Redefining “Time Machine”
As any true Apple fan will tell you, when it comes to hardware design, how a device looks on the outside is almost as important as how well it functions inside. Well, faithful Macenstein reader Dean Gray has created the ultimate “Time Machine” hackintosh, and in a nice twist, wrapped it inside a little bit of Apple history.
source Dean Gray
“Using the shell of a 1986 Mac Plus 1MB – I filled the innards with 6 hard drives (2.3TB total) and an intel atom motherboard,” says Dean. “This is now my time machine server. I didn’t have space for the screen so it’s got a 10.4″ digital picture frame to replace that, but i’ve got VGA out to a monitor for when I need to see it. It’s getting WiFi soon as well. Not actually difficult to do, surprisingly.”
Despite the Intel Atom motherboard and 6 hard drives, Dean was able to keep his monster cool thanks to a couple PCI coolers, and he claims it’s no louder than a Drobo.
If you’d like to make one yourself, you can get Dean’s Atom Motherboard here and and PCI card here.
That’s sacrilege. I’d rather have a 1980’s Mac than a 1990’s Windows platform.
Which operating system do you use on it? OS X or something else?
So which os are you using? I’m really curious as to whether or not this is a hackintosh?
OMG, my Mac Plus has been begging for some kind of use like this. And one of my iMacs! I think I might have found a solution…
Here’s an idea.. why not use Snow Leopard Server?
Barring sound, I have 10.6.6 working perfectly on my atom system.
Sweet idea. I have a similar setup (sans cool case). I’m using Freenas to manage the file serving. Are you using similar software or just running Windows?
He could be using an app called FREENAS, its a lunix based web managed NAS that supports time machine destination etc