AppleCrate: Apple II based cluster

posted Sep 2nd 2005 9:30am by Eliot Phillips
filed under: macs hacks

cluster

The author purchased a box of 8 Apple //e main boards at auction for a dollar each. He then assembled this simple crate for them to live in. He wanted to use the burn-in connectors to supply power but they weren’t consistent. Power is delivered to the buses through a threaded rod along the bottom. Each board is net-booted by a more equipped Apple //e. It is a unique project, but I can’t think of what you would do with it.

[thanks exparrot]

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Hey if the creator of this mod reads this….hop over to MacMod.com…we’d love for you to put it in the library of mod guides on the site.

Posted at 9:35 am on Sep 2nd, 2005 by Anthony

That thing probably runs Oregon Trail like a badass.

Posted at 10:09 am on Sep 2nd, 2005 by Max

Hells yeah, Oregon Trail at 120FPS. You shot 1213lbs of ultra-realistic looking meat. You were only to carry 400lbs back to the ultra-realistic wagon.

Either that or the dreaded number munchers…

Posted at 10:16 am on Sep 2nd, 2005 by Billytheimpaler

My reaction pendulum is swinging wildly between “That’s completely useless” and “OMFG! I WANT ONE!”

Posted at 10:33 am on Sep 2nd, 2005 by Rich WHiffen

What about that robot game that you fall in trapdoors, odel downunder, and turtle graphics? I’ll drop a few /. lines, think of a beowulf cluster of them and does it run Liunx?

Posted at 11:11 am on Sep 2nd, 2005 by bird603568

Bilestoad would rock on this sucker.

Posted at 12:12 pm on Sep 2nd, 2005 by Dave Dinsmore

Ohhhh, what about pikes peak?! That game was badass. (In it’s time)

Posted at 12:37 pm on Sep 2nd, 2005 by buzzaw

Some of us cant seem to let the 80s go. I’m amazed at the techy, giddy with admiration of the ‘retro fun’ aspect, but, astounded with ‘why?’

Posted at 1:03 pm on Sep 2nd, 2005 by Mike Montana

Guys, part of hacking hardware or software is just the thrill of seeing if you can actually DO IT! It’s neat when you can create a hack that is useful or an improvement, but sometimes you’ve just got to do something just to see if you can!

Posted at 2:08 pm on Sep 2nd, 2005 by aixwiz

I would totally rock out to some Ultima 1 or Lemonade Stand on that sucker

Posted at 4:52 pm on Sep 2nd, 2005 by Jody

does it have multiple display support? i could rock out to sammy lightfoot, loderunner, some zaxxon and use my koala pad to sketch some mean graffx

Posted at 5:42 pm on Sep 2nd, 2005 by mike

The game I remember the most from the 80’s was Aztec. I used to go over to a friend’s house and play that as much as I could. I wish I could find an emulator for that Apple IIe game, but to this day my searches have been fruitless.

A reply to the quote “It is a unique project, but I can

Posted at 2:20 am on Sep 3rd, 2005 by .frankiejr

@frankiejr

Here is Aztec. http://www.virtualapple.com/aztecdisk.html

Posted at 4:11 pm on Sep 6th, 2005 by jeff

The new URL for Virtual Apple is http://www.virtualapple.org

Posted at 7:22 am on Feb 22nd, 2006 by Billm