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Stop the press! Last modified: 04/03/23 10:04:21 PM
  FrankenMac
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    8/01/04 - 99% There
    Here it is, in all it's beige glory. Simple, clean, and nothing external to indicate it's fruity interior. 4 5.25" external drive bays, 2 3.5" external, and 3 3.5" internal bays, this case makes current Apple offerings look anemic for expansion capacity.
    My power harness. Why pay for an Apple label on the powersupply when you can plunk down half the cash and get a far sturdier bog standard ATX powersupply instead? Just plug a standard powersupply in one end, plug the adapter into the Mac, and add 28v to operate.
    You can just make out the 28v wall wart input slot cover hack. It's made by gutting a PS2 mouse plug, stuffing a barrel power input into it, and eventually, adding epoxy to solidify the assembly. Simple, clean, effective.
    One Enlight power supply.
    This black box contains nothing more complicated than a transistor, two resistors, breadboard, and a few jumper posts. Apple charges $100+ for the front panel board, costs less than $15 to reproduce shopping at Radio Shack. You can skip it if you don't care about a functional power light.
    This system started with an Apple 466mhz CPU and matched heatsink. I've since upgraded to this OWC 1.2ghz upgrade unit. While there is a fan on the heatsink, it's near silent, so no loss there. The module also has jumpers for setting the multiplier, eliminating the need to break out the soldering iron. Not that I'd ever overclock something.
    You've never experienced true fun untill you've tried debuging open wiring on hard to come by parts with a cat that likes to jump into your PC just as you're going to apply power.


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