OT: paging MAC expert(s) --- What's a Performa?

From: Michael Maginnis <celt_at_chisp.net>
Date: Sun Nov 18 10:35:09 2001

By that point in the Mac development cycle, Apple had pretty much
decided that users easily gaining access to the internals of their
machines was a Bad Thing; the so-called 'hacker' mentality of the Apple
II days had fallen out of favor. Couldn't let the magic smoke out, you
see.

The Performa 637CD sitting on the table in the next room was a pain to
open, and getting the case off only gave me access to the metal
enclosures surrounding the guts of the machine (more screws, sliding, etc).

Mike

Richard Erlacher wrote:

> I'm acquainted with the tabs on the back of the "pizza-box" MAC's, but this
> isn't one of them. The tabs on the back allow removal of a small plastic cover
> that conceals the handle by means of which the PC board is extracted. It's
> apparently a pretty well-thought-out packaging job, unlike most PC's, but I
> haven't a clue how to get into the box itself to do things to the drives, etc.
> Now, maybe it's not necessary or even advisable to increase the hard disk size,
> but, since I have them available I'd do it if there's significant benefit
> involved.
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 11:53 AM
> Subject: Re: OT: paging MAC expert(s) --- What's a Performa?
>
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