Recent content by GnatGoSplat

It could probably be fixed, but it's a lot of work.  There's a good chance the vias are eaten through and the solder joints and traces are corroded. I attempted to fix one a few years ago.  Managed to get it to boot, but it has issues.  My thread with carnage and attempted repair pics...

Yes, that's correct. :) I'm glad you think the LCD w/custom bezel idea looks good. I was trying to preserve as much of the compact Mac "personality" as possible, but still have the touchscreen work, so I'm glad the bezel is enough to give the illusion of a CRT without needing a cover!

Ah, there's actually no CRT-shaped plastic covering the LCD. Just the bezel around the outside edge of the LCD to fill the gap between round CRT shape of the case and flat LCD.

I'll be removing the protective plastic. I only left that on so it doesn't get scratched up. However, it does actually work through the protective plastic so it should work even better without it! The bezel itself doesn't interfere with the touchscreen since it only touches at the very edge...

Thanks. I made it using ABS plastic sheet. First, I cut out a flat bezel shape. I originally tried to use a heat gun to heat it to see if it would conform to the shape of the CRT - it wouldn't. It just wanted to warp. So instead, I made a cardboard template of the curvature and made 4...

That idea actually did occur to me, the backplane could be recessed up to 1.5" if I cut away part of the metal chassis. For some reason I had thought it would weaken the chassis too much, but I just went back and measured it and it looks like even if I cut it, there would be plenty of metal...

Removable tray (or lack thereof) isn't really what would make the reversible method more difficult to upgrade. The difficult part would be that when a new connector standard comes out, I'd have to source new panel mount extensions and modify my connector panel to accommodate. Using the rear...

I hadn't thought of a breakout box, but I'm thinking that might be overkill since all I need at the moment is ethernet, a few USB, HDMI, and maybe an eSATA. They're all pretty small and might fit in the existing DB25 and DB19 holes. Cost is probably the big thing doing it that way, because...

My Mac Classic actually cannot be used as a Mac since the logic board is shot (eaten away by battery acid - tried to fix the traces, but it gets a memory error), so it's not really an issue of ruining a good vintage Mac, but ruining a good vintage Mac Classic case that someday could be used to...

My Mac Classic has a bad logic board so I've decided to use it for a Mini-ITX case mod. I have 2 ideas on how to approach this, but I can't decide whether I should focus on easier future upgrades, or reversibility: Easier future upgrades - I would build a Mini ITX bracket to fit the ITX board...

I've always loved the looks of the Quicksilver G4 and hated the looks of PC cases. When it came time to build a new PC, I decided I would do what several before me have done - build one into a Quicksilver G4 case. Around 2006, I bought a complete, but gutted Quicksilver case from eBay. I'm...

Ah, I see. Yeah, I've seen other people butcher the Quicksilver case to get an ATX power supply in there. I guess most people don't know an Antec Basiq BP500U is a 100% drop-in replacement, no modding needed except for the rear screws being a different pitch thread. Even the front bracket...

Nice work! Just curious, why did you swap the Quicksilver internals into a Digital Audio case? Just liked it better? I'm a huge fan of the Quicksilver case. So much so, I picked up an empty Quicksilver case and modified it to house modern components when I built a new PC.

In my eBay searching experience, the compact Macs actually seem to be worth more whole. Contrary to almost everything else, the sum of the parts seems to be worth less than the whole. In completed auctions, I'm seeing a system board around $7, CRT $10, and analog board $16. Whole Mac Plusses...

Yes indeed, it was a Maxell battery. I thought the carnage here was bad, but the pics in that thread look much worse! Just a slight update... the HDD now intermittently works. It's still loud as an angle grinder, but the screeching/screaming sounds have quit. I guess the bearings have...