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kermmartian
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| I did indeed sand it first for better paint adherence. |
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Vinthian
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todlangweilig, that's because he took the keys out of the case before he painted,  . |
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kermmartian
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Vinthian wrote: todlangweilig, that's because he took the keys out of the case before he painted, .
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I think he means the [2nd] and [alpha] labels, which are written on the case itself. They're invisible because I sanded them off. |
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Fallen Ghost
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| Who cares anyway. After a while, you must know what keys mean what. And even then, he surely has other 8x series calcs. |
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Cure
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Fallen Ghost wrote: Who cares anyway. After a while, you must know what keys mean what. And even then, he surely has other 8x series calcs.
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If he's up to the extra work, he might even paint them back on, or apply them somehow. |
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todlangweilig
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kermmartian wrote: I think he means the [2nd] and [alpha] labels, which are written on the case itself. They're invisible because I sanded them off. Yep.
Cure777 wrote: If he's up to the extra work, he might even paint them back on, or apply them somehow. I didn't paint the front of my calc for that reason. I only painted the back part, but it doesn't look too strange.
Kerm, I still think that you should try to overclock it. It's not that hard to do, and it really does speed things up. I tried it on my 85.
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Cure
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todlangweilig wrote: Kerm, I still think that you should try to overclock it. It's not that hard to do, and it really does speed things up. I tried it on my 85. [post="94544"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]
Just don't do it like this kid. 
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kermmartian
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| Posted: 07 Jan 2007 03:46:35 pm Post subject: |
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Heh, good idea. More pix! As you can see, I still need to get the second stripe on the slide case, and I'm missing a few keys...
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Cure
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| Posted: 07 Jan 2007 04:48:13 pm Post subject: |
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| That looks so awesome. In the last picture, why is part of the casing missing? |
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kermmartian
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Cure777 wrote: That looks so awesome. In the last picture, why is part of the casing missing?
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That's a shot of the PS/2 port on the bottom. |
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kermmartian
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*bump*
Sunday, January 7, 2007
I finished up some various things this evening, rewired a new switch for the CSA mod into the battery compartment, then completed the tedious process of reassembling the calculator. I managed to get keys from a spare calculator that were actually smaller than the keys from the one I was using, those they do stick or jam on the now slightly-narrowed key aperture walls. Pix below.
Monday, January 8, 2007
This morning I tested the PS/2 port to ensure it was still functioning properly; both keyboards and mice seemed to work fine. I found an old IBM mini PS/2 mouse lying around, sanded it down, and gave it two coats of my dark red glossy paint. Next, I masked off the first of the two silver stripes and painted it. The second stripe shall be added tomorrow. Pix:
The second silver stripe on the slide case:
The masked-off minimouse:
Three views of the completed front, although key labels are still absent:
  
For the key lables, I'm considering getting a red and a silver pen and writing in silver on red areas and red on silver areas. I'm also strongly considering varnishing the whole shebang - any suggestions on varnish? |
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DigiTan
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| Well, after seeing all this I have to vote "Cool idea, can't wait." What kind of paint did you use? |
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kermmartian
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DigiTan wrote: Well, after seeing all this I have to vote "Cool idea, can't wait." What kind of paint did you use?
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I did some research and discovered that enamel paint, such as that made by a company called Testors, was the ideal medium since I didn't want to spraypaint it. |
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todlangweilig
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kermmartian wrote: DigiTan wrote: Well, after seeing all this I have to vote "Cool idea, can't wait." What kind of paint did you use?
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I did some research and discovered that enamel paint, such as that made by a company called Testors, was the ideal medium since I didn't want to spraypaint it.
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Beware, the paint may start to wear away. That is what's happening on mine, and I think I used enamel.
If anyone wants, I can post some pics of what mine looks like. |
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kermmartian
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| Posted: 09 Jan 2007 06:14:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Sure. I found out what kind of varnish it needs, by the way; I may try to do that tomorrow. |
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Harrierfalcon
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Sweet, Kerm.
Can you send me one pleeeeez? [/sarcasm, unless you really will] |
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Cure
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Harrierfalcon wrote: Sweet, Kerm.
Can you send me one pleeeeez? [/sarcasm, unless you really will]
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I'm pretty sure there's only one. |
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kermmartian
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Cure777 wrote: Harrierfalcon wrote: Sweet, Kerm.
Can you send me one pleeeeez? [/sarcasm, unless you really will]
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I'm pretty sure there's only one.
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That's kind of the idea; it's supposed to be unique. But I'm considering writing a tutorial when I'm finished. |
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slayer117
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wow that is really cool (and having a ps/2 mouse is fun)
good luck |
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Delnar_Ersike
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| Kerm, if you are really up to it, you can install a DSL port into your calc and maybe replace the arrow keys with a trackpad |
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