G4 Taco mod to a Color Classic?
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I pains me to see him destroy a working Color Classic for that project. I'm all for modern technology in classic chassis (heck, I'm building a hackintosh in a Mac Classic II bucket), but at least find a battery eaten non-repairable junk machine to work on. And the inside of that thing is a wreck.
Not that it's any more elegant now, but I seem to remember people throwing around the "Taco" hack talk back in the (eventually AppleFritter) Color Classic boards back in 2001-2. That was probably a much less rare 9 year old machine when it got Taco'd.
I have a couple of CCs in the garage that are much more original, and much less functional that that one
I have a couple of CCs in the garage that are much more original, and much less functional that that one
What MinerAl said!
History: TAKKY era segues into Taco experimental era.
There was very little in the way of "purist retrocomputing" ten or more years ago, especially on the CC scene. The TAKKY mod brought the CC up from its woefully obsolete status to G3 accelerator powered almost usable obsolescence at the turn of the century and just after.
Remember; Macs of all types were being "Liberated" from curbside abandonment, dumpster contents and recycling pickup. This was the way of things at the very beginnings of the 68kMLA and 'fritter. Hacking was check the archives.
Case modding, board transplants, upgrades and customization were the order of the day. Someone downgrading found Macs to original spec for historical purposes would have been as out of place back then as a hard core hacker of that day would be now that restoration and conservation has become the new deal.
History: TAKKY era segues into Taco experimental era.
There was very little in the way of "purist retrocomputing" ten or more years ago, especially on the CC scene. The TAKKY mod brought the CC up from its woefully obsolete status to G3 accelerator powered almost usable obsolescence at the turn of the century and just after.
Remember; Macs of all types were being "Liberated" from curbside abandonment, dumpster contents and recycling pickup. This was the way of things at the very beginnings of the 68kMLA and 'fritter. Hacking was check the archives.
Case modding, board transplants, upgrades and customization were the order of the day. Someone downgrading found Macs to original spec for historical purposes would have been as out of place back then as a hard core hacker of that day would be now that restoration and conservation has become the new deal.
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