Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Joshua Coombs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Speaking of LCDs in SE/30's... Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:37:35 -0400
I've been toying with the idea of hopping up an SE/30 for quite awhile. I have a unit now with 128mb ram, 36gb 15k rpm HD, ethernet, etc running NetBSD quite well. I tried finding a 68040 upgrade, got so far as a Daystar IIsi powercache adapter, and have been stalled since.
Impressive.
In the meantime, I've built a frankenmac G4, and decided it'd be nice to have that kind of horsepower in a traditional compact form factor. Inspired by http://www.nextro.com/nextro/english/i30.html I've been searching for a low cost LCD that'll do 1024x768 and fit the SE/30's case.
I don't know that low cost LCDs exist. Most I've found are several hundred dollars.
Like others, I've had little luck, so I'm downgrading my expectations. I've found 9" POS monitors show up on Ebay fairly regularly, for around $20 to $50. Many of them are color, and capible of 1024x768. Ok, so I've got a potential monitor. Next is the upgrade.
Yeah, I have had no luck in finding cheap LCDs. The POS monitor seems to be the obvious solution for a $10 machine.
From my adventures in G4 construction, I have a gigabit mobo thats flakey, a G4 466mhz cpu, good ram, and a few Apple compatible AGP video cards. So, were I to source a G4 Cube's internals that would be the natural choice. Looks like a few people have used iMac internals as well, which I think I can source, but I'd prefer something with a G4 and AGP...
Well, if you have money to burn, look at one of the 12" iBooks. Then you could definitely look to LCD.
Looking at the cheaper side... VIA Epia micro-itx mobos should fit, I can almost fit a standard micro-atx mobo with some work. Pear PC is nearing full functionality with OS X, really just missing sound and usb passthrough.
Pear PC? Not familiar with that. Look at the project entitled The "Mac-ITX" located at: http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/mac-itx/
Granted, he isn't running OS X, but you could run 8.1 via Basilisk. The guy also sent me a bitmap picture of another (Japanese) SE/30 conversion (not running Mac OS) with a slot load CD/DVD drive.
Has anyone on the list gone through this type of conversion and care to share details?
I've toyed around with stuffing a Powerbook 150 into a compact case, but the screen is just a bit too big. Good luck and let us know what happens!
Jack
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