New idea for PPC Notebook

#1 Sun, 23 May 2010 - 14:48 68kMLA

Looks really cheap too. Can be found here.

#2 Wed, 2 Jun 2010 - 17:00 68kMLA

I really like that! I wonder what that board was cut from.

#3 Wed, 2 Jun 2010 - 17:41 68kMLA

Bet you a nickel it's a Power Macintosh 7200. (Do a Google Image Search for "Power Macintosh 7200 Motherboard". The "PowerPC" text is right under the CPU.)

#4 Wed, 2 Jun 2010 - 18:37 68kMLA

Works with this "old school" word processor, with built-in Unicode support and unlimited undos! (Search and replace, alas, may still be a little slow.)

#5 Wed, 2 Jun 2010 - 21:41 68kMLA

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Mine will even run AppleWorks!

#6 Wed, 2 Jun 2010 - 23:37 68kMLA

In the words of Tom Servo after looking at the Flickr photo: "Oh, man. That's disgusting! ..."

(You see, Tom Servo is one of the robots from Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). But I'm sure you knew that already.)

73s de Phreakout. :rambo:

#7 Thu, 3 Jun 2010 - 06:05 68kMLA

Works with this "old school" word processor, with built-in Unicode support and unlimited undos! (Search and replace, alas, may still be a little slow.)
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Alas, I've found that while the manufacturer claims to support unlimited undos, the hardware will typically develop "memory holes" after just a few undos.

#8 Thu, 3 Jun 2010 - 14:45 68kMLA

As much as I think its a waste of a Mac motherboard (assuming it worked), I have to say...I like it!