1. What about the cooling?
I remember that overheating the 512k was a huge problem back in the day. There was a smokestack like device you could buy to help improve heat dissipation. I cobbled together a 120V fan to the top of mine.

Posted at 1:30AM on Jan 14th 2008 by Dr. UNIX

2. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2189297629&size=o

Posted at 3:55AM on Jan 14th 2008 by shuffle2

3. Unfortunately there is no mentioning of how he hooked the macmini up to the original B&W CRT monitor. Any ideas?.. K.

Posted at 7:39AM on Jan 14th 2008 by Koray

4. @ koray
He didn't hook up the original monitor. He did the same thing that I did when I hacked an SE/30 which was to find a normal monitor that could be retro-fitted inside the Mac case. The old Mac monitors are very limited in terms of their capabilities and it would be very hard to make them work with a modern RGB or composite input.

See my writeup here for more info:

http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/mac%2Ditx/

Posted at 9:00AM on Jan 14th 2008 by alphabeta

5. :( Never any love for micropics :(

Posted at 1:12PM on Jan 14th 2008 by cde

6. woa, that's not bad

Posted at 2:30PM on Jan 14th 2008 by sir jorge

7. Koray,

There's some information regarding the use of the internal mac monitors at:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/eviltim/macmp3/macmp3.htm

Posted at 4:24PM on Jan 14th 2008 by smackjack

8. sounds similar to how I got an old commodore 64 keyboard to work when I built a PC inside it using an ITX board. Makes a nice media PC :)

Posted at 7:28PM on Jan 15th 2008 by Thundersqueak

9. i once saw a great use for an old mac. it envolved taking everything out and only using the needed items....... like fish. or a lizard.

http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/MacAquarium/images/IgorMusial/macquarium8.jpg

Posted at 8:35AM on Jan 17th 2008 by Scott

10. He might want to improve the airflow of the original
case by adding some fans since there is about two to three times as much power being dissipated by the new guts.
If a core duo mac mini is being used then I'm surprised it hasn't been crashing as these tend to run a little hot even when not stuffed into another case.
I suggest adding a few small fans on the top vents in side the case and some ventilation slots on the bottom of the case.
Also on the keyboard and mouse hack that's very nice esp by not requiring any drivers and it still hooks up like stock.
It now has a better keyboard then carpel tunnel inducing one that comes with the new imacs.

Posted at 11:29AM on Jan 18th 2008 by Suika

11. Thanks smackjack and alphabeta!.. Now I see.

K.

Posted at 5:26PM on Jan 18th 2008 by Koray

12. Hey, if someone would like to attempt this hack, or make a fish tank or whatever, I have a couple of classics and a classic plus. I'll sell them to you for cheap, make me an offer. I also have a commodore 64 with all the peripherals, games and books. spencer richard haley at gmail dot com.

Posted at 4:59PM on Jan 21st 2008 by Spencer