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Build a Macintosh From Scratch

Posted by pudge on from the more-diy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MacOpz has posted a great step-by-step tutorial on building your own G4-based Macintosh from scratch. This article includes where to get parts, what modifications must be performed, and tons of photographs. A must-read for anyone that wants a Mac but doesn't want to pay Apple prices."

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  1. EULA violation by BitwizeGHC · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It is a violation of the EULA for Mac OS to run it on any non-Apple-branded hardware. This goes for things like MOL too.

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    1. Re:EULA violation by evilviper · · Score: 3, Interesting

      It is indeed standard industry practice, but that in no way makes it nessecarily vaild and legal.

      Do you think gas stations could get away saying: "This gas is certified to work only in Ford cars. We are not responsible if your non-Ford car blows-up."?

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  2. cheaper education systems by mbaudis · · Score: 4, Interesting

    apple frequently dumps older systems at the education stores. about 5 monthes ago, stanford had G4/533/CD-RW/40GB + 17 inch LCD for 1249 (that is 350 added to the screen). other examples are 899 (same time) for iBook 600/DVD. all new machines.

  3. "from scratch" - get real by Animats · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The guy put a Mac motherboard in a PC case. That's hardly "from scratch". It's just a case mod.

    Now if he'd started from some non-Apple PPC motherboard, that would be more impressive.

  4. Re:Price... by zaffir · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Um... Case: $50. Logic Board: $125-$150 CPU: $200 PSU: $70 RAM: $50 Graphics Card: $90 Drives and stuff: $100-$150 OS X: $120 That doesn't add up to more than the $1000+ G4 systems Apple is selling. Sure it isn't cheap, but it beats buying one from the Apple monopoly. Of course, the speed probably doesn't compare unless you get a nice 1ghz CPU...

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  5. homebrew Apple II in 1980-ish by vtweb · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I couldn't afford an Apple II, so I bought the
    little spiral bound manual. It thoughtfully
    included a full schematic (with part numbers),
    and the full Boot and Bios Rom listings! I think
    it was the Rom code that tipped me over the edge
    into the project of building my own.

    I wire wrapped the circuits, and hand programmed
    byte by byte the 5 Roms (2705s, if I recall). One
    for Bios, and 4 for Apple Basic. Memory chips
    were the most expensive components at the time.

    And it worked! Noisy circuitry, I almost had to
    position my hands like I was playing a therimin
    to get it to have a clean display.

    Super of Apple to do 'open source' before it was cool!