Painting Macs (was: fake NeXT) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Jul 1998

Please do. I'd like to see it, but I would rather keep the original case,
or an exact or near to it replica in another material. Doug had a good idea
with the chrome look, but I think I would have to actually tool a metal
case and get it chromed for it to look good, too much money for me, but it
would look neat, maybe with some red glowing lights behind the vents ala
Terminator. :)

Hmmmm. I do have the empty SE/30 case to practice on, but I just got
another idea while looking at my mini-tower 233mmx:

Cut out one whole side of it, replace with plexiglass or glass panel so I
can see all the goodies inside, maybe throw some little 5v LEDs into it to
make it purty...

I'm getting too many cool ideas here. I need to stop thinking and start
putting this in action.

At 04:45 PM 7/14/98 -0500, Poesie wrote:
...
 My girlfriend works for a sign company that does small
and large scale
signage; including printing out vinyl signs. they can print onto lexan,
transparent vinyl, aluminum, etc etc; our project last week was making a
tower case out of clear acrylic, and putting some various translucent
designs on it (including a very dashing "Linux Powered" logo.) the company
is www.fastsigns.com, there are local all over the US and i believe also
england. for a full colour case design (they can scan and print any graphic)
it's usually about $50 US and then the cost of the materials. most likely
under $100. i'll upload some shots of this awesome case once i get my
digital camera back from a friend.

-Eric

 Absolutely!  :-)

I'd certainly be interested in a Mac with a neat paint job.  It would
have to be something interesting, though, after all, even I cold do solid
colors.  :-)

A while back MacAddict gave away some custom painted Power Mac 5100's.
They weren't very intersting, though, just crazy designs.

Tom Owad

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