Apple's products are very hot at the moment, which makes people think of bananas, all fruit. But it's not just about eating. Do you know that there really is a banana computer in the world? Today, a persistent banana fan Jones revived the banana 6000 (Banana Junior 6000) computer with Apple's early Macintosh Plus.
early banana computer promotional materials
as early as 1984, the banana computer, named Banana Jr, first appeared, but the bananas were not very mainstream, although the innovation on hardware and software was very avant-garde at the time. But because of a lot of problems, the banana computer disappeared from the market in second years, the large amount of investment in banana company could not be recovered, so the chairman chose to kill himself. Since then, the banana computer has disappeared, and Jones is very different to revive the classic banana 6000 computer for us.
the resurrected banana 6000 computer
Jones hollowed out the viscera of an early Macintosh Plus (and the classic), and put a 1.5GHz G4 Mac Mini in it, and also loaded a 8 inch LCD display. Including USB Hub, loudspeakers, power lines and so on, the original floppy floughs were changed to USB slots, and finally the LOGO of Macintosh Plus was erased and replaced with a six color banana LOGO, so it was somewhat similar in appearance.
prototype: Macintosh Plus
used to replace Apple's banana LOGO
plug a Ma C Mini's internal structure, in fact, this line of Kung Fu....
from our data, the biggest feature of the banana computer is its very cute little feet, and nature is an important step in this reduction. Jones made a foot shape with a wooden board, and at the same time, it also bought a car's hand set to make the leg of a banana computer at the car store. It looks like a small robot together.
a pair of happy small feet of banana 6000 computer
Jones felt that just the appearance did not satisfy him, so he made a custom operating system, even though it was an unfolding Apple, but the system started to show a banana. Icon, and the system information is BananOS 10.5.8 version, so that from inside to outside, a new look.
boot screen, no matter how, this banana is very happy
don't know how old Joe saw this picture to think
more interesting is, Jones Even with the mouse, the "banana 6000" mouse also marks a six color banana LOGO. But do you have a mouse with a USB interface in 80s?
this mouse is very loving
Jones says, according to Jones, the whole process has been very difficult, for example, the different position of the button is so different that he has to use the button originally used to change the brightness to the power key. Many failures of crystal display installation also made him feel frustrated. But he finally stuck to it and became a standard banana geek.
