 the speakers - notice how I moved the volume controls remotely |
 speaker grills - one painted, one not - hard stuff to cut and grill |
 keyboard - later replaced with a grey one |
 old 15 inch monitor - front removed and painted black |
 full frontal |
 power strip with switch moved to be remote - PITA |
 green cold cathodes and mystery circuit |
 mystery circuit - cold cathode alternate throbber |
 power supply with mounting brackets |
 motherboard / video card / cpu |
 testing... |
 the game pad... before |
 the pad inside |
 the pad after modifications |
 the full pad with switch connections and all cables |
 trackball - before |
 trackball - before with button pressed |
 circuit after modification - darn blue LEDs require 2x voltage of green ones... but a clever trick gave me what I needed |
 the control panel - 1/4 inch plexi with holes - getting ready for painting |
 test run |
 after painting, a mock-up of the controls |
 the rear fan - clear with blue flashing LEDs... originally it had only the chrome trim but because of my kitten, I had to put a fan guard on |
 the file cabinet with fole drilled - and yes, I painted the inside of the holed black |
 notice the new hinges on the file drawer, and magnetic latch |
 I had to drill/sand/dremel away a place for the tackball in the side of the cabinet |
 a drawer front - extra wood mounted to give the monitor something to lean against |
 a drawer front... I had to sand away a portion to get the monitor to rest at exactly the right height |
 starting to mount the components |
 more stuff |
 another view |
 the front |
 cold cathode lights mounted |
 trackball and monitor mounted |
