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eMac mods

jayscheuerle

jayscheuerle

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Has anyone seen any examples of eMac mods where they remove the monitor to allow an external one. This is the quest of the mythical headless consumber beast & I can't find anything...

Thanks...
 
michaelrjohnson said:
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wow... emac mods... never would have thought
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you are not serious? modding brings you closer to your computer. you can't form truly say you are bonded until you've fondled it under the covers a few times...
 
melchior said:
you are not serious? modding brings you closer to your computer. you can't form truly say you are bonded until you've fondled it under the covers a few times...
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no no, i understand modding... but its just that the target market for eMacs isn't exactly the "pro" crowd. it's cool, either way.
 
It boggles the mind.

This seems like such an obvious hack. Is there any reason why it wouldn't be possible?
 
michaelrjohnson said:
no no, i understand modding... but its just that the target market for eMacs isn't exactly the "pro" crowd. it's cool, either way.
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there are many pro/power minded mac users who can't afford a power mac. just because you have the knowledge doesn't mean you have the money to back it up.
 
blue&whiteman said:
there are many pro/power minded mac users who can't afford a power mac. just because you have the knowledge doesn't mean you have the money to back it up.
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Exactly. I'll put up my design work on my beige box to stand up to whatever work a G5 user has....
 
I just saw a website the other week (sorry, can't remember where) where a guy took apart all old iMac and put it in a case that he built to look like a mini-G5. It was pretty cool and I think it would be fun to do something similar.

Edit: Found it. It was in a thread in the Apple Collectors forum.
 
Another reason:
doesn't the eMac have 2 ATA connections while on the iMac one ATA connection? (Therefore 4 drives possible on eMac and only 2 possible on iMac).
 
kgarner said:
I just saw a website the other week (sorry, can't remember where) where a guy took apart all old iMac and put it in a case that he built to look like a mini-G5. It was pretty cool and I think it would be fun to do something similar.
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I saw that and it's absolutely cool, but I can't help but wonder why nobody has done this with the eMac? It's a nicely powered machine for $800, but unless you want a 50 lb. beast on your desktop, the built-in monitor is overkill.

I swear, if someone had a tutorial on how to de-monitor an eMac, I'd buy a new one and gut it in a minute. I've had an idea on building a in-the-wall mounted machine that fits between standard 16" spaced studs (3.5" deep) and taps directly into a power line...
 
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