Re: Apple II to PC modding

["PZ" <skierpaul@yahoo.com>]

Use an old Mac instead.  I have 140 IIGS motherboards (which I rescued)
looking for homes back inside a "derelict IIGS shell".

- Paul

Miles Attacca wrote:
> One of my dream projects is to find a derelict IIGS shell and implant
> in it the heart of one of the new smaller-form PC motherboards. This
> project would also involve hiding a slot-loading CD drive in an
> external 5.25" unit, and perhaps even using a regular VGA monitor
> inside the shell of an (also hopefully already-broken) old Apple
> monitor. However, one detail eludes me, and that's of a PC floppy drive
> that takes advantage of Apple's idea of motorized/software-controlled
> disk loading and ejection (since mounting a drive inside an external
> 3.5" unit might otherwise involve some creative cutting, and destroying
> part of the illusion).
>
> On another note, I'm not sure of the exact dimensions, but one could
> almost fit a Mac Mini into a 5.25" drive's casing! A properly-sized
> shell over one would be a fun case mod to see.