i purchased an entry level Mono from techfury90 for shipping. when i realized that i would spend about 100.00 getting the stuff i needed to run i as a NeXT machine(display, adapters, kb & mouse, etc), i decided to do a mod instead. 
i purchased a gossamer logic board, 256mb low-profile ram, 4mb vram update, 300mhz G3 cpu & low profile heat sink, micro-atx external psu, 3.5" ide hd, slot-load iMac cdrom, dremel.
the cdrom will sit on top of the hd and load through an expanded floppy hole. should line up nice. i had been planning on using a 2.5" drive, but there was more horizontal space than i planned on having, and the hd is a perfect place to perch the cdrom.
i have dremeled the screw holes, and little metal knobs and such from the inside of the case. the logic board will fit snug, but it will fit. the width was where the snugness was. dremel to the rescue.
i will have to cut the divider between to of the port holes in the back and make them one. other than cutting a wider floppy hole for the cd, that should finish the case modifications. i thought about cutting a place for a see through plexi top, but i want to maintain the NeXT appearance.
i will have to sand some scratches from the top, but i amy use the dremel to add a little pattern to cover up the sanding. then i will install OSX Server 1.2(Rhapsody 5.6) and voila, i have the NeXTStation Turbo Color they would have made if they'd been making machines in 1996.
just waiting for a few more parts. thanks to everyone in #68kmla IRC channel for helping me with some parts, and to techfury90 for the machine.
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i purchased a gossamer logic board, 256mb low-profile ram, 4mb vram update, 300mhz G3 cpu & low profile heat sink, micro-atx external psu, 3.5" ide hd, slot-load iMac cdrom, dremel.
the cdrom will sit on top of the hd and load through an expanded floppy hole. should line up nice. i had been planning on using a 2.5" drive, but there was more horizontal space than i planned on having, and the hd is a perfect place to perch the cdrom.
i have dremeled the screw holes, and little metal knobs and such from the inside of the case. the logic board will fit snug, but it will fit. the width was where the snugness was. dremel to the rescue.
i will have to cut the divider between to of the port holes in the back and make them one. other than cutting a wider floppy hole for the cd, that should finish the case modifications. i thought about cutting a place for a see through plexi top, but i want to maintain the NeXT appearance.
i will have to sand some scratches from the top, but i amy use the dremel to add a little pattern to cover up the sanding. then i will install OSX Server 1.2(Rhapsody 5.6) and voila, i have the NeXTStation Turbo Color they would have made if they'd been making machines in 1996.
just waiting for a few more parts. thanks to everyone in #68kmla IRC channel for helping me with some parts, and to techfury90 for the machine.
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Can't sleep, clowns will eat me...