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Build Your Own PowerPC?

Posted by Cliff on from the why-not? dept.

amokk asks: "Let's assume for a second that somebody would want to take the time and effort to build a Personal Computer but base it on a PowerPC architecture. Besides saying 'Buy a Mac' (I already have one) or 'Buy an IBM server', is there any way of acquirng the individual parts and slapping them together? Why you would want to do this isn't up for debate. Rather, this is one of those 'wouldn't it be neat if...' type of experiments."

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  1. This Mac by briggsb · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't buy just any mac, buy this one.

  2. Next Week On Ask Slashdot... by CySurflex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next Weeek On Ask Slashdot: "Let's assume I want to pump gas into my car through the radiator and mix in diet cherry 7-up. WHY is not up for debate. I just need the schematics and blue prints of how to achieve this, and I need this NOW."

    1. Re:Next Week On Ask Slashdot... by Carmody · · Score: 3, Funny

      This would not be too difficult. As long as you don't want the car to RUN on that mixture, it really is just a question of a nozzle in the radiator that goes to the diet cherry 7-up mixing chamber, and then stores it somewhere for disposal later.

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    2. Re:Next Week On Ask Slashdot... by McFly69 · · Score: 2, Funny

      As sick as it sounds I did something similar two years ago. I was running low on gas on the Mass Pike and I knew my car will make it another 2 miles. The nearest stations was at least 6 miles. So what did I do? Got soem of my diet coke and put 1/4 liter into the tank. The engine sounded like shit but made it fine. Pumped it up and my firebird has no problems.

      Please do not mod this, just wanted to add to the other poster and thought others might find it funny.

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    3. Re:Next Week On Ask Slashdot... by Tall_Rob · · Score: 2, Funny

      I dunno, but imagine a Beowulf cluster of 'em. :-)

  3. Re:The other part of the question... by PhysicsScholar · · Score: 2, Funny

    OK, so where can I (legally) buy a Mac BIOS chip?

    We have an undergraduate course here at my school where several of the laboratories consist of doing just that. One of the professors used to work for Apple, which explains why he has advanced knowledge in this area.

    If you email me, I could forward it to the appropriate scholar here at Imperial and see if he can't manufacture a few extra for you.

    Good luck.

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  4. 60 amps! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How many machines is this?? How much more do you spend for air conditioning -- or do you like to cook hot dogs while you're working?

  5. Easy! by orkysoft · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just ask the "what if" machine! :-P

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  6. Re:Build your own computer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    > I just purchased a new computer, by taking some
    > parts out of my old one, giving them to the
    > service desk at my local computer shop, and
    > telling them how to fill in the blanks

    What is this, an AOL forum? I thought this was Slashdot, where people etch their own fricken motherboards, not drop them off at the local shop to get an upgrade.

  7. Slashdot Recursion by BiOFH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Build a Mac! see Can I build a Mac? see Build a Mac! see Can I build a Mac? see Build a Mac! see Can I build a Mac? see Build a Mac! see Can I build a Mac? see ... ad infinitum...

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  8. Re:Build your own computer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny



    etch motherboards? Geez that's so far along in the process...

    My daughter and I are mining our own copper for her Christmas computer. We make our own fans out of paper mache and magnets. Our heatsink is made of aluminum from an an old Billy Bob Carter beer can.

  9. Re:The other part of the question... by autocracy · · Score: 3, Funny
    Also, what company would be stupid enough to throw tons of money at building up a brand only to be at Apple's mercy? That takes a lot of faith, and you saw what happened last time someone had faith in Apple not to screw them over...
    I dunno... but I'd certainly say Dell is Microsoft's bitch...
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