How to: Get your 1984 Mac running Snow Leopard
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Because of that, his instructions get a little technical (he actually replaced the innards rather than just trying to fit a Mac mini in...
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People should give them old macs the respect they deserve my mac classic works i rarely start it up but it's gonna stay in my shed why because it's a piece of tech history. I'll be getting my hands on a colour `mac classic later this week and then my collection is complete gut it no but might try and get a inkjet printer to work with it thats all as it'll make a good wordprocessor.
Like I said you haver to respect them and these modders don't.
I did this a few years ago with a Mac SE, which I upgraded to run OS X: I dubbed it the Mac SE X.
Instead of a color screen, I replaced the original CRT with a same-size monochrome VGA CRT. For the heart of the computer, a Mac Mini did the trick nicely. I used a G4 Mini to maintain backward compatibility via Classic, so I'm able to run Photoshop 3 (contemporary to the Mac SE) on it. I enlarged the floppy slot enough to accommodate a CD/DVD, and ran some short USB extenders to get external ports. A Griffin iMate to connects the ADB keyboard and mouse to one of the USB ports.
But it won't run Tracon II anymore!!!
March 08 2010 at 12:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo he "spared no expense" but put in a too-small, wrongly-shaped screen? Decent, but not great. Nice work on the ports, though.
March 08 2010 at 11:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLet's call a spade a spade. This is a case mod.
March 08 2010 at 11:14 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replypeee-yew!
Thanks for farting, jordan, tabaks, sinecure and power.
Classy.
wowsers. tabaksey is a sensitive wittle child.
dish it out but can't take it, huh?
let's bottom-line this: dude undertakes a quirky project for fun and entertainment. you poop on it for no clear reason other than to be all Snotty McSnot.
and who's got issues?
Like putting a Ferrari engine in a 1984 Ford Taurus... there's no point.
March 08 2010 at 10:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMy other computer is an iMac..
http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FFN/XJ6B/G43EJRBG/FFNXJ6BG43EJRBG.MEDIUM.jpg
Don't hurt the old Mac? He gutted it. Why didn't he just buy an empty shell?
March 08 2010 at 9:55 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySomehow I think he might have a little bit too much time and money. Even so, a hobby is a hobby, right?
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