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Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 09:18:54 I may need to go with the larger case, but I'm torn as to which one to go with, comments, suggestions? Mac_IIfPEx.pdf 52k TIA jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
Clinton Full Member USA 700 Posts	Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 14:13:20 if your aim was to have a blank, grey mass, you have succeded brilliantly ;) in all seriousness, you may want to have a peek at that PDF, since it seems to be borken. All it displays for me is a grey background with nothing on it. CCC Commander Promotion: 19 Mar 2003 13:06:30 68k Macs Rescued: 2 Pluses, a 512KE, a Classic II, a Q650, a Q660AV, an SE/30, and a MacII Contraband rescued: Power Computing PowerBase 200, a PM 8600/300, and a PM8500/180 Apple //s rescued: Apple //e
foetoid Full Member USA 554 Posts	Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 14:27:42 Interesting, but I must say that it is kind of boring... The PDF worked ok for me... ________________ foetoid, that's (fee-toy-duh) http://www.foetoid.doesntexist.com da band: http://www.burningabbey.com
danamania Official 68k Muse Australia 1193 Posts	Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 16:05:58 quote: I may need to go with the larger case, but I'm torn as to which one to go with, comments, suggestions? Mac_IIfPEx.pdf 52k You dragged me in with the flat-cute-IIfx-with-feets, y'know =). I imagine with the size of the donor machine that it would be more Q610 sized, or bigger. That's a good bit of internal room there, but perhaps not enough for what you're after. The feets though. that works for me :D dana
shaktiman Senior Member United Kingdom 1226 Posts	Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 16:14:43 the link froze my computer!!!! I am on my 2.4GHz xp pro machine. shaktiman Quadra 840av, prettymuchmaxedout8xcd drive os 8.1 128 meg ram, 500 meg hard drive 3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14"
tmtomh Junior Member USA 172 Posts	Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 16:30:56 Well, this PDF I could open. I'd say don't use the middle one. The left or right one would be good. Depends on how retro you wanna be. The one on the right has the logo and name badge in a location that recalls the Q700, whereas the one on the left has them in a more modern location (from the PCI PowerMac towers onwards). I guess I'd say the Q700-style location is most retro, so I'd choose that. M No rank Current king of my 68k realm: - "PowerMystic" Color Classic, custom silver case, 66MHz PPC601 card, full '040, 128/2G/enet, OS 8.1
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 18:17:27 quote: in all seriousness, you may want to have a peek at that PDF, since it seems to be borken. All it displays for me is a grey background with nothing on it. Previously, I had this problem too (images displaying as gray rectangles). I found that the problem was fixed by turning on the "Display Large Images" preference in Adobe. G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 18:24:19 quote: I may need to go with the larger case, but I'm torn as to which one to go with, comments, suggestions? Mac_IIfPEx.pdf 52k I like the right-hand design the best -- the geometric clustering of the floppy, CD, and model number is nice. For extra credit, you would make the apple be the power light. And for extra extra credit, build an illuminated apple with one color LED for power and a second color LED for disk activity so that the apple glows blue from power, but flickers toward green or purple with the disk is active. G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
danamania Official 68k Muse Australia 1193 Posts	Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 19:26:40 http://www.danamania.com/temp/2fxpizza.jpg Yes... yes the pizzabox look does work... :) dana
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 21:34:35 Yes it does...very well. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers Warrior maclover5 68kMLA Official 68kMLA Detective Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Number of Contraband (PPC) Liberated from the Dumpster: 1
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 22 Dec 2003 : 10:23:23 LOL! Nice one Dana! I can't see the PDF file though :-\ Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 23 Dec 2003 : 15:50:34 quote: You dragged me in with the flat-cute-IIfx-with-feets, y'know =). jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 23 Dec 2003 : 15:56:37 quote: if your aim was to have a blank, grey mass, you have succeded brilliantly ;) in all seriousness, you may want to have a peek at that PDF, since it seems to be borken. All it displays for me is a grey background with nothing on it. It's a "save as" pdf: for web/Acrobat 3.0/RGB right out of Illustrator 8.0.1 . . . it doesn't get any more vanilla than that! I don't have Acrobat, but I will try to put up another version. jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 23 Dec 2003 : 16:10:30 quote: build an illuminated apple with one color LED for power and a second color LED for disk activity so that the apple glows blue from power, but flickers toward green or purple with the disk is active. I was thinking about a similar kind of thing . . . but while I was baking in the sun sitting on a bus this morning . . . . . . something popped into my head . . . just a little bit . . . farther over the top. If I can find all the correct LED colors, I may need to go with a laminated rainbow logo. The Apple's layers would consist of light pipes, carved from clear plexi an having the general appearance of any other run-of-the-mill frosted LED window. The rainbow laminations really ought to light up as the power indicator with the colors, rippling in intensity as a disk access indicator. I guess I could just use gels and white LEDs too . . . jt . Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 23 Dec 2003 16:13:13
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 23 Dec 2003 : 16:14:32 quote: http://www.danamania.com/temp/2fxpizza.jpg Yes... yes the pizzabox look does work... :) NICE! jt . Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF p.s. mebbe . . . elongate the inboard FDD slot just a smidge . . . FeetsMacII really ought to have an optical drive! Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 23 Dec 2003 16:26:21
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 24 Dec 2003 : 05:16:35 quote: If I can find all the correct LED colors, I may need to go with a laminated rainbow logo. The Apple's layers would consist of light pipes, carved from clear plexi an having the general appearance of any other run-of-the-mill frosted LED window. The rainbow laminations really ought to light up as the power indicator with the colors, rippling in intensity as a disk access indicator. Amazing! A rainbow Apple would be worth hundreds of points of extra credit. Now if we can just find 6 different signals, then each of the Apple's colors could have meaning. Hmmm.... How about power = green, HD1 = yellow, HD2 = orange, CD = red, network = purple, sound level = blue. Or, if you feel electrically inclined, a 3 line op-amp circuit could drive 3 of the color LEDS off the SCSI address lines to give a binary representation of what the SCSI bus is doing. You definitely need to bake in the sun some more, jt. It seems to do wonders for your creativity. Happy Holidays! G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 24 Dec 2003 : 08:49:02 quote: Amazing! A rainbow Apple would be worth hundreds of points of extra credit. TYVM! I kinda liked that one too! quote: Hmmm.... How about power = green, HD1 = yellow, HD2 = orange, CD = red, network = purple, sound level = blue. Or, if you feel electrically inclined, a 3 line op-amp circuit could drive 3 of the color LEDS off the SCSI address lines to give a binary representation of what the SCSI bus is doing. Dunno, I think maybe the rippling would be more interesting visually, and I think I'll need something for those four LaserWriter II LED windows to indicate! quote: You definitely need to bake in the sun some more, jt. It seems to do wonders for your creativity. jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 27 Dec 2003 : 19:43:03 Woooooooo-hohoho!!!! This hack just took one more step closer to becoming a reality. A 250 Mhz 604ev processor card is on its way from Santa via pogohampster express and, when it arrives, it will be tested in the primary candidate for the IIfPEx motherboard ASAP! jt . Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 27 Dec 2003 23:45:54
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 27 Dec 2003 : 23:32:54 What is pogohampster express? Hey Trash, does Illustrator 8 have a save for web option? I know that Illustrator 10 does, and that creates nice GIF files. Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 27 Dec 2003 : 23:50:29 quote: What is pogohampster express? Hey Trash, does Illustrator 8 have a save for web option? I know that Illustrator 10 does, and that creates nice GIF files. pogohampster express I'll try it tomorrow after I pick up and play with my new 1400c/166. . . . . . too tired to think straight . . . . . . ZZZZZ . . . jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 28 Dec 2003 : 14:25:49 lol, I can't wait I think that everyone should have their own set of pogo-ing hampsters Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 28 Dec 2003 : 14:44:02 quote: lol, I can't wait I think that everyone should have their own set of pogo-ing hampsters HAR! I was thinking about changing them over to elastic chin-strap-snapping party hats for New Years, but I don't think I have the time or energy. jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 28 Dec 2003 : 15:13:48 Does somebody need a nap? I find that if I sleep for several hours, I usually have the energy to do stuff, but then I'm easily distracted Also, pogoing hampsters should be implemented in said "new forum system" (Read: OMG Guess What Time It Is!) Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"

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