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a mannquien Macintosh Quadra 605 person

Submitted by esprit90210ny on May 31, 2004 - 1:58pm. Hardware Hacks

hi. i have decided that since i got a Quadra 605 macintosh for $10 with everything from a guy who had too many computers on saturday, may 29th, that i would make a mannquien standup macintosh person. any ideas about what type of mannquien to use - i was planning on using the ones that they use in stores, if i can get them with heads, arms, and legs. it would be a neat idea as when i install the speechtalk functions on my computer, and use simpletext, i could make it appear that it was talking. thank you very much.

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doug-doug the mighty's picture

huh?

Submitted by doug-doug the mighty on June 1, 2004 - 7:38pm.

Do you mean you ar going to gut the Quadra and place the components inside of a mannequin? - thus giving the appearance of a mannequin, but one that will listen and talk via Plaintalk?

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I'm going to keep the Qu

Submitted by esprit90210ny on June 1, 2004 - 7:48pm.

I'm going to keep the Quadra inside its case and it inside of a mannequin thus giving the appearance of a mannequin, but one that will talk via Plaintalk. I don't know how to make it listen. It would have to be female, as that's the only voice i have.

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Re: I'm going to keep the Qu

Submitted by tomlevens on June 1, 2004 - 10:40pm.
esprit90210ny wrote:
I'm going to keep the Quadra inside its case and it inside of a mannequin thus giving the appearance of a mannequin, but one that will talk via Plaintalk. I don't know how to make it listen. It would have to be female, as that's the only voice i have.
i would strip the case off ... you can be more creative/flexible with the positioning insite the "body" then Eye-wink

TOM

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performaman's picture

Do Apples Dream of Electric Trees?

Submitted by performaman on June 2, 2004 - 1:33am.

If it's a female maniquin, make it look like the android Rachel Rosen from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

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nah... i plan on making it l

Submitted by esprit90210ny on June 2, 2004 - 3:01pm.

nah...
i plan on making it look like hayley mills probably from the movie 'the chalk garden' made in 1964, or as the daughter of tres in the movie Gundam Wing - Endless Waltz (watched that this morning).

also, any ideas where to get plans to make your own mannequin?

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http://mini-itx.com/projects/

Submitted by Barry on June 3, 2004 - 1:56am.

http://mini-itx.com/projects/ern005pc/

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thanks Barry. perfect solutio

Submitted by esprit90210ny on June 3, 2004 - 2:43pm.

thanks Barry. perfect solution - inexpensive, easy (i hope), and not too much work - about a week once i get everything. anyone if they get the chance, check out the site Barry suggested, and note any tips or tricks you may have to share. thanks.

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reference material

Submitted by eeun on June 4, 2004 - 2:55am.

Here's a few somethings along the lines of what you're planning:

http://www011.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kat/

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