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Posted by: joshc on 2025-08-05 03:49:13
A Mac Plus's CRT is probably taking most of the power, so it's a pity you can't mod a Mac Plus and turn off the CRT completely. No spare VIA pins I think. Is that true? I can't remember the specifics but there's definitely ways to get video from a Plus board so that you can ditch the CRT. |
Posted by: VMSZealot on 2025-08-06 02:20:03
We can take this a bit further. Lots of EVs provide V2L these days (Vehicle to Load), which means you can power mains appliances from an EV (e.g. if you're camping). A Mac Plus takes 60W. A typical modern EV has at least 50kWh of battery, so you could power your Mac Plus from a charged EV for: 833 hours, which is approximately 110 days or 30% of a year. We only have a 22kWh Zoe, so we could only provide 48 days worth (and it doesn't have V2L, so that's a bit moot).
A Mac Plus's CRT is probably taking most of the power, so it's a pity you can't mod a Mac Plus and turn off the CRT completely. No spare VIA pins I think. Is that true? But if you could, then you could write a simple screen saver, let's call it CrtSleeper and reduce the average power consumption even further. I saw a little mod you can do for a compact Mac to replace the CRT with a VGA out - so a VGA LCD and a Pico PSU, perhaps? My car isn't electric - so the Mac would only run until the fuel tank ran try. Probably about 72hours of idling (guessing) although I suspect that the car might try to turn itself off long before that time, just to save fuel. |
Posted by: adespoton on 2025-08-08 10:02:22
I saw a little mod you can do for a compact Mac to replace the CRT with a VGA out - so a VGA LCD and a Pico PSU, perhaps? My car isn't electric - so the Mac would only run until the fuel tank ran try. Probably about 72hours of idling (guessing) although I suspect that the car might try to turn itself off long before that time, just to save fuel. If you've got VGA out... you could add an inline module to do AirPlay as well -- to cast the output to other Mac devices in the vehicle, or even to a HUD 😉 |
Posted by: iomac on 2025-08-08 14:55:48
The RGBtoHDMI project is a solid option.
Adrian's Digital Basement had a video on this from a couple years ago doing something similar with a Mac Classic.
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Posted by: robin-fo on 2025-12-14 23:40:30
Another one commuting with me to the office… |
Posted by: twelvetone12 on 2025-12-15 00:00:23
Giruno in fist class? Not a bad commute! |
Posted by: robin-fo on 2025-12-15 00:05:21
Giruno in fist class? Not a bad commute! No, IR Dosto.. 😉 |
Posted by: twelvetone12 on 2025-12-15 01:14:24
Ahh then the smell! Or maybe only second class smells bad lol |
Posted by: robin-fo on 2025-12-15 03:48:40
Ahh then the smell! Or maybe only second class smells bad lol Huh? I seldom had bad smells neither first nor second class… |
Posted by: imactheknife on 2025-12-21 05:03:14
It‘s finally time for my own Conquests thread…
Just travelled to western Switzerland to fetch this one:
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My third SE/30! 🫣 Sweet🙂 nice to travel by train! |
Posted by: robin-fo on 2026-07-12 08:01:19
Another one on the train (I had this Mac for some time now and now it‘s on its way to be repaired) |
Posted by: JT737 on 2026-07-16 07:16:33
@robin-fo -Very nice! Very clean looking Mac Plus as well. I'm jealous of just how much room yo have on that train for yourself; the Amtrack trains around me are a little more cramped. |
Posted by: frontein1 on 2026-07-16 13:26:51
Another one on the train (I had this Mac for some time now and now it‘s on its way to be repaired) What might be super cool but also super useless, but more cool than useless..... Put in a BlueSCSI and connect the MacPlus to WiFi or a mobile hotspot on the train. Then pull up frogfind or 68k.news. Sort of reminds me of that old PowerBook commercial, about the 'first in-flight computer network.' |
Posted by: robin-fo on 2026-07-17 06:13:14
@robin-fo -Very nice! Very clean looking Mac Plus as well. I'm jealous of just how much room yo have on that train for yourself; the Amtrack trains around me are a little more cramped. Swiss trains are indeed quite comfortable and spacious.. But keep in mind this is First Class and and a wide angle shot. |
Posted by: robin-fo on 2026-07-17 06:14:45
What might be super cool but also super useless, but more cool than useless..... Put in a BlueSCSI and connect the MacPlus to WiFi or a mobile hotspot on the train. Then pull up frogfind or 68k.news. Sort of reminds me of that old PowerBook commercial, about the 'first in-flight computer network.' That would be cool indeed! I'd rather use a Colour Classic or SE/30 for that to be honest though... 😉 |
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