[rescue] anyone ever work on imacs

Wed Mar 5 23:48:53 CST 2003

On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 12:40:09AM -0500, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> So, anyone out there familiar with iMacs enough to know if I can disable
> the internal monitor and run this on the external VGA connector ?  
> 
> What is that board I am missing, or is it just some kind of expansion slot ?
> 
> What kind of DIMMS does this use... they have both been removed.
> 
> I assume this can use standard IDE drives ?

There are documents describing the conversion of an iMac to a monitor
free rack mount case.  I don't remeber if they provide a VGA connector
in the process or not.  But, either way, they might be a usefull
starting point for you.

http://www.marathoncomputer.com/iracdv.html
They sell everything you need to convert an iMacDV.
http://www.marathoncomputer.com/irac1.html
And for the classic iMac.  

It sounds like in general all you have to do is either salvage the iMac
power supply or build an adapter, if you want to totally do it on your own.