Turbo-Torch Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Finally picked up a FreHD for my Model III and it's definitely a slick piece of hardware. Right off it needed a case and the generic Chinese wall-wart needed to go. Decided I wanted something that would look period correct for a TRS-80. Set the Wayback machine to 1973 and picked up this nice case from Radio Shack. Used a cutting wheel on a Dremel for the SD slot and then finished with a file. The Read/Write/Power LED holes were done with a Whitney Punch and the holes covered from behind with a white translucent tape for a finished look. Also put a divider between the board LEDs so there's no light bleed between them. Added a nice Mean Well power supply and switched the line voltage so the power supply is dead when turned off...also used a grounded line cord. Really happy with how everything fit up just right. The face is pretty much a dead on match for the battleship grey and the black sides match the disk drives and keyboard. Originally I put in a blue LED for the power indicator but realized blue LEDs didn't exist until around 1990, so I put in a red one. And yes...you need a key to fire it up! 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/283172-my-new-frehd-in-a-custom-enclosure/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sm3 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Wow that looks good! Great job. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/283172-my-new-frehd-in-a-custom-enclosure/#findComment-4117378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Love it! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/283172-my-new-frehd-in-a-custom-enclosure/#findComment-4117688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Damn, you nailed it! That period enclosure, the way you implemented it, the finished appearance. 100%! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/283172-my-new-frehd-in-a-custom-enclosure/#findComment-4142838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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