Re: How about a new case? (was: Re: SUCCESS!!! GS Internal 3.5 Drive!!!)

[madsci@tribeca.ios.com (Erick Dietrich)]

In article <4svlsd$du7@nyx10.cs.du.edu>, wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will
Baguhn) wrote:

> In article <madsci-2207960216020001@ppp-40.ts-11.nyc.idt.net>,
> Erick Dietrich <madsci@tribeca.ios.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Maybe someone will start marketing less-than-full-length power supply with
> >> a drive mounting spot on it, and that would be just wonderful.
> >
> >
> >Hmmm.  With all this talk of people modifying the IIgs case or putting
> >their IIgs's in peecee cases going on, I thought I would post my ideas...
> >
> >Why not a new case altogether?  Something designed for the Apple IIgs from
> >the gound up.  Give it a Buggie power supply, and maybe some custom drive
> >bays for mounting common Apple II drives.  Or better yet, make standard
> >drive bays and custom brackets.  Add a nice big fan and a filter, and give
> >it feet so you can use it as a tower or a desktop.
> >
> >Put a bunch of lights, for your accellerator, hard disk, etc on the front,
> >along with a power and (is this possible?) a reset switch.
> >
> >Maybe make it black or something, just for the hell of it.  And put the
> >Apple II Forever logo on the front. I could go on, but you get the idea.
> >
> >Does anyone have the resources to make this a reality? Personally, I would
> >love to move my IIgs out of its case, but I won't because of the asthetics
> >of the thing.  I really have no desire to make my little IIgs into a great
> >big PC-thing.
> >
> >-Erick
> 
> It'd be a great idea, BUT... who'd buy it?  Fairly limited market.
> 
> On top of that, my gs won't fit into a desktop case for much longer.
> It's got to be a tower, and I'm really not caring much if it's ugly
> and PC looking or not.  (Although, the II Infinitum logo would be
> a nice touch.)
> 
> Personally, I'd be just as happy with a 250W power supply driving my gs,
> and a Buggie adapter connecting the two.  Considering that black
> tower cases with 9-11 bays run around $80+s/h, i don't know how much
> I'd want to spend on a fancier big case.
> 
> Admittedly, some of the Macintosh tower cases are nice.  (Workgroup Servers,
> for example.  I believe it's the 80 that i'm thinking of with the rounded
> front and funny bump on top)

If its the same case as the Quadra 800, then its not such a nice one.  Our
Quadra 800 is a real pain in the arse to open and upgrade.  Perhaps
something more along the lines of that "Frogdesign" Macintosh in the
latest MacWorld.



-Erick