to answer mac junkys question, Im just trying to perhaps switch to something cheaper than upkeeping 68k macs. I dont have a job and Cant get hired anywhere for an easy one so Im trying to use what I have to make my number of usable macs higher. I have a lot of macs laying round for parts and alot of them are missing cases or other parts. Right now I only have 6 working macs and im trying to get that number up even if it means a few have to ahve a PC case. Since i have pc cases laying around, a conversion would be free where as refurbing a broken 68k would require me to buy a few SCSI hard drives and I dont have money, and my wifes money goes to the bills. As for a 7200 atx conversion, I think im going to have to find a website that specifically tells me what to do to convert an atx psu. All I found on xlr8 your mac was an over view talking about using transistors. I really dont understand that stuff. and i cant use the 7200s PSU because it doesnt even come close to fitting. I cant make it look hacked up. I want people to think this is completely stock. I need a step by step conversion like there was for my car stereo. Connect Red to blue etc. not a hard to read schematic. I think I'll keep googling but in the mean time I need to know if a floppy from a mac clone (starmax) that has a face plate will work on a regular apple mac. both are autoeject and the cables look the same but i dont want to blow anything up. Since Im using an ATX case I need a floppy with a face plate. I would use the starmax case but its low profile desktop. Id be refurbing the starmax but it only has 32 mb of ram and the 7200 has 256 and the ram doesnt look to be cross compatible.
Post #4 by jpolster2009
| Source Forum | 68kMLA |
|---|---|
| Category | Hardware |
| Post Date | Sat, 8 Jan 2011 - 21:54 |
| Original URL | https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/powermac-7200-gt-atx-conversion.22002/ |
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