Gallery
Sorry about the bad photographs.

   
  Some of the case parts used.
Note the CD-RW drive cover.
 

   
  Front panel auxilliary logic board modification. Male 0.025" square headers were soldered into place for the NMI, reset, and power-on switches.  

   
  Front panel.  

   
  Front panel - badge detail.
Note the color in this photograph is more true to the actual color than in some of the subsequent photographs taken in inadequate light.
 

   
  CD-RW drive tray open.
Note inaccurate color reproduction in bad light.
 

   
  Another view of the CD-RW drive tray open.
Sitting machine means comfort!
Note “A Charlie Brown Christmas” audio CD in tray.
 

   
  Another view of the CD-RW drive tray open, but in better lighting.  

   
  Floppy disk being accessed.
Note the drive activity light is lit.
 

   
  Hard disk being accessed.
Note the back-lighting on the Apple logo badge.
 

   
  Glamour shot of the front and fan-side panel.
Not the location of the red media eject buttons and the [adequate] fit of the CD-RW drive tray cover.
 

   
  Another glamour shot of the front and fan-side panel.  

   
  USB-to-PS/2 connectors.
Note the lack of the blanking plate to allow for greater air flow, the decalcomania, and the recessed power switch.
 

   
  Main rear panel I/O connectors.
This photograph was taken prior to final assembly.
 

   
  Rear and fan-side view.
Note the hack job where the PCI expansion cards are screwed in. :o(
 

   
  Main rear panel I/O connectors and power supply close-up.  

   
  Top and fan-side view.
Note the aluminum carrying handle, for easy transport, added as an afterthought.
Can you spot the cat toy on the floor?
 

   
  Another top and fan-side view.  

   
  Booting from MacOS 9.0.4 CD.  

   
  Booted from hard drive. “About This Computer” screen photograph.
Note MacOS 9.2.2 and 896MB RAM!
 

   
  Gratuitous naked bunny-on-a-blanket “for position only” image placeholder.  


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