Gut it and put a modern computer in it.

Todd Brayer
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On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Aaron McFarlane <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As a teenager I collected old macs that I found in garage sales and
> kept them in storage, imagining that some day they'd be cool to
> display in the giant, art deco apartment I would *surely* inhabit in
> my 20's.  Now, 15 years later, I don't live in said loft apartment and
> I have limited storage space.  I've given away/recycled almost all of
> the macs I had, but I just couldn't part with the Macintosh Plus.
>
> That said, I've vowed that, if I'm to keep it, it can't stay in
> storage any longer.  It's simply too expensive (not to mention tiring
> every time I move!) to warrant keep a large, heavy object like the Mac
> Plus + various peripherals.
>
> So what are my options for displaying it?  I'd prefer the screen to
> not just simply be blank.  My first thought was: photo frame?  Is
> there a screensaver that ran on the Mac Plus that displayed photos
> from a folder?  I honestly can't remember how capable it was,
> graphically.
>
> Beyond that, I'm pretty much at a loss.  There's always the Macquarium
> idea, but it pains me to destroy a (to the best of my knowledge)
> working Mac Plus.
>
> Suggestions?  Thanks!
>
> -Aaron
>
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