>On 3 Sep 2004, at 19:33, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Not from what I can see. It seems to fit nicely. >> >> http://www.mac475.gmxhome.de/how_to_do.htm > <snip> > >Here is in Phoenix, AZ. Only sites I see that even mention the monitor are >either German, Italian or the UK. But, I have hopes, fool that I am. But I >can't see spending several hundred dollars on a flat panel display just >for this project. I could buy a nice working used Imac for that price. But >I'll keep digging. Never know what I might find in a thrift shop or at the >local university resale shop. (got my SE30 for $5 there last year and just >picked up a Beige G3 300 for $25). >
Congrats for that bargain. But I'm chiming in because when the originator of the Classic 475 project, Helmut Goeggel, offered his first Classic 475 on eBay, I was very interested in it because I had a Classic with a dead analog board and four 475s lying around. The auction closed on June 14, 2001 and the machine went for DM 550,00, waaay too expensive for me, so I contacted Helmut for details on the monitor. The Axion MV 901 is mainly used as a POS terminal, and as a matter of fact I found that my local Edeka shop (something like Safeways, although not quite as big and not 24/7) had Axion terminals on a Siemens system. I told the cashier I'd like to steal one, but she didn't like the idea. But if you are as disappointed as I was - importing Axion tubes from GB was too expensive, the local business electronics shops did not carry Axion monitors, I eventually repaired the Classic by making two good ones out of three failing units - keep in mind that Axion is just an example; what you need is any functional 9" VGA monitor whatsoever with a tube length that fits in a Classic, and this should not be an impossible thing to find if you really want it. Apart from the high price tag, an LCD in a compact always will cause a bezel problem: the geometry will not fit, neither in the plane (the tube has a spheric surface whilst the LCD is flat) nor in the edges, without major plastic surgery. I don't know if it's still out there and I don't have the URL handy, but the tube length problem one day inspired one of the ingenious japanese compacts hackers to a solution as perfectly realized as it was weird-looking: An SE/30 with a colour tube in a case that had been lengthened - a longicephalus, medically speaking. Maybe someone already found it, but I'll post the URL here as soon as I get to it. Have fun, OM /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect for open standards -- 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> --> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
