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Casemod: PPC 8500
heyho!
some of you may know the pics already from IRC.
It once was an old dirty and extremely dusty powermac 8500.
now it´s shiny again.
specs:
PM7600 TNT Motherboard (original NITRO board died due to overclocking)
XLR8 MACH Carrier ZIF G3 @ 321,6MHz
System Bus @ 53,6MHz
Mac Picasso 860 graphics with 3D overdrive
200MB RAM
2G+4G HD
Apple CD 600
OS 9.2.2 and OS 7.6.1
Custom painted case with window. <-some nice LEDs make it shine in the dark.
pics: (notice that some pics still show the old motherboard build in)
some of you may know the pics already from IRC.
It once was an old dirty and extremely dusty powermac 8500.
now it´s shiny again.
specs:
PM7600 TNT Motherboard (original NITRO board died due to overclocking)
XLR8 MACH Carrier ZIF G3 @ 321,6MHz
System Bus @ 53,6MHz
Mac Picasso 860 graphics with 3D overdrive
200MB RAM
2G+4G HD
Apple CD 600
OS 9.2.2 and OS 7.6.1
Custom painted case with window. <-some nice LEDs make it shine in the dark.
pics: (notice that some pics still show the old motherboard build in)
Looks awesome! one of the few windows mods i like.
Wow, that's amazing!! How did you manage to make the hole in the side? - it looks to be a perfectly shaped Apple logo
When I first saw that I thought it was going to be one of those things where someone's put a PC inside a Mac case!
A friend of mine is a super-hero 
when it comes to dremeling holes into things. I asked him if he can do the apple logo and he said yes... I took about 2 hours to get it perfect.
when it comes to dremeling holes into things. I asked him if he can do the apple logo and he said yes... I took about 2 hours to get it perfect.
By hand ... with a dremel ??? I would have said laser cut
Looks nice, but don't you think you should have painted the rest of the case as well?
it´s painted white.
Great job!
Just one problem - it's still an 8500. [] ]'>
They're nice machines, but putting the cover on is a pain on occasion.
Just one problem - it's still an 8500. [
] ]'>They're nice machines, but putting the cover on is a pain on occasion.
Ah, you know I figured it was a little too new looking but I asumed you photoshoped the picture.
I actually like that you've left the front more or less vanilla.
Did you use a vinyl paint that soaks into the plastic? Most other paints with scratch and peel off eventualy. Since the middle section is painted metal you can get away with most anything there.
I dunno what kind of paint it was. The man in the store said it´s ok for painting plastics.
That's a great casemod and I agree: the first window mod that I actually like... but isn't the window on the wrong side of the case? Don't you want it to look in to see the PCI cards?
first wanted it to put on the other side but i thought when you put you put it there you only see the ugly (and a lil bit dirty) plastics inside. besides that it was easier to fit the leds on this site... I simply glued them onto the mobo. on the other side it would have been a lil bit more fiddling.
oh, cool. Didn't realize that you'd only be able to see the ugly plastic.
what are all the wires coming off the mobo in the last pic/
they go to the leds i glued onto the mobo.
You should put a sheet of translucent white plastic behind it and some CCFL tubes at the top and bottom of the case to illuminate the Apple.
That would be pretty sweet.
Was the 6500 case mod shown on AF your inspiration for this?
Peace,
Drew
That would be pretty sweet.
Was the 6500 case mod shown on AF your inspiration for this?
Peace,
Drew
it...has...FEETS!!!
sweet mod!
sweet mod!
hehe...
how did i knew that somebody would mention that?
8500's are awesome. I love mine.
OMGYAY NECROPOST
its always good to dig out nice threads
let it come alive again...
let it come alive again...
Yeah, I hadn't seen this one but I like it. Love that the Apple logo is showing the logic board components....rockin'! 
Yeah, it's messed up. Apple's tower designs back then weren't open inside like a PC tower. They usually had a skeletal framework of some kind.
I wonder if I can do that to my 8100/110.
Time to break out the spray cans.
Time to break out the spray cans.
please don´t do that to a NUBUS powermac...
they´re muchh rarer than PCI ones.
they´re muchh rarer than PCI ones.
Hey, it's his machine. he can do whatever he wants to it.
I am planning a somewhat similar mod to my 8500.
I am planning a somewhat similar mod to my 8500.
They are?please don´t do that to a NUBUS powermac...they´re muchh rarer than PCI ones.
Hmm.. I never really liked the PCI Power Macs, it's too hard to find RAM and a decent SCSI drive. I had several of those, and ditched them, went back down to Nubus and up to the G machines.
at least here...