That box looks to be quite straightforward to crack open, judging by the
exploded view in the tech ref. You can easily walk on the water if you know
where the rocks are.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: OT: paging MAC expert(s) --- What's a Performa?
> >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).
>
> Actually, other than some of the low-end models from the
> mid-90's, and of course the early compact Mac's, most of the cases
> have been pretty easy to get into. Examples are the 6100, all of
> the G3/G4 minitowers, and even the Color Classic with it's slide-out
> mainboard. The current tower cases are a dream to work in with the
> way the mainboard drops down with the side panel. Of course, some of
> the most horrid case designs were those like the 8500/9500 series
> where you had to remove the whole mainboard from the machine to do
> something as simple as a cache or RAM upgrade.
>
> Jeff
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Received on Sun Nov 18 2001 - 13:06:06 GMT