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Compact Mac Mods — #5

Yep, the CC mod is pretty well known, but I'm looking for mods for an SE or SE/30. Those are a bit harder to come by. Thanks
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Compact Mac Mods — #6

Try this link: http://www.nextro.com/nextro/english/i30.html for what appears to be the guts of an iMac stuffed into an SE/30 case. Looks great, esp. with the CD drawer! I'll b…
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Compact Mac Mods — #7

I was thinking it would be possible to take an old LC case i have lying around and put the guts of my Rev C iMac into it. Then i could hook up larger monitor and put some other st…
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Compact Mac Mods — #8

Whoa, that sounds like a wiked idea! Everything Shoould fit, would it be one of the classic Pizzabox- LCs?
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Compact Mac Mods — #9

yeah, classic pizza box, '020 chip, 255k of vram(cash would die if he had that ) 80 meg hard drive (ugh) and a 1.44 floppy. I could even solder the connector for the floppy onto …
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G4 light hacking — #1

hey y'all, i want to replace all the green LEDs (Power, zip, DVD) in my new G4 with red ones, this would look really cool with the graphite case. I'd also like to do it on my monit…
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Color Classic Mods — #1

I just got my hands on a Color Classic. I have been wanting one for a log time and the price was finally right. Now Im ready to play. This machine will be a G3 as soon as i can …
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Color Classic Mods — #2

A stock iMac motherboard will be bigger than the Color Classic can hold. You might want to get a laptop motherboard like a 1400 which can be bumped up to G3. Good luck! drewman
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Color Classic Mods — #3

Does anyone konw a good place to get boards, etc? Also, If I go with a PB board, will I be able to upgrade it and use the processor from my G3 266?
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Color Classic Mods — #4

Keda, as I have to admit such a Color Classic witha G3 processor would be a very nice idea (because of a very minimalistic aspect or it). But... (there has to be a "but" in every…
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Color Classic Mods — #5

The CRT in the Classic is capable of 640x480, it has to modified to run at a higher voltage for the refresh rate to work right, but if you planning on putting a G3 in a Classic tha…
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Color Classic Mods — #6

I have wanted a CC for a while. Before I got one, I had been doing alot of reading on modifying the machine. I think the res. will bw the easy part, but I dont want to do it unti…
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Color Classic Mods — #7

Having read the link that you provided, I think that you the easiest way to go would be to get a PowerPC upgrade for a 550 or 575 (very rare) and try to make it fit (as the page sa…
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Color Classic Mods — #8

Keda, as I did not mean to discourage you (nor to take your experience with hardware work into doubt, either), - if my posting sounded like this please take my apologies. I have …
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Color Classic Mods — #9

I struck gold over the holiday. I found a used commputer store. I wasnt expecting to find any Macs, but the place is loaded. I am going to go back when I get a chance, because t…
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Color Classic Mods — #10

Keda, finally I have found at least one web site with a lot of information on Apple/Mac motherboards: <http://www.micromac.com/whats_new/logic_board_picture.html> …
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Color Classic Mods — #11

Keda, another one is: <http://w3.trib.com/~dwood/specificmacs.html> with many links regarding Mac hardware. Regards, Walter. ferstl@mac.com
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Color Classic Mods — #14

I am reading alot and looking for a board. There are some used mac dealers around here said they would give me a call if they get any PB w/ blown screens. I dont want to tear apa…
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Color Classic Mods — #15

Keda, you will find the following page interesting: member.nifty.ne.jp Good luck and best regards, Walter.
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Color Classic Mods — #16

Thanks for the link. I have actually read of this before. Right now, I am tryingto get the physical dimensions of some logic boards. It seems that the 6500 is not that much bigg…
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Color Classic Mods — #17

Keda, if you want individual parts, i would suggest going to smalldog.com, they are the largest vendor of individual parts that i can bring to mind at this point. i built a 603e 24…
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Color Classic Mods — #18

what are the risks in attempting these modifications to your ColorClassic ? what are the safety precautions ?
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Color Classic Mods — #19

What are the risks? Wasting a bunch of $$ and time, and ending up with pile of broken parts. But its a project, so if it fails I'll deal with it. I took the CC apart last night.…
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