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Mac mini inside of an iMac G3?
Posted by: Mike Richardson on 2010-01-25 00:21:38
Has anyone ever done a Mac mini inside of an iMac G3 while retaining the original CRT?

On a tray-loader you have an actual Mac-style video cable right there. All you would need to do is convert it to VGA and then to DVI. Power could be provided with a hacked cable of some sort feeding off the iMac's PSU. For the custom fit you could create a new side panel and bring the ports out to the side.

Posted by: Mars478 on 2010-01-25 03:46:54
The Tray loader uses strange frequencies for the CRT, so you could try it (Especially you, since you have a warehouse full of trayloaders). It would definitely bring new life to such an old revolutionary computer.

Posted by: Bunsen on 2010-01-26 03:19:02
Probably doable with SwitchResX or similar.

Posted by: zerotypeq on 2010-01-28 05:28:36
I saw a hackintosh done into an imac g3 which kept the og crt.

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