ATX Power Supply Adapter for Macs?

Posted by Cliff on Monday April 28, 2003 @04:22AM from the as-long-as-the-electrons-flow dept.

Swift Guru asks: "I've seen many comments on Slashdot stating that people would love to try out Mac OS X if only they could afford the hardware. Many roll their own Macs, but unfortunately have to rely on proprietary Apple power supplies (or hack together their own), a caveat that hinders Mac geeks from delving into the wide world of case modding (mmm.. watercooling), and prevents PC users from using familiar ATX case hardware. The PPC platform requires its own processors and logic boards, but last I checked computers all used the same kind of electrons. Hardware hacking is supposedly the next killer app, so why isn't there a simple adapter solution to allow current Macs to use ATX power supplies? Or is there?"

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Re:THIS IS NOT NEWS WORTHY by Anonymous Coward · 2003-04-28 05:21 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Of course it's been done, monkey. He linked to where it's been done. He's looking for something you can slap on and just use. I'm sure you would rather buy a $5 usb/ps2 adapter than hack one together yourself, even if you could make it yourself, eh?