>>You need a T-10 Torx wrench with a long handle. I found one at Sears. As
>>for cracking it open, I'm using a welding clamp (don't laugh), I put the
>>tip into the crack and then open the clamp up, cracks them right open (once
>>all the screws have been removed).
>Actually a T-15. I had at least a dozen of them specifically made for this
>kind of thing, but I haven't been able to find them. Not that they are
>needed... Find one of those nice screwdriver kits with the torx bits and
>the extensions(make sure they're skinny enough to fit in there with the
>screw). Works fine for me. To get the case open I usually use a
>screwdriver(don't do that if you like having a spotless case), or sometimes
>they're loose enough to just pull apart(that doesn't happen very often).
I usually just grab on the sides and pull suddenly. The inertia/shock
usually separates them. The welding clamp works the same as the "Special
Tool."
>
>>Let me get this right, you want to put an internal HD in a Mac Plus?!?!
>>Somehow I really don't think that's possible. They're ment to use an
>>external drive.
>It can be done, but not easily. You need some interesting brackets, I think
>they usually stick them sideways against the case above and behind the
>floppy drive, or maybe the ones that just push it back a few inches but
>mounts to the floppy drive bracket(I've used them in an SE, not sure if
>they would fit in a Plus). And of course you have to get the SCSI and power
>cables hooked up. Not sure about the power(I think I've seen some splitter
>cables off of the logic board connector for this function), but the SCSI
>needs to be hooked up out side and somehow ends up inside, either through a
>slot cut into the case or if you want it a bit uglier, you can figure out
>how to get it through the battery holder.
You're right about not easily, on the SCSI cabling. I did this with a 4-meg
RAM MacPlus, once, and my solution was to cut an extra port through the
back, above the MacPlus's external SCSI port, mount a male DB-25 through
the new port, and put together a female-to-male connector externally, with
an extra DB-25 female between the two, facing outward for adding external
SCSI devices. Pay attention to pin 1 on the short external cable (it comes
out upside-down, I think). For power, the MacPlus's power supply is
adequate, but I recommend beefing it up as per Larry Pina's "The Dead Mac
Scrolls" or one of his other books (I forget the name). The hard drive I
used was a 3.5-inch low-profile, and I mounted it on top of the floppy
housing, slightly back to avoid the monitor tube. You have to make the
internal cable, also, yourself (or at least, I did). I was worried about
temperature, also, so I mounted a 2" fan on the right side, and drilled a
pattern of holes on the right side for air passage. It worked out to quite
an elegant solution, that I was proud of; it was nice, being able to carry
it around as a single package, with the handle. I ran a BBS, off of it. I
gave the unit to a girlfriend, whom I met during my first Internet
experience, on AOL (Hey! It was my finest computer!). I think the HD was,
like, about 120 megs, but you could easily put a 1 gig drive in (or
larger), these days, if you think you need it. Internal drive is
terminated, as is the last external device on the chain.
External Interface Cable:
Added __
female port | Female DB-25
__|
| <---------ribbon cable connectors & cable
|__ (press together in vice)
| Male DB-25 for external SCSI
|__
|
Original __|
male port | Male DB-25
__|
Having more time to spare than money, I made all the parts I needed to
mount/connect the pieces together myself. -Jim
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