Project X - Turning a Pismo into an iMac
Hi everyone,
Some of you may remember that last year I bought a Pismo with a smashed screen, specifically for the 500MHz processor, RAM and HDD. Well, now I've decided what to do with it - I'm going to make the machine into the world's first TFT iMac G3.
In plain English, I intend to basically bolt the Pismo's logic board assembly to the back of a 15" TFT screen and wire it up to create a desktop Mac. A little ambitious, I know, but it'll be unique. All parts are fully functional bar the screen, so what I really want to do is just reroute the display signals from the built-in LCD to the external. Is there any way I could do this using the internal display connecter, i.e. adapt it to a D-Sub 15-pin connector that would make the external display the primary? I could make do with a wiring diagram for the Pismo's internal display connector.
Failing this, could I disable the internal connector and make the external display connector the primary display without Mirroring?
I would also like to disable the 'Book's battery power system, but removing the Charge card (the thing under the touchpad) results in the machine playing dead i.e. not booting.
I'll most likely build a custom enclosure to hold the workings on the screen (got to find a nice, stylish screen first - anyone got any recommendations? 15-inch, 1024x768 native resolution, reasonably cheap, Apple-like styling?), and try to keep the internal drive bay usable; failing that, I've got a USB drive I can use. The machine runs Tiger 10.4.8 on a 400MHz G3 and 128MB of RAM (and works quite well - I wrote this post on it using Firefox with my CRT monitor and an external keyboard and mouse).
I'll keep you updated of my progress. Wish me luck!
Thanks in advance,
Rob Johnson
Don't worry about taking it apart unless you have an enclosure for it. It doesn't have to be an imac, does it? It would work just fine as a "Mac Mini". Just take the screen off so you have easy access to the power on/off button, plug in a monitor to the VGA Port, and you can use thi built in keyboard and touchpad. If you want it to look even nicer, hide it away, and plug in that keyboard and mouse you were talking about. It would also allow you to have much easier access to the DVD-ROM Drive. If, however, you do decide to go ahead with the rewiring, good luck, as that's not my field of expertise.
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