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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
 Posted - 26 Apr 2002 : 10:55:24
I might be getting one of those empty iMac cases that Apple likes to farm out to retailers, and i was thinking, "why don't i hack something into it?". I then thought of my LCII. What i'm thinking of doing is mounting my LCII mobo and power supply in the area an iMac's logic board would normally go, and mounting an old Apple display in the display housing in the iMac case. The result? A flower power iMac LC II. What Apple display would you reccommend? I'm thinking that a 12" RGB shouldn't be too hard to implement without having to take the display fully apart.So, what do you think? -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2002 : 10:57:26
I had the same idea, only I was going to use my LC 475 Mobo and the CRT from my Apple MultiScan 15". Too bad I don't have any free iMac cases laying around...  666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2002 : 11:21:13
quote:
I might be getting one of those empty iMac cases that Apple likes to farm out to retailers, and i was thinking, "why don't i hack something into it?".
ATHLON!  jt  ™. .
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2002 : 11:30:18
quote:
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I might be getting one of those empty iMac cases that Apple likes to farm out to retailers, and i was thinking, "why don't i hack something into it?".
ATHLON! jt ™. .
Nope. I've got my eyes set on my LCII.  -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6 |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2002 : 11:44:12
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Nope. I've got my eyes set on my LCII.
LOL!    jt ™. .
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2002 : 03:48:43
UPDATE:Talked to my parents. PAF gives me a rating of 10/10 so far for the iMac LC II. Haven't yet got the case or the monitor yet though. Dad thinks its going to be a lot of fun seeing this baby take shape. -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6 |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2002 : 07:55:15
I'd want to do something less... crippled. How about a LC III/III+/475?~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2002 : 09:28:10
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I'd want to do something less... crippled. How about a LC III/III+/475?
or take it both ways! use an LC/IIe and an LC475 board on an A/B KVM switch! if your dad will spring for the one i use you could also wire the third set out the side! (or both extra sets if you can't fit both mobos in it!) that way it's a luggable microquadra/020/6502 hack! is there a DOS compatability card for the microq?jt ™. .
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candyPunk
Full Member
USA
856 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2002 : 12:11:19
The idea of the 15" crt really sounds better to me. You're going to have 3 inches of diagonal space left if you put that 12" display in there. I guess you could stick the whole monitor in, or something, if it would fit (which I don't think it would) but then you'd have this big rectangle of beige around the monitor. Icky.{ candyPunk }
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2002 : 14:38:40
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I'd want to do something less... crippled. How about a LC III/III+/475?~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
00014 Macs liberated
I know, but they can't run System 6. -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 28 Apr 2002 : 13:09:38
Hack an old Pentium Pro motherboard, Matrox Millenium PCI graphics card, and 15" hi-res monitor into it, get a copy of OpenStep, and have yourself the world's first iNeXT!Macs Liberated:
SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400 PCs liberated from Windows: 3 |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 28 Apr 2002 : 14:06:05
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Hack an old Pentium Pro motherboard, Matrox Millenium PCI graphics card, and 15" hi-res monitor into it, get a copy of OpenStep, and have yourself the world's first iNeXT!Macs Liberated:
SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400 PCs liberated from Windows: 3
and how the heck am i going to fit all that in? The graphics card alone woould be too tall for the motherboard/drive compartment, plus there's the fact that the mobo would probably be too big. Also, it can't run System 6. -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6 |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 28 Apr 2002 : 14:15:19
quote:
quote:
Hack an old Pentium Pro motherboard, Matrox Millenium PCI graphics card, and 15" hi-res monitor into it, get a copy of OpenStep, and have yourself the world's first iNeXT!
and how the heck am i going to fit all that in? . . . .
Also, it can't run System 6.
sounds like a great idea for a jet black duplex IIci cube hack tho! somebody could have it run the mac emulator that cine and the boys are playing with and linux too! black keyboards and mice are a LOT easier to come by in the PC world!jt ™. .
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 28 Apr 2002 : 22:26:03
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black keyboards and mice are a LOT easier to come by in the PC world!
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 29 Apr 2002 : 14:50:40
You can too run System 6 on a NeXT! vMac runs on NeXTstep/OpenStep, and there is a Quix Daydream box with Mac ROMs in it that lets NeXT black hardware run the Mac OS natively.Macs Liberated:
SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400 PCs liberated from Windows: 3 |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 Apr 2002 : 23:24:39
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You can too run System 6 on a NeXT! vMac runs on NeXTstep/OpenStep, and there is a Quix Daydream box with Mac ROMs in it that lets NeXT black hardware run the Mac OS natively.Macs Liberated:
SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400 PCs liberated from Windows: 3
Yeah, i know. But what i was sayin before is that there's no way in hell i'll be able to fit in a Pentium mobo, complete with graphics card. -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
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foetoid
Full Member
USA
554 Posts |
Posted - 30 Apr 2002 : 10:24:17
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Hack an old Pentium Pro motherboard, Matrox Millenium PCI graphics card, and 15" hi-res monitor into it, get a copy of OpenStep, and have yourself the world's first iNeXT!
Just get a NeXT color slab and do that. -
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scchicago
Full Member
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2002 : 18:50:54
Cool, A PC in an iMac shell!_________________
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 06 May 2002 : 17:35:32
It can probably be done. I was just thinking that you could use a PC motherboard and one of those PCI risers from 5400/5500 PowerMacs. My PPC 5400 has a USB card that is less than an inch above the motherboard, and I've heard of people installing Voodoo cards in these Macs.If you think such hacks are impossible, see the Super Cube that somebody made from an old NeXT cube case. It's at <http://www.pheatonforums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=137&postdays=0&postorder=&start=0>. Someday when I have the time, I'll paint my 5400 black and make an all-in-one NeXT out of it. Macs Liberated:
SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400 PCs liberated from Windows: 3 |
geekwurkz
Junior Member
USA
156 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2002 : 22:13:13
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Also, it can't run System 6.
Actually, if you didn't mind doing some compiling you could load vMac up on it.Macs Liberated: 3
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2002 : 23:22:45
I have a black keyboard!!!! and a black PC, it's an "Acer Aspire"it's a Pentium(equivalent) 120MHz w/ 48MB of RAM and a 1.6 Gb HDD... it has an ATI mach64 video card.. and some sort of sound I've never hear of... would OpenStep work on that? PSST! you could get a mobo with onboard video (looks at his Dell OptiPlex whose MOBO is OBVIOUSLY too big...) Official 68k videographer |
Crazy idea...
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