The Apple HiColor 15" LCD Monitor

[markyb86]

The Apple HiColor 15" LCD Monitor Patent Pending )

This is a project to turn a Gateway FPD15-40 LCD into an Apple-esque ADB capable VGA monitor.



I'm using the base from an Apple Multiscan 17" CRT that houses ADB and Speaker/Mic extenders.



The first thing I did was open up the base and remove enough ribbing, to fit the metal base of the LCD in smoothly. I then dremel'd out a hole in the bottom for screw access to the LCD's neck

The metal base was glued in place.



Then I cut up the top portion of the base and used PVC cement to hold the base lid and rotating section together. After that I measured and dremeled out a hole to slide the neck of the LCD through.



Once that was done, I laid out the wires and pcb back in their original locations and closed it up. Mounted the monitor to make sure it is how I want it, and now I am going to enjoy it in this form for a little bit until I get some off-white paint and primer to finish the job.



It looks silly but it will be way better painted. Also, I like the monitor tilt curve in the base from the CRT slider. I was going to fill it in, but it works good as a headphones/ipod/whatever tray. This is coming together better than I imagined.

Also: Anyone good at making water decals? I can photoshop good, but I don't know the first thing about making the decals (also only have a B&W laser printer)

 

[markyb86]

Ran out of space, here it is finished for now.



Ha, and also when I went to hook it back up, the G3 wouldn't power on...

Time to replace the PRAM battery, hit the CUDA switch, and while it was open added an 80gb hdd.

 

[mcdermd]

Cool! The original Apple 15" LCDs had ADB ports built in also.

 

[markyb86]

I would have never known that, that is awesome. Those are on my holy grail list haha.. I just thought they would be USB.. cool!

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Very nice, I was going to suggest finding something with a lowriding spherical form to cut down for the base to play a Snow White/iLamp riff . . .

. . . but the finction over form, accessory dump is more my style.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Dunno what the backsid looks like, but if you can mount the LCD backwards on the post, you'll still have plenty of support. That way the LCD will be closer to the back of the desk, showing off the Snow White ribbing in the frone and place your port setup handy for easy access.

 

[markyb86]

I actually thought about that, I wanted to fabricate the slots all the way to the front, and remove the curve, but I'm just not that good with straight lines. As far as turning the screen around goes, might actually be a working option. When it's time to reopen and paint I will check it.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

In the meantime, look for a right-sized, shallow, straight sided bowl . . . [___________] . . . to play up the dump feature! }

 

[markyb86]

good point. more space wouldn't be that bad |)