A bit esoteric, but O.K. ... I get it and appreciate your sentiments. You have assumed the worst about my little experiments. The purpose of them is in fact to keep the older machines running and useful with as little surgery as possible. For those of us who do not have the resources to help Uncle George back on his feet, I am attempting to provide a solution that keeps Uncle George pulling his own until that day comes. Personally I prefer to refer to my Macs as women, so I shall refer to them as Aunt Mary and Grandma Annie for the rest of this clarification of my intentions. Now, let's say that Grandma Annie is a spry old gal with a strong heart. Aunt Mary, has a strong body, but a weak heart. One day, Grandma Annie has a massive stroke that leaves her brain dead, but her strong heart beats on. Because she was so giving and thoughtful, she left a donor card to give up her heart. Aunt Mary receives the transplant and Grandma Annie's heart lives on making the most of a useful body which is far stronger than the previous body. Now the alternative ... Poor Grandma Annie has a bad ticker, so she doesn't do as much as she used to. Aunt Mary, on the other hand, was in a terrible car accident and had generously donated her heart to Grandma Annie in the event of her death. Now, Grandma Annie can do more than she's been able to do in a long time.
O.K., enough of that! If it isn't clear, the SE's & Classic's analogue boards are far superior to the original 128k & 512k and even the Plus, though it addressed some of the problems of its predecessors. Many of us don't have the capabilities to perform surgery on these guys and indeed, while I know my way around a soldering iron, my 512k was out of commission until I could find time to sit down with it and fix the problem, much less go out and find the necessary parts. Meanwhile, I had a perfectly good SE sitting right there in front of me doing nothing! SO I started thinking, maybe I could transplant the 512k logic board into it and never have to worry about the analogue board failing again. Then I started thinking, I have a Classic sitting there doing nothing too and it has an even better analogue board than the SE and looks more like the original case to boot. Then I thought, since the Classic can run System 7, I thought what if something happened to the Classic, could I use the logic board in my 512k case, or even the SE? In the meantime, I bought a Plus off ebay for parts to repair the 512k -- YES PARTS! There are a plethora of Plusi around as it was the longest selling Mac of all time, so a few of them can just sacrifice themselves for their rarer relatives. So, now I have a perfectly good Plus logic board without a case -- far more compatible with my older software than the SE or the Classic. So now I've come full circle. My goal here is not to create FrankenMacs, but offer an option to those of us who still use our old Macs to transplant the logic boards into stronger Macs, even if it is just temporary. If my experiments are successful, then the only "hacking" required is splicing two wire harnesses together in the appropriate manner. No permanent modifications required. This way, the Macs keep right on working until such time as Aunt Mary or Grandma Annie can stop waiting for their HMOs to get the medical attention they deserve. Or in your case: afford to get Uncle George back on his feet and off the hooch in a dignified manner at the Betty Ford Clinic rather than cold-turkey with the withdrawals, shakes and night sweats he would otherwise endure without the proper funds. How's that? > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The 128-Plus, [snip] should be maintained, cared for > and exercised on occasion to keep down the aches and pains. > > I feel that surgery should be kept within their generation and should be > used as a means of life preservation or resurection only. > > A Classic or an early SE, in my opinion, would be good examples of Uncle > George and uncle bob. > > Wouldn't it be nicer to [snip] put some new clothes on him and sent him to > trade school. Now he has a good job, a new car and everyone thinks he's a > pretty neat guy, than to ask people what they think of the wind chime you've > made out Grandpas bones. > > Ther's not too many of those old machines out there to be foolin' with. > Better a resurection, Than a mutalation. > -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
