RE: Question on building custom old Mac
If you are building your own case for everything, I would consider taking an LCD monitor and taking the guts out of it, then you could build it into your case however you would like. Also wouldn't have to worry as much about venting due to lack of heat and such. Of course it wouldn't look as vintage, but it won't look much that way anyhow in a homebrew case... Should be able to pick up a 15 or 17" LCD at a thrift store pretty cheap these days... Wesley _ From: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintage-macs@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John-Robert La Porta Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2018 6:04 PM To: Vintage Macs Subject: Re: Question on building custom old Mac Now for finding the monitor: been looking for something reasonable to attach this thing to. The Apple 15" Studio Display w/ VGA connector seems to go for some serious cash for some reason, so that is out. Most PC monitors look like crap, and I'd have to revamp them to make them look decent. Not sure I want to take a huge dive on to that. One person suggested an old iMac G4 display, but I think that would be a lot of work to make it run w/ a VGA signal (if even possible). I'll reach out to you all for suggestions. -- -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Question on building custom old Mac
Now for finding the monitor: been looking for something reasonable to attach this thing to. The Apple 15" Studio Display w/ VGA connector seems to go for some serious cash for some reason, so that is out. Most PC monitors look like crap, and I'd have to revamp them to make them look decent. Not sure I want to take a huge dive on to that. One person suggested an old iMac G4 display, but I think that would be a lot of work to make it run w/ a VGA signal (if even possible). I'll reach out to you all for suggestions. -- -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Question on building custom old Mac
I may be able to source an LC keyboard for you. The LC was my family's first computer, and there is a slight chance it is still in a basement somewhere. Stay tuned! On Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 8:45:39 PM UTC-6, John-Robert La Porta wrote: > > Another question: If I am not mistaken, the Apple IIGS keyboard was the > smallest ADB keyboard made...followed by the one that came with the LCIIs > and such. Does anyone have one of those they would trade? I have more Apple > Extended Keyboards to trade if need be. I am looking for this to take up > the least footprint possible. > -- -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
