On Sunday, Jan 19, 2003, at 19:34 Europe/London, Dustin Rinebold wrote: >> The entire board fits perfectly. The speaker carrier/board retainer >> (wedge) fits fine, the reset buttons fit fine, the NuBus slots align >> perfectly. Only the mounting posts (the fins that stick up through the >> board), the retaining slots at the back and the back panel itself do >> not line up right, but that was soon solved with a hacksaw and a set >> of >> metal files. > > It looks good, Mark! I didn't realize that the power supply and > motherboard fit so well into the IIcx/IIci form factor. What kind of > tool did you use to cut into the plastic on the back panel? I'm eyeing > my spare Quadra 700 right now.... =)
Read the last sentence again :) I used a hacksaw blade and a set of heavy duty metal files. When i did the Quadra 805 my dad used a jigsaw to cut the hole and we had terrible trouble with the ABS plastic melting and self-sealing. It also made, a really terrible job of it and left rough edges all over the place. I decided power tools were not the way forward this time. So I got a battery powered drill, a hacksaw blade and the files and cut it out by hand. for the video/AV socket I drilled two holes approximately in the right places and cut between them with the saw blade and opened it out with a great deal of cutting and filing. It was a bit too wide, which annoyed me a bit, but once I tidied it up a bit it didn't look that bad, and it is more or less hidden behind the enormous video connector now anyway. With the other two slots I just started in hole where a port was on the IIcx and cut my way sideways. I then just opened them out with a few files and leveled them off. On the inside I had to cut the tops off most of the peers that held the IIcx lobo down, the only two that fit are on the NuBus side between the NuBus and PDS slots. I was shocked at how well it all did fit in the case. Shows how much of a bunch of cheap-skates Apple are/were ;). I cleaned the flash off on the inside from my vigorous filing with a sharp knife and vacuumed out the box before I put anything back in it. That's about it. Oh and for those who haven't looked at it yet the pics are now all on one page at: <http://fpm.gotdns.com/7100cx.html> The pics are all on a hastily cobbled together page. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson> Vintage Macs List Nanny "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
