e83 – Mac Mods

Brian made a summer project of putting a Mac Mini in a Macintosh Classic and it got us thinking about all kinds of mods people have done with old Apple hardware. Besides the "Classic Mini", we cover Macquariums, unexpected iLamps, weight-bearing cheese graters, and more.

Follow Up

• ProDOS
• Mac OS 9 code names
  • Moonlight Sonata
• Mac OS 8 color pickers
• Destiny corrections (thanks @siracusa!)

Mac Mods

• Brian's Classic Mini
  • Raspberry Pi in a Classic
  • 8-inch LCD panel
  • 3D printing to the rescue
  • retr0bright
    • off-the-shelf alternative
  • Halo campaign mode
  • Deus Ex in Wineskin
• 🐠 Macquariums
  • coined by Andy Ihnatko
  • 😱 two Studio Displays
• 🌱 planters
• 📫 mailbox G3 and mailbox G4
• 🐈 cat bed
• 🐕 dog bed
• 🤧 Cube tissue box
• 💡 iMac G4 lamp
• 🧀 cheese grater mods
  • patio and office furniture
  • bbq grill
• Mac in a Commodore
• MacBook in a tiny cheese grater
• iBoy
• Cube Mini