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From: psg@philabs.philips.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Build your own mac +/SE/etc. ?
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Date: 25 Jan 91 22:12:11 GMT
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Say I have a Plus or an SE with a cooked video psu and circuitry. Is
it feasible to take the motherboard out of it, purchase a 200W IBM PC
supply ($50) from Computer Shopper and a mini tower case ($95), a 3 1/2"
drive and a 1/2 ht 20MB hard disk and build a Mac system box. Add a
Samsung full-page display for $479 with its interface card and I have
a decent enough system with large screen capabilities. 

What problems can I expect to run into here?
o Power supply connector pin specs for the motherboard?
o Finding a 3 1/2" drive with auto-eject?
o Matching the drive to the Mac electronics?
o Hooking the ports from the motherboard to the back panel?
o In the case of a Mac+ interfacing a hard disk to the board?

I would appreciate any comments and criticism of this thought.

thanks
prabha

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