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Vectronic's Modded Macintosh Classic II: "The Blue Max"
Originally Published: Mar. 21, 2004
(Click) Creating the Blue Max:
| The Classic II in its original Platinum casing. |
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| It is in great condition but has yellowed due to its age. |
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| The Classic II with back case removed. |
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| Step 2: Remove the motherboard. |
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| Step 3: Remove the monitor and analog board as a single unit. |
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| The analog board is held down by two screws. |
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| Secure the monitor and analog board in a safe place. |
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| Step 4: Remove the hard drive / floppy drive mount. |
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| The hard drive and floppy disk drive will come out as a unit. |
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| > Step 5: After removing the drives, remove the chassis from the front plate. |
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| Step 6: Pop out the Apple icon with a needle to be replaced later. |
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| Step 7: Mask all the sensitive parts. |
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| Cover all the holes on the inside. |
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| Mask off all the openings. |
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| Step 8: Put on some primer, let it dry, and sand it smooth. |
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| Step 9: The first coat of metallic blue paint. |
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| Sand it and put on a few more coats. |
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| Step 10: Lastly, a final coat of hardener to seal the finish. |
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| Step 11: The Apple icon needs to go back on. |
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| A little glue and it is ready to go. |
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| Step 12: Time for some cool stickers. |
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| Those cool little stickers we all get with our Macs work great. |
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| They're not just for car windows! |
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| Step 13: I replaced the 40 MB hard drive with a newer 250 MB hard drive. |
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| Step 14: I put it all back together and installed the OS. |
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| Strategic masking left bare the more sensitive parts. |
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