On 2 Sep 2004, at 23:32, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It's from an old Bondi 266 rev b that the analog and monitor both were damaged. I pulled the mobo/drives cage assembly and the power supply, hooked it all up to an external monitor and it booted fine. Wanted to either put it all into a smaller (IIsi) case to use with an external monitor or find a way to keep the all in one thing going with the LC. It's for a first computer for my daughter but I thought I might have some fun with a cool project as well (why should she have all the fun?). Would it be easier to just put it into a IIsi case and use an external monitor? I'll look up those rack mounted Imac sites. Thanks.
The problem with using an all-in-one Mac is the video issue, as you have realised.
This issue has been addressed in various ways with similar projects:
1. G3 l/b driving he VGA input of an LCD interface card driving a VGA LCD is the easy one!
2. Others have played around with the inbuilt graphics of CCs, with the VGA modification to the analogue board - see below.
IMHO the best option is to use the 'innerds' of an Apple 13" colour monitor (with VGA input) together with the CRT of the all-in-one 520 or whatever. This technique has been widely discussed on the CC Forum - though I've no personal experience of it.
See http://www.applefritter.com/?q=forum/101 for the current forum and
http://www.applefritter.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl?board=powercc for the older one.
The classic thread is at
http://www.applefritter.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl?board=powercc; action=display;num=1073854300
where the poster has put an iMac l/b in a CC with the VGA mod. With a 520, you have VGA as standard, which should make things easier.
You are now sentenced to 7 days' hard labour reading every relevant thread in the fora!
Stuart
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