Tiny Mac III (Pi 4) - instructable / HN / r/VintageApple / wikipedia

Classic

3dprinted

• 3D Printed Full-Size Macintosh - The Brewintosh / arstechnica - full reconstruction of a Macintosh from scratch.
  • STL & part info - 3,5” drive
• Making a Tiny Mac From a Raspberry Pi Zero
  • thingiverse
  • thingiverse
• Making a Small Mac From a Raspberry Pi 3 - uses a 3.5 inch display
• 3dprinted full size

Free models

• macintosh classic housing (life size)
• thingiverse
  • Macintosh Classic Mini - Polymaker Muted White Filament
    • Platinum PLA Filament (hex code: #BFBCB1) for newer Macs

Repair & Restoration

• 1991 Apple Macintosh Classic I Repair & Restoration

• Macintosh Classic Restoration
  • cleaning case - with hydrogen peroxyde bath + uv light
• Macintosh SE Restoration
  • CRT handling

Macintosh Classic disassembly

• Removing the motherboard - The motherboard has no screws, so it can be removed by pulling upwards.
  • Make sure to disconnect all cables.
• Remove The Floppy Drive - 4 screws to remove - all hidden below, accessible only after removing the mother board, 2 behind the plastic fan

Cleaning case

• with 3% hydrogen peroxyde and plastic wrap + 4sun hours
  • hydrogen peroxide cream - 12% + plastic wrap
• nouvelles techniques pour restaurer des plastiques jaunis ! - chauffée a 71°
• Retr0bright - de-yellowing do’s, dont’s, and playing devil’s advocate - test different light condition
  • sun is more evenly distributed (5h/1 day).
  • fluerescent light work well (24h).

Reusing CRT Video

• Generate a VGA signal for inboard CRT from a raspberry pi GPIO, see instructables
  • full article here
• guide on RGBTOHDMI
  • video board - exporting analog to hdmi
• Apple never built a Mac like this - unmounting & discharging the CRT.

see also

• J’ai construit un Mac IMPOSSIBLE
• I Built a “Mac Minus” With a Real CRT
  • old a B&W CRT from old small TV

Electronic

• Macintosh Classic Schematic (bomarc).pdf (bomarc)

Project - rehousing

• retrofitted Macintosh Classic
• Macintosh Classic II Color Hackintosh
• Mac Classic Retrofit - Breathe new life into a classic!
  • cutting back panel

Fiting a Full PC

• Vintage Mac Classic NAS - lot of pics
• Less Bad: Remodelling the Mac Classic II into a PC

• Bad: Fitting a fulll PC (with too much cut)

• Mac Classic HS - 50€ (leboncoin)
• clavier sans fil
• picotron onboard
  • requiert un amd64.
• Thermalright AXP90-X47 Full copper - comparison - best is a liquid cooler 67° - the second best is this one with 76°

Hardware Total: 600€

• motherboard/Cpu/ram: 400€
• better ventirad: 40€
• mac screen replacement 79€ - VSDISPLAY Écran LCD 9,7 - spec écran IPS eDP 440nit ref VS-RTD09703-V1
• power: 50€

Minit ITX	motherboard	price	constraint	cpu	gpu	ram	ventirad	Total
carte N305 / ou switch avec le NAS ?	HKUXZR N305	260	max 16Go	i3 octocore		16Go DDR5	not	327
AM4	Gigabyte A520I AC ITX	118	ryzen 5000 doc	Ryzen 7 5700G	radeon	32Go DDR4	inclus	355
	GIGABYTE B550I AORUS Pro	165						402

Screen

Options are:

• Mac Classic with LCD inside the CRT part 1 / part3- glass cut / smaller lcd 8in screen fit.
  • cutting the tube - just don’t breathe the phosphors.
• fitting a pi / using it - simple black fillout
  • 3dprinted fillout / thingiverse
• Macintosh Plus mini Retrofit - acrylic sheet + custom bezel
  • shop

My Choice Ecran IPS 4/3 + 3d printed bezel

• VSDISPLAY Écran LCD 9,7 - spec écran IPS eDP 440nit ref VS-RTD09703-V1

Purpose ?

• could be a 2.5Gb switch
• could host nginx
• could be tied to the second availabe monitor

see also

• Macintosh Classic
• The Macintosh Garden