Ah I see. I thought you were just talking about the clips on the inside of the case to secure the motherboard - not the port openings on the back panel itself. That's very cool, and it looks pretty good. Thanks for taking the time to share this with all of us!
dustin > 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. -- 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
