On Friday, Jan 3, 2003, at 07:30 Europe/London, martin wrote: > I'm sure, that it would be easy enough to stuff one of the new iMac > G4s into an old SE case, and even stuff the power supply in there > too. But that darn 9" screen is always going to be an issue. > Someday soon, someone will make an LCD projector cheap enough to put > into a Palm-sized laptop, and THEN your screen could be any white > wall or convenient surface you pointed it at. > But as a novelty only, and with a little judicious milling with a > Dremel Weapon, a person could install an iBook into an SE cabinet
In both examples they have VGA connectors (all be them compact VGA but they are there) so connecting the internal monitor is not as hard as it first might seem. Still hard though, I agree. > thereby ruining two great examples of good industrial design in one > stroke! And what about putting a G4 iMac or a G4 Cube in the SE? That isn't ruining great designs? > Actually, just for fun, I installed a functional 9" black-and-white > portable TV into an old 512 cabinet, mounting ALL the controls on the > back of the cabinet out of sight. It was a lot of work, but it works > fine, and gets a lot of praise. I just hated the idea of throwing it > out (sentimental huh), and the TV's original cabinet was one of those > hideous faux-cherrywood plastic cases that needed to be put out of my > misery... Hahaha. Very clever. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson> Vintage Macs List Nanny "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
