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Build a PC Inside of a Mac

Posted by timothy on from the macs-are-personal-computers dept.

jherro writes: "Looking for the coolest case on the block? Already have enough fish tanks? Then might just want to build a PC inside of your old classic mac. Makes a great little mp3 server. Sadly, the mirror at angelfire will probably be faster than the original at Smuniverse." Finding a cheap 9" monitor would be a nice trick, too.

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  1. Cheap 9" monitors by Consul · · Score: 5, Informative

    You don't really need to go out of your way to find a 9" PC monitor. There's a place called Earth LCD that has loads of surplus and overstock LCDs available, including touch screens. Some surfing around will come up with a good 8.5-9" color LCD with a VGA input.

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  2. I knew I had seen this before... by GutBomb · · Score: 5, Informative

    I saw another one of these a couple days ago, don't remember where I got the link, but I think this one is much nicer, with an lcd screen and all. I think he is using the mac mouse and keyboard too... (not sure)

  3. Alternate Choices by Alien54 · · Score: 4, Informative
    I would have thought that an old LCD panel or something would have been more usable in the case vs a nine inch monitor, which is a very rare bird indeed.

    quick search on google only finds 9 inch monitors in monochrome, and ten inch color. He uses a ViewMagic, which currently only shows a 10" color available as new product.

    odd fish indeed.

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  4. Re:How About A Power Mac Tower? by phillymjs · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you can pick out the meat of the article through the errors, here's how one guy did it.

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  5. Re:Why not stuff a chicken with a turkey. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    There are several Amiga DIY designs on Amiga Interactive Guide. You are probably thinking of the Suzanne - a custom designed A600 laptop fitted with a 68020 accelerator. There are also stories of one of the original Amiga team fitting an Amiga (A2000 I think) into an SX64 case.