quorten
Well-known member
Hi folks,
I own a Macintosh SE that was surplus-sold by Boeing in 1997, and like many surplused computers, it was just picked up off a table without any provision for pristine boxing/packaging to protect it during shipping. So, I've wondered for quite a while what the original package engineering looked like. Now with all the hacks/developments out and about for Macintosh SE and Macintosh SE/30, and seeing sight of an actual Macintosh SE box owner somewhat near me (thanks @erichelgeson!), I decided to start an effort to produce suitable designs for recreating new, replica boxing for the Macintosh SE.
The cardboard box design at a glance, still needs more work for font matching and other miscellaneous cleanup:
The PDF file, with accurate scale, of the box design. (It might be off by a few fractions of an inch for the time being.)
View attachment box-layout.pdf
The actual box outer dimensions measures 19.5inx15.5inx20in.
A miniaturized toy box model, useful if you fancy with playing with a package engineering desktop toy:
My printer didn't print enough magenta ink for some odd reason, but I'm still convinced at the play-value of the result.
I retraced the vector graphics design as an SVG file in Inkscape, source files are on GitHub in my repo where I'm staging some other Macintosh SE hardware info of my own:
https://github.com/quorten/macsehw/tree/master/hardware/packaging
The half-toned Macintosh SE photo on the box was generated by doing some intensity clamping on the photo of the original box. (Though I would need a higher resolution photo to get a true monochrome halftone representation.)
Designing preliminary styrofoam block 3D models is up next. Once the preliminary steps are all complete, I'll probably request the actual box from @erichelgeson so that I can verify proper precision fitting at the full scale. And, compare with a real manufactured replica at full scale.
The obligatory callout, @maceffects probably knows a few things related to this since he had to ship around his injection-molded Macintosh SE clear cases.
I own a Macintosh SE that was surplus-sold by Boeing in 1997, and like many surplused computers, it was just picked up off a table without any provision for pristine boxing/packaging to protect it during shipping. So, I've wondered for quite a while what the original package engineering looked like. Now with all the hacks/developments out and about for Macintosh SE and Macintosh SE/30, and seeing sight of an actual Macintosh SE box owner somewhat near me (thanks @erichelgeson!), I decided to start an effort to produce suitable designs for recreating new, replica boxing for the Macintosh SE.
The cardboard box design at a glance, still needs more work for font matching and other miscellaneous cleanup:
The PDF file, with accurate scale, of the box design. (It might be off by a few fractions of an inch for the time being.)
View attachment box-layout.pdf
The actual box outer dimensions measures 19.5inx15.5inx20in.
A miniaturized toy box model, useful if you fancy with playing with a package engineering desktop toy:
My printer didn't print enough magenta ink for some odd reason, but I'm still convinced at the play-value of the result.
I retraced the vector graphics design as an SVG file in Inkscape, source files are on GitHub in my repo where I'm staging some other Macintosh SE hardware info of my own:
https://github.com/quorten/macsehw/tree/master/hardware/packaging
The half-toned Macintosh SE photo on the box was generated by doing some intensity clamping on the photo of the original box. (Though I would need a higher resolution photo to get a true monochrome halftone representation.)
Designing preliminary styrofoam block 3D models is up next. Once the preliminary steps are all complete, I'll probably request the actual box from @erichelgeson so that I can verify proper precision fitting at the full scale. And, compare with a real manufactured replica at full scale.
The obligatory callout, @maceffects probably knows a few things related to this since he had to ship around his injection-molded Macintosh SE clear cases.