is it worth doing the takky mod in 2026?

[alectrona6400]

i am curious about this because i own a color classic with a seemingly dead motherboard, and i also happen to own a spare 6360 motherboard... i wanna hear your all's thoughts, i have the wiring harness from that 6360 as well so i may consider doing the mod because it's quite hard to find LC 520/550/575 boards now...

 

[finkmac]

imo not really

 

[adespoton]

If you've got the working components, and don't have a functional CC motherboard, I say, why not give it a go?

Personally, I stuck with the CC board mods and an accelerator when I was CC modding back in the 90s.

 

[Byrd]

It the modification is done properly it's a worthwhile upgrade. It's not just the harness/cabling switch but you will need to Dremel and remove more plastic and RF shielding than what you think. Full recap of analogue board, add the voltage regulator and cooling improvements are much needed. Once done it's quite impressive to see a PPC Compact Mac.

 

[alectrona6400]

yeah i'm really considering doing this because i need to put my 6360 board to good use, also i don't see myself getting a more proper board upgrade anyway seeing as how expensive and rare they are now

 

[Byrd]

I'm guessing you would quite enjoy doing the mod. The 6360 is a good choice as it wouldn't tax the CC analogue board too much.

 

[cheesestraws]

If you think it'd be good or fun, go for it! You can make the takky mod very neat if you put a bit of effort into it, and colour classics aren't rare enough (yet) to get all precious over. As @Byrd notes it does require some work on the plastics and shields, and that can be hard to make look nice afterwards, but it's not impossible - my takky looks really neat (I did not do it - you can tell because it didn't end up looking like a disaster) and it's a really nice little machine.