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SpaceBoy
Full Member
USA
631 Posts |
 Posted - 12 May 2002 : 12:46:03
Hey there-
As most of you know by now, I've been working on fixing and maxing-out a sweet little SE/30 that I picked up last week for $2. I'm getting near the end of the internal work (just need to find a Mac IIsi or IIfx ROM chip...), so now I'm starting to think about the final look of the system. I've never done any real case painting/hacking, but I figure that this is the perfect computer to learn on- not much money invested, and not too rare.
So, now I'm wondering what I should do with this thing! Of course, I could always do the standard blackmac thing, and, while that would certainly look cool, it's been done to death. I don't really have the tools or skills to do any serious case modding (windows, etc.), but I'm sure I can handle something simple.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
SpaceBoyAppleBASIC FOREVER!
As of 4/8/02:
TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine"
PB 1400/133, "KayPro II"
PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1"
PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800"
Quadra 950, "HAL 9000"
iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue"
Newton 120, "PADD" |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2002 : 15:18:43
quote:
Any ideas?
Padded Naugahide Barcalounger/HassockMac? jt  ™. . 
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SpaceBoy
Full Member
USA
631 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2002 : 15:25:30
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Padded Naugahide Barcalounger/HassockMac?
Hmmm... One of my first ideas was covering it in deep, deep shag rug- make it a 'Barbarella-Mac'! The heat issues might be a challenge, though...
Whatever I do, I plan on renaming it the "SE/x", as it should have been called (the other 030 macs of the same era had the 'x' after the model name), if Apple hadn't cowed to being PC...
   
SpaceBoy AppleBASIC FOREVER!
As of 4/8/02:
TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine"
PB 1400/133, "KayPro II"
PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1"
PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800"
Quadra 950, "HAL 9000"
iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue"
Newton 120, "PADD" |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2002 : 15:30:24
quote:
Hmmm... One of my first ideas was covering it in deep, deep shag rug- make it a 'Barbarella-Mac'! The heat issues might be a challenge, though...
Whatever I do, I plan on renaming it the "SE/x", as it should have been called (the other 030 macs of the same era had the 'x' after the model name), if Apple hadn't cowed to being PC...
LOL! lemme see? has anybody decoupaged some kinda crap onto the outside of a mac case yet? tasteful centerfold art or maybe vargas girl cutouts come to mind with a name like that! jt ™. .
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2002 : 15:36:02
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Any ideas?
Well, if you had a bunch of dead/unused keyboards, you could pop the key caps off and totally tile the outside of the case with keys. With enough keyboards, to create a sufficient collection of vowels, you could even spell out some pithy ode to the 68k. Downside, you would need very many keyboards. (Hmmm, if each member of the MLA contributed one bag of keycaps.....)Alternatives: tile with AOL Disks, wrap in a black-velvet Elvis, paper mache it with pages from a Mac manual (we don't need the stick'n manuals, right?), wrap in holographic wrapping paper, paint white with black spots (a Dalmaction). Happy Hacking,
g4from128k
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-- Liberated 68k's: PB 190cs, Outbound 2030E, Performa 450
-- 68k's Owned Since Birth: 128k, Mac II
-- Contraband Owned Since Birth: 7585e FrankenMac, 8575G3 FrankenMac, Pismo PB, G4/450 AGP Tower mit Cinema Display |
SpaceBoy
Full Member
USA
631 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2002 : 16:10:04
Hey guys- great ideas! I esp. like the keycaps idea- that'd be really cool!
Keep 'em coming!
SpaceBoyAppleBASIC FOREVER!
As of 4/8/02:
TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine"
PB 1400/133, "KayPro II"
PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1"
PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800"
Quadra 950, "HAL 9000"
iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue"
Newton 120, "PADD" |
G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2002 : 18:03:28
Are you sure you would rather have a nice spotted Dalmaction? I suppose it would be more appropriate on a monochrome Mac. Of course, a better black'n'white paint job would be the infamous Dogcow! Moof! Moof!  More alternatives: glow-in-the-dark paint (for late nite sessions on the MLA forums), nails glued head-down all over the case (very spiky), frosted like a cake with white silicone rubber (probably messy, ugly, or both), tiled with leftover 256k SIMMs (thats one way to add RAM to an SE/30), ... Sorry, this posting is getting entirely too silly!
g4from128k
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-- The Liberated: PB 190cs, Outbound 2030E, Performa 450
-- The Originals: 128k, Mac II
-- The Contraband: 7585e & 8575G3 FrankenMacs, Pismo PB, G4/450 AGP Tower mit Cinema Display |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2002 : 18:16:07
quote:
Sorry, this posting is getting entirely too silly!
you obviously haven't been around long enough to have uncovered the SILLY posts! you've got a ways to go yet before you get out of line . . . trust me . . . <eek>
jt ™. .
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2002 : 18:27:23
i don't know if i suggested it here or over on fritter, but has anybody cast a new compact mac case out of concrete yet? if you sandblasted the wood for the mold to bring out the grain and cast in metal form clips and maybe a pair of rebar carry handles on the sides you'd be sure to get a slot in the hacks section on fritter!might have to glue some wire mesh onto the real case and cast around it, but you could probably keep it about a half inch thick, but what'd be killer would be matching keyboard and mouse shells! it'd be kinda like a pillbox shore emplacement from saving private ryan if you wanted to take it in that direction. dunno, i'd research the college engineering class concrete canoe races for techniques and tips on how to pull it off if i were to try this one. jt ™. .
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2002 : 19:11:11
Just cast a compact mac into concrete with a rebar sticking out for a handle. "Indestructo-Mac!"Someone did decoupage their Plus with newspaper - I believe it's on 'Fritter. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City
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Onandon
Starting Member
Canada
4 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2002 : 08:41:49
The one thing I've always wanted to see (and if I ever get around to it, it'll be one of my first hacks) is a compact mac setup like Oliver's Bannana Jr. 6000.http://www-i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/mbp/bloom/bloom_add.gif
http://contrapunctus.net/league/images/oliver.gif With text-speech software installed, it'd complete the transformation (unless of course you also pick up an ADB I/O so that you can actually make those feet move! Unfortunately I don't know where you can get one these days but if you could...)http://www.iwac.se/adbiotech/ADB_IO/ Cheers, Onandon
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"No, no, no... The first step was when I laughed myself fuzzy thinking about it." - Catbert
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2002 : 08:47:56
quote:
The one thing I've always wanted to see (and if I ever get around to it, it'll be one of my first hacks) is a compact mac setup like Oliver's Bannana Jr. 6000.http://www-i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/mbp/bloom/bloom_add.gif
 feets w/legs!!!!!!!! where's BananaDana!?!
jt ™. . p.s. eeeeeekometer reading, please!?!
Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 13 May 2002 08:51:51
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2002 : 09:09:52
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The one thing I've always wanted to see (and if I ever get around to it, it'll be one of my first hacks) is a compact mac setup like Oliver's Bannana Jr. 6000.http://www-i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/mbp/bloom/bloom_add.gif
I remember a bunch of Banana Mac Resedit hacks for the 128k back in the 80s. These included various Gene Simmons references. The trash can was a giant Gene Simmons tongue and the "Empty Trash" menu item was hacked to say "Feed Gene" But now, the Banana Jr. 6000 makes me shudder because it has been co-opted by the evil empire. A compact mac mit feets reminds me of the oh so helpful talking mac/wizard in Microslut Orifice. Oh well, another happy culture icon absorbed by Gates of Hell. g4from128k ------------
-- The Liberated: PB 190cs, Outbound 2030E, Performa 450
-- The Originals: 128k, Mac II
-- The Contraband: 7585e & 8575G3 FrankenMacs, Pismo PB, G4/450 AGP Tower mit Cinema Display |
SpaceBoy
Full Member
USA
631 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2002 : 09:53:03
I was talking with my supervisor at work the other day about those Lego Mindstorms kits... wouldn't itrock to mount a Mac on some sort of robotic body?! I'm thinking something like that big cast-iron spider from "Wild Wild West", but with a Mac sitting on top (with a Satan face on the screen, of course! )
Man, wouldn't that be the end of the world!
SpaceBoy <really wants a mac that comes running when called...here boy! Here boy! Go fetch that AOL disc!">AppleBASIC FOREVER!
As of 4/8/02:
TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine"
PB 1400/133, "KayPro II"
PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1"
PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800"
Quadra 950, "HAL 9000"
iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue"
Newton 120, "PADD" |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2002 : 09:57:27
quote:
<really wants a mac that comes running when called...here boy! Here boy! Go fetch that AOL disc!">
if you're going in that direction, the mouth really ought to be a tray loading CD and you would be well advised to avoid getting an america offline installer anywhere near it!imho, of course! jt ™. .
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SpaceBoy
Full Member
USA
631 Posts |
Posted - 15 May 2002 : 16:26:27
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...you would be well advised to avoid getting an america offline installer anywhere near it!
I only meant to imply that the only good use for an AOL cd is as a frisbee!
SpaceBoy AppleBASIC FOREVER!
As of 4/8/02:
TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine"
PB 1400/133, "KayPro II"
PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1"
PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800"
Quadra 950, "HAL 9000"
iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue"
Newton 120, "PADD" |
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Taking suggestions for SE/30 case mod/hack...
68k of the Week: kastegir's PowerBook 180.