a IDE -> CF card I'm adding tomorrow).
The other one (5260/120) is in better shape physically (transplant?), I tried switching it on and the Cathode Ray Tube display is iffy to say the least,
there's a small 'electrical discharge sound' and the screen flickers... I saw the Question Mark on the display before I switched it off.
Albeit much dustier than the other one, I haven't cleaned it (might be dust?)
These two suffered a concussion when thrown/semi laid into the electronics dumpster... So something's bound to be busted for sure.
I've cleaned both Logic Boards and they look quite good.
I don't mind the 5200 that actually works that it's a bit beat up hehe, I was thinking about getting my buddy to 3D print a new speaker grill for it (it's missing one)
and some various bits and pieces. LOL -make it mine!
Alright long-ass intro towards my question:
Is it possible to house the "lower half" of a all-in-one Performa into a Mini ATX case? The computer/logic board itself is fairly small.
I noticed in the service manual there is an external video port connector (so that would rule/free out the CRT) which could be utilized with a tiny LCD
If it would be done, with a modern disk solution (IDE SSD or CF card - easily accessed externally) I'm not sure I'd need the floppy drive and CD drive,
so it could even be smaller; basically just the logic board and power supply?
*edit* -ah the power supply! Yeah I was thinking about the relation of the CRT display to the PSU in the Performa, how is that?
I found this pin-out of an ATX PSU for a different Apple Computer /Performa http://www.mediafire.com/view/55x07ht4360wc0j/Performa 6200 - 6300 schema ATX.png#
Thanks in advance,
-Geir Helgi
new guy here. (lurker)
I have a bunch of computers of all sorts (up to 20≈ish now LOL)
I have a G4 at work doing some oddball stuff alongside a Mac Pro for all kinds of design and photography work.
Got my hands on an old PowerBook 165C with all original documents and in mint condition, currently in the works (need a SCSI2SD for that one)
Recently I've been on the prowl for an older Mac to use with MIDI Sequencing software.
I've got an Opcode Serial/GeoPort MIDI Interface so I need a Mac that can run 7.5 - 8.5 circa and has that port.
Rescued two Macintosh Performa machines from the junkyard yesterday,
one is fairly beat-up (the plastic shell) but actually boots into 7.5.1 and is the working one out of the two;
it's a 5200 and I've made a Disk Image clone of the hard drive (for easy installation onto a IDE -> CF card I'm adding tomorrow).
The other one (5260/120) is in better shape physically (transplant?), I tried switching it on and the Cathode Ray Tube display is iffy to say the least,
there's a small 'electrical discharge sound' and the screen flickers... I saw the Question Mark on the display before I switched it off.
Albeit much dustier than the other one, I haven't cleaned it (might be dust?)
These two suffered a concussion when thrown/semi laid into the electronics dumpster... So something's bound to be busted for sure.
I've cleaned both Logic Boards and they look quite good.
I don't mind the 5200 that actually works that it's a bit beat up hehe, I was thinking about getting my buddy to 3D print a new speaker grill for it (it's missing one)
and some various bits and pieces. LOL -make it mine!
Alright long-ass intro towards my question:
Is it possible to house the "lower half" of a all-in-one Performa into a Mini ATX case? The computer/logic board itself is fairly small.
I noticed in the service manual there is an external video port connector (so that would rule/free out the CRT) which could be utilized with a tiny LCD
If it would be done, with a modern disk solution (IDE SSD or CF card - easily accessed externally) I'm not sure I'd need the floppy drive and CD drive,
so it could even be smaller; basically just the logic board and power supply?
*edit* -ah the power supply! Yeah I was thinking about the relation of the CRT display to the PSU in the Performa, how is that?
I found this pin-out of an ATX PSU for a different Apple Computer /Performa http://www.mediafire.com/view/55x07ht4360wc0j/Performa 6200 - 6300 schema ATX.png#
Thanks in advance,
-Geir Helgi
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