Turn an old Mac Classic into an iPad stand

Mobile Accessories, Tablets - Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

The Macintosh Classic was first introduced back in 1990, so we’re pretty sure that if you had one then, there’s a good chance that a) it’s not working anymore and b) it’s gathering dust in your attic. Here’s something interesting you can do with that old hunk of sentimental junk: take out the guts, cut a hole along one side, and slip in your iPad. Awesome. Of course, this totally eliminates the iPad’s portability, but for using apps that don’t really need much intervention (playing movies, photo slideshows), this’ll do nicely.

Details on how this Japanese blogger did it aren’t available—or maybe it’s in there somewhere, but we can’t find it because our Japanese is pretty limited to tech and car brands like Toshiba and Mitsubishi—but we’re betting that duct tape can be used somewhere along the process.

The charge/dock port sticks out to the side, so you can still plug in a cable, but you’re going to have to cut an ugly hole up front if you want to have access to the home button. Alternatively, you can try to find a home button app (like the iHome app for the iPhone/iPod touch) to keep the front neat and hole-free.

A second video is available, where the dude found a way to connect a standard keyboard to the mounted iPad using Apple’s Camera Connection Kit. Check out the video below if you like watching a faceless guy typing Japanese text using a modded keyboard setup into a Macintosh that’s gutted to fit in an iPad.