ISO a few black faceplates -- building with old FDD but newer cases -- FDD are beige but want the system to be all one color. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
I think painting is your best option.
A recent post that pulled it off beautifully: Thinkpad Dock I with a 5.25" floppy drive
Just rock on down to your hardware store and get a rattle can of quick drying acrylic paint that will adhere to plastic. Those small auto touch up spray cans should do the job.
Use one fdd beige facia to practice on.
There's a glitch in the matrix.
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Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
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I 0ajbted my Shuttle Xpc grill and fdd drive black to contrast the cases silver.
There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉
Vinyl/plastic dye works great as well, and it won't chip off.
Get whatever color filament you want, find a 3D printer available for use (Library, hackerspace, makerspace) annd https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4892482
Edit: Or just buy some with a black faceplate... https://www.floppydisk.com/drives
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BitWrangler wrote on 2021-09-13, 02:25:Get whatever color filament you want, find a 3D printer available for use (Library, hackerspace, makerspace) annd https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4892482
Edit: Or just buy some with a black faceplate... https://www.floppydisk.com/drives
Unfortunately fdd front facias are not exactly the same. I had to do some filing to adapt the one for the Xpc.
There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉
When I was younger I painted an FDD face plate with a black marker. It worked and looked pretty good.
