Introducing FrankenMac

[maxcelcat]

I am such a freakin' nerd, and I can prove it. Consider the picture below:

(Click it for a bigger version.)

That, folks, is a dual processor G4 Macintosh, hacked together from parts from Ebay and a Donor Mac, plus a heat sink from a PII processor! Not to mention a lump of copper between it and the processors... Might just go check that it's not getting too warm :-)

Tomorrow I might try and find a case for it.

Man, this took a while, I started acquiring parts for this back in... Shit, it must have been 2004. It only came together recently when my cousin gave me a Mac which was identical to the model I was trying to assemble!

Comments

Really?

[maxcelcat]

Given that the year is young, I'll believe you :-)

Obviously you haven't been around enough nerds - this is what most computer guts look like!

Re: Really?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, but the cool part is that 99.999% of all these projects involve peecees. People don't think of Macs as takey-apartey machines, but they totally can be! Be creative, people! Think different!

Re: Really?

[melissa-maples.livejournal.com]

Aaaaarghh you people who allow anonymous comments trick me every time.

Re: Really?

[maxcelcat]

True, most of these projects do involve PCs. And part of the reason is acquiring Mac parts is a pain in the arse!

I picked up a lot of these bits on Ebay, but I also had to scavenge some from another mac, not to mention fashioning a heatsink from a piece of copper and a heatsink from a PII... So, plenty of cred, but not much practicality!