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

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?

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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> …

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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nice links prof... thanks Keda, how's the project going? i really like the idea