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Old PowerBook + Hot Glue = Cheap Digital Picture Frame

Posted by timothy on from the no-subscrption-required dept.

option8 writes "Have an old laptop gathering dust? Here's another fun hack from Applefritter - this time utilizing an old Mac laptop (a Duo 280) but could be applied to pretty much anything with an LCD, and turning the guts into a cheap, flexible digital picture frame. Now, off to the flea market to pick up one of them cheap Duos I keep seeing..." As the author points out, this isn't a new idea -- but it's a great step-by-step.

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  1. Re:Powerbook by jeffehobbs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apple released a whole bunch of PowerBooks with Motorola 680x0 chips, way before anyone ever heard of the PowerPC line.

    For instance: http://www.ou.nl/open/psl/pb100/#spec

    ~jeff

  2. Switch by joyoflinux · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, that does it for me. I'm definately going to switch now!

  3. eBay by The+Wing+Lover · · Score: 5, Funny
    Easy to find and inexpensive. 280c's are always up for auction on eBay and regularly sell for less than $100.

    Not while this story is on the front page of Slashdot, they won't.

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    - In Capitalist America, law violates YOU!

  4. Re:Meanwhile some kid in Africa gets a TRS-80... by quick_dry_3 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Because they want to

    why spend your time posting on slashdot when you could be building shelters for the homeless in Peru?

  5. Re:Why limit it to pictures? by Jacer · · Score: 3, Funny

    If i wanted to see 3D screensavers on my wall, I'd do what everyone else does, and take a hit of acid.

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    --fetch daddy's blue fright wig, i must be handsome when i release my rage
  6. Re:Some info on my pic frame project by 5alligator · · Score: 4, Funny

    erm, and just think about having your networked picture frame 0wned and pointing to goatse...:-)