Candy-Apple

by Alison Friedman

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One of many random painted macs I have done...

This one began it's life as a base 7300/180 with 64MB of ram that I got for $15 on e-bay. I overclocked the proc card to 225MHz (at which they are very stable), threw in a 2GB SCSI HD I had laying around, a $4 two-port USB card, and it needed more, so I started painting...

I saw that Mercury SE here and liked the idea of the transparent red paint for the keyboard. That stuff is fun. I also used it for the control area of the (non-working but easy to fix or use the plastics on a working one) apple 14" monitor. I masked over all the apple logos to keep them nice and clean, and I decided to use 3 different shades of red paint to add some flair. I had some issues trying to paint the cables so I decided to just remove the paint and leave them beige... oh well.

Overall, it is a very pretty paint job... just what some old useful macs need to feel young and vibrant. Wink

candy_cd candy_mouse candy_side candy_logos candy_keyboard

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I've got an Mac 7300/180 and I'm looking for a USB card like the one you described. Can you give me any brand names, serial or model numbers? That might help me locate one. Thanks!

For the cables a suggestion is to maybe try dying them with RIT dye instead of painting.  Although intended for fabrics, I've had good luck dying a lot of plastic materials with it.

 

 

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I'm using an Opti Firelink PCI USB card in my beige G3, and a USB Wombat (https://www.bigmessowires.com/usb-wombat/)  for ADB to USB keyboard/mouse.