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apple ][ disk drive modded into a mac mini (or vice versa)

This could be my favorite Mac Mini mod yet. Take one part retro Apple Disk ][ drive and one part Mac Mini, and what do you get? A little bit of casemodding genius.

Modder Charles Mangin took the guts out of his old Disk ][ enclosure and managed to find a way to squeeze the…

February 21st, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods retro technology

what if software still shipped on 3.5-inch disks?

Remember the good old 3.5-inch floppy disk? Now remember how annoying it was when you had to install a program that spanned 4 or 5 disks? Well, imagine what life would be like if you had to install today’s bloatware on your computer using floppies. That’s exactly what the designers at Antrepo Design Industry envisioned…

January 27th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing design geek art + craft retro