[P1] display original clamshell

[Joe Jones]

As others have said, it would be a helll of a hardware hack to put a 
new screen on a clamshell.

If you're going to go to that sort of trouble, you might as well ensure 
that all the hardware you use is going to work together - If I was 
going to attempt this I'd transfer the whole lot (logic board, hd, lcd 
screen etc) from a new iBook and fit it into an empty clamshell 
chassis. You'd then get the benefit of all the tech advances but with 
the classic retro toilet seat/clamshell shape. It would be an excellent 
modification, but you'd have to sacrifice an iBook to do it, unless you 
could find all the parts from somewhere.

An old 500Mhz iBook from ebay might be the ideal source machine for 
this project.

Joe

On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 09:21 Europe/London, Johannes Hoffmann 
wrote:

> hi,
> I have an graphite clamshell SE running OS X. I'm quite satisfied with 
> it. The only issue is the display. First of all it could be more 
> bright. When I work outside (especially in sunlight) it is very hard 
> to read sometimes. And then, of course the resolution could be higher.
> So here my questions:
> 1) How bright are other iBook displays when working outside? Perhaps 
> my display is getting "old". Anything I can do?
> 2) Is there any change to replace it with a higher resolution display? 
> I think the graphic chip should be able to run 1024x768 and the size 
> (12.1") of the new iBook screen could fit ....
>
> Any thoughts?
> (I like the design of the clamshell, so switching to a new iBook is 
> not what I want).
>
> Johannes
>
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