[lothar56]

I recently got a Mac Classic and Mac Classic II from the school. The II doesn't work-a checkered screen appears at startup. (anyone know what's wrong?) The Classic works perfectly. I swapped motherboards-Classic II-Classic, got the same checked screen, so the motherboard is the problem. The hard drive is perfectly functional. I swapped that into a 6116.

Anyway. I've painted the II a nice orange color, along with the mouse and keyboard-I just don't know what else to do. I'll probably put in this dilbert thing I have. I've already made one MacQuarium out of an SE. It's now black w/ gold apple logo and red lighting underneith.

The Classic. Don't know what to do. I figured I'd paint it a nice bright green color. But what else? It's running 7.1 w/ 4 megs of RAM. Could I somehow make it an mp3 player (almost portable!)? Is there an mp3 app that would run on it? I have a 7100 (our family's comp) that no one uses, I could swap hard drive & get 750 megs of hard drive space.

Suggestions?

[iamnid]

I dunno... I tried loading soundapp on my Classic but it wouldn't play mp3's... I'd be suprised if you are able to find one that can. Also, my classic only has a 20mb hard drive -- not too many songs going to go on there but I supposed it can be upgraded.

[bluedog]

NO mp3 player will run on the ancient processor and slow bus speed of that machine. Now the really cool mod would be to put the motherboard and guts of a G4 cube into it and replace the display with an LCD screen.

Now THAT would be a cool mod for an MP3 player sitting in your living room. BTW, I've seen instructions for how to do this online, but don't recall the link off-hand.

[lothar56]

On <a href="http://www.applefritter.com/" target="_blank">AppleFritter.com</a> someone put a G4 cube inside of a color classic, using that monitor. But I don't really have that kind of cash.

[Zytryx]

you could go complete opposite ans turn the dead one in to a portable Atari gaming system, or anything that can take a composite input.

[lothar56]

so you mean I could use the monitor like a TV? (I kinda already threw it out (snuck it in the trash)). But I do have a monitor from a Mac SE. Would that do it?

[Zytryx]

yeah, take the guts out of a 2600, they are quite small and make a cartrage slot in the front. there is a site that tells how to convert the input into a composite input. do a search on portable 2600

The checkerd screen just means that you have to replace the battery.

[lothar56]

I am now considering putting a powerbook's innards inside. Would a PB 520 (50mhz 68040) run any sort of mp3 player?

[x user]

I doubt it, even low power PPC's have trouble. I'd try perhaps a 1400's guts, or maybe a 3500, if you can find one .

[Zytryx]

here is a link where a guy got a 500mhz g3 in a color classic, that'll play some mp3s

<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/wtnb/G3-1.htm" target="_blank">web page</a>