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

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

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)

I really wouldn't mind having a big and tough tower case that i can
set on the floor and get some deskspace back.  If that means it's an
ugly box, so be it...  i want it to WORK, and still leave enough
room on my desktop so i can solder.

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