For years I'd wanted to see if I could upgrade one of my Color Classics to a new mobo, but still use the existing color Trinitron monitor. I got pretty far in hooking
things up (thanks to nextse7en!) but I messed up something on the logic board and it wouldn't boot any more.
I felt bad about messing up a perfectly good CC, so I moved on to the next best thing. I pulled out one of my dead Classic IIs, gutted it, and put in an LCD and an Atom mini-itx mobo. My goal was to update the machine, but not change the outside in any way, and still use it as a classic Mac. I was able to continue to use the actual Mac keyboard and mouse with a a Griffin ADB/USB adapter. I even put on a shaped plexi screen to preserve the CRT aesthetic. Finally, loaded up Crunchbang Linux, installed System 7 on it with Sheepshaver.
Coming together:
Notice the "CRT" look:
The final product:
Here's the greatest word processor ever (Word for Mac 5.1a) back in action:
more pics here: http://imgur.com/a/wjtGU#0
things up (thanks to nextse7en!) but I messed up something on the logic board and it wouldn't boot any more.
I felt bad about messing up a perfectly good CC, so I moved on to the next best thing. I pulled out one of my dead Classic IIs, gutted it, and put in an LCD and an Atom mini-itx mobo. My goal was to update the machine, but not change the outside in any way, and still use it as a classic Mac. I was able to continue to use the actual Mac keyboard and mouse with a a Griffin ADB/USB adapter. I even put on a shaped plexi screen to preserve the CRT aesthetic. Finally, loaded up Crunchbang Linux, installed System 7 on it with Sheepshaver.
Coming together:
Notice the "CRT" look:
The final product:
Here's the greatest word processor ever (Word for Mac 5.1a) back in action:
more pics here: http://imgur.com/a/wjtGU#0