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[s]Ultimate[/s] Sacrilegious retro casemod
I wonder if you could transplant an SE 30 into it.
Dang....
I am very tempted to get that to transplant either a conventional ATX computer, or a Power Mac G4 motherboard, in to.
I am very tempted to get that to transplant either a conventional ATX computer, or a Power Mac G4 motherboard, in to.
Bonus points if you adapt that CRT in your mod. I like Quadraman's idea about an SE/30...just imagine if that SE/30 had a bigger screen in there too!
Perhaps one could even replace the CRT with a similar sized one and have a built-in colour monitor...I'd imagine a 12" Apple RGB might fit.
Perhaps one could even replace the CRT with a similar sized one and have a built-in colour monitor...I'd imagine a 12" Apple RGB might fit.
I wouldn't hack it - I'd buy it to transplant a crappier Lisa's guts into.
Are lisa monitors MDA like SE & SE/30 are? if they were I'd totally put one in.
According to everymac the dimensions are 15.2" H x 18.7" W x 13.8" D.
The monitor is a 12" monochrome.
My wild guess is there'd be room for a Beige G3 motherboard in there, possibly an AGP G4. Lots more room if you went LCD on the monitor.
Pff Power Colour Classic. Call that a casemod? pchtooie
Of course, it'd have to boot up into full-screen LisaEm by default [
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The monitor is a 12" monochrome.
So yeah... but no colour with an SE/30 motherboard.
My wild guess is there'd be room for a Beige G3 motherboard in there, possibly an AGP G4. Lots more room if you went LCD on the monitor.
Pff Power Colour Classic. Call that a casemod? pchtooie
Of course, it'd have to boot up into full-screen LisaEm by default [
] ]'>Man if that wasn't in the US I'd be warming up my dremel as we speak }
No, in truth if I was to casemod it, I'd try to keep the case completely stock, and the new components completely stealth. That way it could always be returned to virgin Lisa status if I got bored with it.
ie not like this: UR DOIN IT RONG
Them's lynchin' words round these parts .... /edit/ but I suppose you could run GlobalView or GNUstep or LisaEM on it
Will you kick me out if I say I think it's kind of ugly?
Rather than an SE/30, take a leaf out of the Poor Man's Greyscale project and stick in an LC475 or Quadra motherboard and a 12" Apple High-Resolution Monochrome Monitor. An ADB keyboard and mouse should go quite well with it.
Is anyone else thinking "Get that out of the Sun! you'll yellow the plastic" ?
I agree with Bunsen that an LC / Quadra series Mac would be pretty good for a mod. Using the existing CRT wouldn't be too much problem if you fancied a bit of wiring, the only thing is that it would limit you to monochrome (all the more retro-cool in my opinion).
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... That be just a wee bit fugly.
Ugh. I think that I'd rather see a Mac converted into a toilet than that mess.
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I'd beat that guy up not because he ruined an SE/30 but because his modding is just shite. Talk about sloppy :\
I'm surprised that site put up that monstrosity as a featured project, what with some other good ones I've seen on there like the Mac-ITX project. Very very poor execution for a mod. That shouldn't even have made the page at all.DO NOT WANT
I'd beat that guy up not because he ruined an SE/30 but because his modding is just shite. Talk about sloppy :\
To this day, I don't think I've seen anything better than that 512k Macintosh mod with the Mac mini inside using the original keyboard and mouse.
Wowa. That sounds nice. Do you have a link?
Yeah. His stealth port adapters for the new motherboard are exactly what I was thinking. The guy who did the ITX Commodore SX-64 did something similar.
Meanwhile: anyone going to buy that Lisa shell?
Meanwhile: anyone going to buy that Lisa shell?
internet toughguyDO NOT WANT
I'd beat that guy up not because he ruined an SE/30 but because his modding is just shite. Talk about sloppy :\
EPIC FAIL.