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Posted by: olePigeon on 2020-07-08 15:15:07 @Huxley That's an Apple Djinn, by the way. It was only sold in France. I think it was a fax modem + Minitel gateway. I've always wanted to get one, too, as I believe it still works as a standard modem even if (unfortunately) Minitel isn't around anymore
Posted by: CC_333 on 2020-07-08 16:47:05 Wasn't Minitel taken offline only a few years ago? Has anyone come up with a way of emulating it? And then, finally, it can work as a standard dialup modem in the US and elsewhere? c
Posted by: MarNo84 on 2020-07-08 17:06:43 @Huxley Only thing that'd make this hilariously complete: An Apple Djinn. It'd be the baby in the family. Not only is baby completely dependent on junior or mama, if baby cries, it'd wake you up at night, too. screeeeeee bong bong bong pssshhhhhhhhh screeeeeeeeeeee hmmm someone should make STL files available and we can just 3d print this little baby gem for us 😉
Posted by: CC_333 on 2020-07-08 17:22:29 hmmm someone should make STL files available and we can just 3d print this little baby gem for us 😉 Yes! It would make a splendid Raspberry Pi case! c
Posted by: bibilit on 2020-07-08 18:47:57 Wasn't Minitel taken offline only a few years ago? Has anyone come up with a way of emulating it? Yes in 2012, but to be honest very few services were still available at that date. Yes again: https://medium.com/@cq94/re-creation-annuaire-electronique-minitel-fb59a843e86c Even using the real thing https://www.journaldulapin.com/2017/09/24/serveur-minitel/ The Minitel was said to have been an inspiration for the Macintosh (the CRT is the same size, casing has a proper handle and vents are all around) I have got a Djinn by the way, cute but useless...
Posted by: olePigeon on 2020-07-09 03:14:29 @bibilit Cute isn't useless. 😀
Posted by: PotatoFi on 2020-07-09 09:20:42 hmmm someone should make STL files available and we can just 3d print this little baby gem for us 😉 Challenge accepted. Of course, I’d have to borrow one to 3D model.
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2020-07-11 17:02:40 Print a 50-60% height Portrait Color Classic Pi/DVD with Baby Bear acting as server and WiFi bridge to the modern world for daddy and grandpa bears. Design Language should make a nod forward to the sharper, more defined lines of the 5xxx AIO series. . . . or not. :blink:
Posted by: MarNo84 on 2020-07-15 20:36:27 View attachment 35492 View attachment 35493 . . . or not. :blink: interesting 😀 do you mind sharing the STLs or so? ...or was it just concept on paper? 😉. Thanks 😀
Posted by: adespoton on 2020-07-16 00:27:08 Yes! It would make a splendid Raspberry Pi case! c If such a thing is done, replace the modem port with the Ethernet port, and run MacIPpi on the Pi, for a proper AppleTalk server the others can use to connect to a modern network!
Posted by: PotatoFi on 2020-07-16 00:28:16 If such a thing is done, replace the modem port with the Ethernet port, and run MacIPpi on the Pi, for a proper AppleTalk server the others can use to connect to a modern network! Sounds like fun. Someone get me an example unit (to borrow), or a gazillion photos with a few measurements for scale, and I can model it up...
Posted by: adespoton on 2020-07-16 00:46:05 Sounds like fun. Someone get me an example unit (to borrow), or a gazillion photos with a few measurements for scale, and I can model it up... For your internal dimensions, you'd want this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32761500374.html?spm=2114.12010612.0.0.12tQ4N Images available at: https://vintagecomputer.ca/apple-djinn/
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2020-07-16 02:21:20 Sounds like fun. Someone get me an example unit (to borrow), or a gazillion photos with a few measurements for scale, and I can model it up... Jow about a fold up paper model? I can work that out and post a PDF for you to fold, spindle and mutilate. I didn't think anyone was interested or are you still talking about the french thing? Either way I can do a model.
Posted by: PotatoFi on 2020-07-16 02:25:48 Jow about a fold up paper model? I can work that out and post a PDF for you to fold, spindle and mutilate. I didn't think anyone was interested or are you still talking about the french thing? Either way I can do a model. I think we're back to talking about the Apple Djinn.
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2020-07-16 02:26:00 For your internal dimensions . . . Mine's designed for a Mac Mini to fit, don't think baking a Pi will be a problem for whichever design. 🙂
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2020-07-16 02:27:21 NoPro, gimme a screen dimension to work from and a maxi Djyn will be easily mocked up to fit the trio better.
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2020-07-16 09:39:13 View attachment 35492 View attachment 35493 . . . or not. :blink: interesting 😀 do you mind sharing the STLs or so? ...or was it just concept on paper? 😉. Thanks It's not available in STL, it's a 3D model in my head. I knocked together plan views for in Illustrator. It's grandson in the trio I'd suggested be done in a CC goes 5200 Design Language. If anyone wants to model this or a riff on the Djinn in a larger scale with a display I'd be glad to turn either into a 3D Paper Model. Anyone interested could turn either into a 3D printable design The stand is a 3D printed cover for a pair of big heavy duty angle brackets from your local hardware store. I'll probably go ahead and do the top bottom and rear plan vies before I'm done with the concept.With KBD slid home or sitting in front of the unit, the base is pretty much out of sight/out of mind. I'd do it in Black as a nod back to the Macintosh TV and forward to the Director's edition 5500. That'd fit right in with the dirt cheap, matte black, current Apple lookin' wireless KBD/Mouse I got for another hack.
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