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from Mac newsletter, TidBits:

But the latest Mac mini add-on takes the notion of a headless

  computer and turns it, well, on its head. The miniPLUS from

  MacStalgia adds a display via a small color LCD that's part

  of a snap-on case for the top of a Mac mini (either PowerPC

  or Intel Core models). It uses passive convection to avoid

  an additional fan.

<http://www.macstalgia.com/>

  The LCD is just 9 inches measured diagonally, which shouldn't be

  a surprise: the miniPLUS resembles a Macintosh Plus in both its

  external appearance, updated to the brushed aluminum look of

  the Mac mini, and its capability to accept 1.44 MB floppy disks.

  The 9-inch LCD offers extremely high resolution, providing a

  crisp 24-bit color image at a maximum of 1280 by 960 pixels.

  Yes, you heard correctly: because floppy drive mechanisms are

  so remarkably cheap, the drive was thrown in as an extra bit of

  nostalgia. It can read some of the oldest formats, so you can

  finally recover data from your previously unusable floppies.

  Push a button next to the drive, and it moves out of the way

  to disclose an 8-in-1 flash memory reader that handles Compact

  Flash, SD, and other formats.

  The MacStalgia folks didn't skimp on nice touches. For instance,

  there's a large, original-Mac-style power switch conveniently

  located in the back, and a set of SCSI, LocalTalk, serial, and

  ADB connectors. Again, these parts are so cheap, it's trivial

  to add them for the authentic touch. SCSI, serial, and ADB are

  converted into USB 2.0 via included drivers for Mac OS X 10.2.9

  and later, while LocalTalk is bridged into Ethernet or Wi-Fi.

  MacStalgia has deep Apple roots, having been founded by reclusive

  Mac hardware genius Burrell Smith, widely recognized as second

  in cleverness at Apple only to Woz when it came to just creating

  stuff previously thought physically impossible. Smith has been

  a private citizen since departing monitor and storage company

  Radius, which he co-founded nearly two decades ago.

<http://www.folklore.org/ProjectView.py?name=Macintosh&characters=

Burrell%20Smith>

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