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What is the Coolest Mac Hack/Mod you have ever seen?
I think another word for all this is Personalize 
Or Customize
For me its:
- Dougg3's Rom Simm / bbraun's Bootable Rom Image
- Color Classic ZIP Drive Hack
- Hard drive in a plus, and jt's SCSI PCB Mod
- Full 040 + Overclock Q605/LC475 @ 33mhz
- jt's Platform Quadra Feets
- 48mhz OC to a Quadra 840av
SOON SCSI TO IDE/SD CARD BOARD :-D !!!! viewtopic.php?f=29&t=19623
What are all your favorite Mac Mod/Hack's?
Or Customize For me its:
- Dougg3's Rom Simm / bbraun's Bootable Rom Image
- Color Classic ZIP Drive Hack
- Hard drive in a plus, and jt's SCSI PCB Mod
- Full 040 + Overclock Q605/LC475 @ 33mhz
- jt's Platform Quadra Feets
- 48mhz OC to a Quadra 840av
SOON SCSI TO IDE/SD CARD BOARD :-D !!!! viewtopic.php?f=29&t=19623
What are all your favorite Mac Mod/Hack's?
What's that tiny Pro-looking critter at the top? :3
And I doubt anyone's done it, but I'd love to see someone gut a dead Clamshell and put something modern into it. iPads don't count.
And I doubt anyone's done it, but I'd love to see someone gut a dead Clamshell and put something modern into it. iPads don't count.
That's not a Mini Pro......this is a Mini Pro:
I also liked the Cube Pro too:
As well as the QuadraMini:
It's amazing what you can squeeze a mini into.
This too was a sweet hack: The Bang & Olufsen Mp3 Mac Mod
I also liked the Cube Pro too:
As well as the QuadraMini:
It's amazing what you can squeeze a mini into.
This too was a sweet hack: The Bang & Olufsen Mp3 Mac Mod
That QuadraMini makes me swoon.
haha yes he did a dam good job on that …..
http://hanabusa1.blog29.fc2.com/blog-entry-3.html
Here's the Quadra Mini creator's website.
Wow. Pretty straight forward! The tricky part is getting access to a CNC router. Excellent job. I'd love to make some custom cases.
Here's the Quadra Mini creator's website.
Wow. Pretty straight forward! The tricky part is getting access to a CNC router. Excellent job. I'd love to make some custom cases.
Man, that's a damn sin.
It makes me drool!
OS-X installed on this might count, but a MacMini inside would be even better . . .
http://slipperyskip.com/page31.html
Thanks ever so much for that link! I have been looking for something like that, and getting nowhere.
Check out the Mission tower on the guy's main page, and tell me that couldn't be adapted to house a bashed Quad G5. Just adapt the Mission case modestly, and slot it in! All wood and cheesegrater!
But I am also thinking about the possibility of an LC475 in a case like the one pictured.... Hmmm.
These remind me of some of the hypothetical Macs in the AppleDesign book.
Check out the Mission tower on the guy's main page, and tell me that couldn't be adapted to house a bashed Quad G5. Just adapt the Mission case modestly, and slot it in! All wood and cheesegrater!
But I am also thinking about the possibility of an LC475 in a case like the one pictured.... Hmmm.
These remind me of some of the hypothetical Macs in the AppleDesign book.
The teak and maple beauty was a lot neater when I thought it was around 12" tall. Not so.
And that horrible compact mod? It says SE/30 but it's just an SE case.
And that horrible compact mod? It says SE/30 but it's just an SE case.
Yep, MacMiniSize it, definitely.
Make the black standoff appear to be another floating element and have the slotloader eject through one of the two cracks in the front.
I always have wanted to do a wooden KBD hack. Ever get tired of cleaning off plastic cling crud? [
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I was going to say this guy is almost good enough to be on the frogdesign team, but he doesn't need to be quite that visionary, he's one heck of a craftsman. Maybe he is good enough, not all their design work sees light of day.
Make the black standoff appear to be another floating element and have the slotloader eject through one of the two cracks in the front.
I always have wanted to do a wooden KBD hack. Ever get tired of cleaning off plastic cling crud? [
)] ]'>I was going to say this guy is almost good enough to be on the frogdesign team, but he doesn't need to be quite that visionary, he's one heck of a craftsman. Maybe he is good enough, not all their design work sees light of day.
Wow that is bad.
Here is a iMac/Hack I threw together back in 2007.
I reused the apple speakers, amplified them. Used the LED from the Audio Amplifier as the power on light.
Used a tough fiber/elastic string to allow flipping the mac open, and it would remain open like the hood of a car, or a cab-over semi
The 2 Sound out headphone jack holes, each hole has a button micro switch. one is Audio Amp on/of, one was Computer Power on/off.
I reused the apple speakers, amplified them. Used the LED from the Audio Amplifier as the power on light.
Used a tough fiber/elastic string to allow flipping the mac open, and it would remain open like the hood of a car, or a cab-over semi
The 2 Sound out headphone jack holes, each hole has a button micro switch. one is Audio Amp on/of, one was Computer Power on/off.
Very cool, uni. Now that's likely to be what's in store for my 17" StudioDisplay . . . bad flyback = hack!
Did you put the clear bezel back on that Blueberry, uniserver?
Oh wow Uniserver! That's amazing! Do you take requests?
Pretty sure that guy wouldn't know an SE/30 from a socket wrench.
What I like about that dude's gallery is that if you start from the bottom and scroll up, you can see how he's progressed over several years from "hey, wouldn't it be cool to throw a Mini-ITX into an old cigar box?" to hand-crafted works of art.
I think this one from 2009 is my favourite:
heck yeah for the right priceOh wow Uniserver! That's amazing! Do you take requests?
not on this one, that part was very damaged.
this one fell face first from a loading dock, one of the guys helping me load with butter finger dropped it.
It worked out good though because they threw in a box of 38 power cords for free because of it...
I still ended up with a great machine to play around with. Back in 2007 these were worth more each.
Absolutely that QuadraMini is coolest there is. Looks like actual product. Would be reasonable doable with AppleCD SC -box, not excatly the same but..
Forgot there were already Trash doing this, of cos http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=18092
Forgot there were already Trash doing this, of cos
http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=18092
:lol: That's another case of "Trash almost doing a hack." Mine's in the same condition as mcd's CD SC, the guts are boxed up and I haven't had the heart to mod it yet, so the ATOM board is still almost homeless.
I've been thinking about this lately. If I ever actually finished a hack, the mystique of the process would be lost forever, which is far less important than having the fun be over with at the end, of course. I hate the letdown at the end of a great book, the end of a hack would be a lot worse. I have a tremendous amount of respect for anyone who finishes what they start, but I spent so much time doing projects on a deadline IRL that I can't be bothered. Figuring out how to pull something off and proving the concept is the siren call of the hack, finishing it would be a far distant second. The hunt for a new home for the Plastic Fish and the ATOMic NetTop is far more alluring than establishing a permanent residence could ever be.
I've been wondering if the QuadraMini and the rest of those gorgeous hacks still have Minis inside or if Mr. Hanabusa moves a couple of them around like a shell game to keep costs down and rotate his collection of display cases he's crafted for his main machine.
I'm right there with Bunsen on doing a scroll up the main page to see the evolution of craftsmanship and art over time on Jeffrey Stephenson's site.
My favorite is probably the PSU-PC, re-packaging into found objects is more alluring to me than custom re-creations like the PolyTankMini, while the homage approach to classic design examples falls somewhere in between.
Different strokes . . .
I've been thinking about this lately. If I ever actually finished a hack, the mystique of the process would be lost forever, which is far less important than having the fun be over with at the end, of course. I hate the letdown at the end of a great book, the end of a hack would be a lot worse. I have a tremendous amount of respect for anyone who finishes what they start, but I spent so much time doing projects on a deadline IRL that I can't be bothered. Figuring out how to pull something off and proving the concept is the siren call of the hack, finishing it would be a far distant second. The hunt for a new home for the Plastic Fish and the ATOMic NetTop is far more alluring than establishing a permanent residence could ever be.
I've been wondering if the QuadraMini and the rest of those gorgeous hacks still have Minis inside or if Mr. Hanabusa moves a couple of them around like a shell game to keep costs down and rotate his collection of display cases he's crafted for his main machine.
I'm right there with Bunsen on doing a scroll up the main page to see the evolution of craftsmanship and art over time on Jeffrey Stephenson's site.
My favorite is probably the PSU-PC, re-packaging into found objects is more alluring to me than custom re-creations like the PolyTankMini, while the homage approach to classic design examples falls somewhere in between.
Different strokes . . .
BRB, selling both kidneys. I'll have mine in Grape.heck yeah for the right priceOh wow Uniserver! That's amazing! Do you take requests?
Play nicely, BB! :lol:
Come on, man. Mine is functional as a CD drive. The original (dead) Sony drive was removed and replaced with a Toshiba caddy-loader. The only "hacked" parts are on the Toshiba drive which needed some cutting and filing of it's metal housing to fit into the CDSC case and it's got jumper wires soldered to the front button, activity light etc. So it looks and works like stock but any modifications to the original housing are fully reversible if I ever get a functional Sony drive again.
Hey, a guy can dream, ehh?
That was meant to be complimentary . . . I'm not even finished with my editing period . . .
. . . mine is still waiting for a DVD drive. :-/
edit: GAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate page rollover continuity breaks! :
;D
I am thinking of RasperryPi inside an broken down G4 Mac Mini running an Minivmac..
..or inside of a Apple Disk ][ drive with USB optical drive (there's an perfect hole, why not fill it).
:lol:
} rasperrypi's sold out (again) at local electronics shop, just when i'd have had some extra time for this.
..or inside of a Apple Disk ][ drive with USB optical drive (there's an perfect hole, why not fill it).
:lol:
}
rasperrypi's sold out (again) at local electronics shop, just when i'd have had some extra time for this.
Yesterday, while looking for something else in an antiques/ bric-a-brac shop, I saw a bacelite radio from probably the late 1940s for sale at $45. This was a bit steep given the condition, so I did not buy. However, it sure would make a very nice case for something like an LC475 logic board. The effect would be reminiscent of some of those designs from Jeffrey Stephenson.
The thing that especially interested me was that the radio brand was written in chrome italic lettering across the front: Motorola. 8-o
I'm still thinking about going back for it, doing the hack, and adding 040.
The thing that especially interested me was that the radio brand was written in chrome italic lettering across the front: Motorola. 8-o
I'm still thinking about going back for it, doing the hack, and adding 040.