Painting a Risc PC
Steven Sykes
Greetings,
I can't think where I saw it, but I've seen a picture where some company (from
Germany I think), painted a Risc PC black and it was at some show. I've thought
about painting my Risc PC (maybe black, haven't decided), and I was wondering
what advice anyone could give about this. What sort of paint would stick well
to the Risc PC case, keyboard, mouse, and monitor (AKF60), and is easy to clean?
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In article <47db692a...@argonet.co.uk>, Matt B
<URL:mailto:m.b...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> Steven Sykes <syk...@ee.cit.ac.nz> wrote:
> > Greetings,
>
> > I can't think where I saw it, but I've seen a picture where
> > some company (from Germany I think), painted a Risc PC black and it was
> > at some show. I've thought about painting my Risc PC (maybe black,
> > haven't decided), and I was wondering what advice anyone could give
> > about this. What sort of paint would stick well to the Risc PC case,
> > keyboard, mouse, and monitor (AKF60), and is easy to clean?
>
> prototype casings which they took along to a show. One of these was the
> RPCs case in black...
>
> Of course I could be wrong...
>
> ...very wrong...
>
>
> Matt.
>
ACE (from Germany) is the company who had a painted black and patterned RPC at
Wakefield this year.
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In article <ant19042...@ppp108.ee.cit.ac.nz>, Steven Sykes
<URL:mailto:syk...@ee.cit.ac.nz> wrote:
> about painting my Risc PC (maybe black, haven't decided), and I was wondering
> what advice anyone could give about this. What sort of paint would stick well
> to the Risc PC case, keyboard, mouse, and monitor (AKF60), and is easy to clean?
I don't know about the paint, no. But what I can tell you is that if
you paint it black, it will attract more dust than naughty videos of
Pamela Anderson attracts buyers ;-)
Seriously, I don't think it'd be best to paint it black, because if a
lot of dust collects on it, it'll get inside and may clog things up
and cause things to over heat.
Its up to you ..
cyl,
MoZes
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In article <ant191111d07S5$W...@ccl4.org>, MoZes
<URL:mailto:MoZes@*KILLSPAM*ccl4.org> wrote:
> In article <ant19042...@ppp108.ee.cit.ac.nz>, Steven Sykes
> <URL:mailto:syk...@ee.cit.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> > about painting my Risc PC (maybe black, haven't decided), and I was wondering
> > what advice anyone could give about this. What sort of paint would stick well
> > to the Risc PC case, keyboard, mouse, and monitor (AKF60), and is easy to clean?
>
> I don't know about the paint, no. But what I can tell you is that if
> you paint it black, it will attract more dust than naughty videos of
> Pamela Anderson attracts buyers ;-)
> Seriously, I don't think it'd be best to paint it black, because if a
> lot of dust collects on it, it'll get inside and may clog things up
> and cause things to over heat.
> Its up to you ..
>
> cyl,
> MoZes
more dust? Surely this is just a visual thing. I know that black cars
always /look/ dirty long before white ones because of the way the
paint reflects light.
Does the top of your monitor look dirty? Mine doesn't, but I've just
rubbed my hand along it I can clearly see (by the fact my keyboard
has suddenly got very dusty indeed) that it is. Now my black
SupraExpress 336V+ modem (bought from PC world last week for only 65
quid, great this 56k con!) looks quite dusty, but isn't.
Sorry to witter on like this....
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In message <ant19042...@ppp108.ee.cit.ac.nz>
Steven Sykes <syk...@ee.cit.ac.nz> wrote:
> I can't think where I saw it, but I've seen a picture where some company (from
> Germany I think), painted a Risc PC black and it was at some show. I've thought
> about painting my Risc PC (maybe black, haven't decided), and I was wondering
> what advice anyone could give about this. What sort of paint would stick well
> to the Risc PC case, keyboard, mouse, and monitor (AKF60), and is easy to clean?
I saw some nicely-coloured Risc PCs at Acorn World '96 on Q-Tec's
stand (they are based in Hartlepool, England!).
They quoted me 150ukp to spray my Risc PC, keyboard, and mouse (I think -
or maybe that was just the base...). Apparently, it was done with an
airbrush. They spray mice for 10ukp!
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Matt B
> I can't think where I saw it, but I've seen a picture where
> some company (from Germany I think), painted a Risc PC black and it was
> at some show. I've thought about painting my Risc PC (maybe black,
> haven't decided), and I was wondering what advice anyone could give
> about this. What sort of paint would stick well to the Risc PC case,
> keyboard, mouse, and monitor (AKF60), and is easy to clean?
IIRC, that company was Acorn. Before the launch of the RPC, they had some
prototype casings which they took along to a show. One of these was the
RPCs case in black...
Of course I could be wrong...
...very wrong...
Matt.
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Matt B <m.b...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> Steven Sykes <syk...@ee.cit.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> > I can't think where I saw it, but I've seen a picture where
> > some company (from Germany I think), painted a Risc PC black and it was
> > at some show. I've thought about painting my Risc PC (maybe black,
> > haven't decided), and I was wondering what advice anyone could give
> > about this. What sort of paint would stick well to the Risc PC case,
> > keyboard, mouse, and monitor (AKF60), and is easy to clean?
>
> IIRC, that company was Acorn. Before the launch of the RPC, they had some
> prototype casings which they took along to a show. One of these was the
> RPCs case in black...
Wasn't it there 'MediaRange' RPC that had a black casing?
Can't remember what happened to it - probably failed due to lack of
publisity or the reorganisation of Acorn....
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In article <ant19154...@chortle.demon.co.uk>, Barry Wickett
<URL:mailto:Ba...@chortle.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Can somebody please point out why the colour of something attracts
> more dust? Surely this is just a visual thing. I know that black cars
> always /look/ dirty long before white ones because of the way the
> paint reflects light.
No, not just a visual thing. As you'll know, black is bad for reflecting heat,
whereas white is very good. I believe that dust settles best in warm areas, and
if that area is black you will collect even more dust. I'm not 100% sure on
what I just said then, but I'm pretty sure.
> Now my black
> SupraExpress 336V+ modem (bought from PC world last week for only 65
> quid, great this 56k con!) looks quite dusty, but isn't.
I guess because modems don't generate a lot of heat.
Anyway, back to painting my RPC. What colour do you think you look good? Black
although elegant, is becoming more common and I like to be different. I friend
of mine has painted his PC and it looks like an SGI Indy workstation but green
instead of blueish.
Trouble is, if I paint it I can say goodbye to the Acorn logos on the front.
Unless I get some stickers from somewhere.
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Steven Sykes
In article <ant19191...@binliner.demon.co.uk>, Liam Gretton
<URL:mailto:li...@binliner.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> You may *see* more dust with a black case, but could you explain how a
> particular colour attracts dust more than another?
Do you think you'd really see more dust? I thought it would be less visable on
a darker object myself, but I guess it depends a lot of the type of black you
use. Some are pitch black, others are a bit lighter of course. For an
explaination to the above, see my posting elsewhere.
> I'm thinking of painting my RPC too, though I think I'll go for bright red or
> orange. What sort of paint would be suitable? Car body spray paint?
Bright red? Hmm, would that make your computer a Honda motorbike or a Jaffa?
:-)
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In article <ant19190...@riscy.voyager.co.nz>, Steven Sykes
<syk...@ee.cit.ac.nz> wrote:
> Trouble is, if I paint it I can say goodbye to the Acorn logos on the
> front.
A very good reason for not doing it, IMHO ;-)
Best wishes
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Stuart Halliday wrote:
> ra...@argonet.co.uk (Ray Dawson) wrote:
>
> > I seem to remember Acorn having black cased Risc PCs at Acorm Worl a
> > couple of years ago. I asked the guy on the stand what paint they had used
> > and he relied "Halford's car spray". Whether that was tongue in cheek or
> > not, I don't know.
>
> Seriously, it was car paint!
>
> But if you're going to paint your case, don't forget to give it at least
> one coat of varnish as well.
Hey you didn't mention anything about 3 coats of primer first!
Thomas Rankin
Steven Sykes wrote:
> In article <ant19154...@chortle.demon.co.uk>, Barry Wickett
> <URL:mailto:Ba...@chortle.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > Can somebody please point out why the colour of something attracts
> > more dust? Surely this is just a visual thing. I know that black cars
> > always /look/ dirty long before white ones because of the way the
> > paint reflects light.
>
> No, not just a visual thing. As you'll know, black is bad for reflecting heat,
> whereas white is very good. I believe that dust settles best in warm areas, and
> if that area is black you will collect even more dust. I'm not 100% sure on
> what I just said then, but I'm pretty sure.
>
> > Now my black
> > SupraExpress 336V+ modem (bought from PC world last week for only 65
> > quid, great this 56k con!) looks quite dusty, but isn't.
>
> I guess because modems don't generate a lot of heat.
>
> Anyway, back to painting my RPC. What colour do you think you look good? Black
> although elegant, is becoming more common and I like to be different. I friend
> of mine has painted his PC and it looks like an SGI Indy workstation but green
> instead of blueish.
> Trouble is, if I paint it I can say goodbye to the Acorn logos on the front.
> Unless I get some stickers from somewhere.
>
I remember just before the RPC was lauched, A friend of mine was invited to one
ofthe pre-launch gatherings.(The processor upgrade scheme had been introduced by
then)
When the floor was opened to questions he asked 'If I upgrade to an ARM7 does that
mean I get a new sticker for the front?' at which point someone shouted 'sod that!
I
want a whole new front panel!' strangely there was no anwer given.
Why do you want to paint it anyway? I quite like off-white?
Failing that either metallic purple (yeugh!) or metallic blue.
P.S. according to the prossesor upgrade scheme, shouldn't we be looking forward to
ARM 10 or 11 about now?
Ernst Dinkla
Steven Sykes wrote:
> In article <ant19154...@chortle.demon.co.uk>, Barry Wickett
> <URL:mailto:Ba...@chortle.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > Can somebody please point out why the colour of something attracts
> > more dust? Surely this is just a visual thing. I know that black cars
> > always /look/ dirty long before white ones because of the way the
> > paint reflects light.
>
> No, not just a visual thing. As you'll know, black is bad for reflecting heat,
> whereas white is very good. I believe that dust settles best in warm areas, and
> if that area is black you will collect even more dust. I'm not 100% sure on
> what I just said then, but I'm pretty sure.
It mainly depends on static electricity. As black paint could have carbon as
its pigment, static electricity would be less if you compare it with other
colours. It's an optical thing; dust on black objects.
Neither do I think painting your RPC black will reduce the temperature inside.
Painting the interior black wouldn't help also. Most parts inside radiate heat
but not directly to the walls so the warmth is mainly transported by air.
Even if radiation played a role, the ABS case conducts heat badly and extra
layers of paint will make it worse. You can't compare it with an air-
cooled motorcycle engine with a black sprayed aluminium cylinderhead.
> > Now my black
> > SupraExpress 336V+ modem (bought from PC world last week for only 65
> > quid, great this 56k con!) looks quite dusty, but isn't.
>
> I guess because modems don't generate a lot of heat.
Their housing is compact, no forced air cooling, the radiating parts are
close to the surface of the casing so radiation and accumulated hot air
will make a black Dynalink modem warm on the outside (from experience).
The difference is that the carbon pigmented plastic (ABS) casing conducts
heat better than the grey RPC case. All counted the surface of a black modem
will be warmer than the surface of a black painted RPC.
> Anyway, back to painting my RPC. What colour do you think you look good? Black
> although elegant, is becoming more common and I like to be different. I friend
> of mine has painted his PC and it looks like an SGI Indy workstation but green
> instead of blueish.
> Trouble is, if I paint it I can say goodbye to the Acorn logos on the front.
> Unless I get some stickers from somewhere.
Colour is a matter of taste, optical illusion and psychological rumours.
To reduce the appearence of dust use a matte paint if you use black and dark
colours. Black gives the illusion that the case is smaller as most women know.
Blue enhances the shape my art teachers said, I'm not so sure.
Use an acrylic paint but apply it in thin layers with drying in between.
Exposing the ABS case to too much solvent is the main reason for using thin
layers. The plastic may form small cracks and looses strength.
Clean the case thoroughly with a strong detergent and rinse it good before
applying the paint (after drying :-)). Do not use any paint solvent for
cleaning.
Ask Keith Parker if there're still StrongARM logos for sale. No SA aboard?
Forget painting and start saving for a SA upgrade.
If anyone wants to get rid of the yellow stain on an old Archimedes:
after cleaning the case like above put it in a bath with diluted bleach
for several hours. Did it with some keyboards here and they look like new
except for the logos that are too yellow now. Bleach isn't good for the
plastic but after 7 years of use this doesn't bother me.
Ernst
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Ian Macfarlane
In message <ant19191...@binliner.demon.co.uk>
Liam Gretton <li...@binliner.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <ant191111d07S5$W...@ccl4.org>, MoZes
> <URL:mailto:MoZes@*KILLSPAM*ccl4.org> wrote:
> > I don't know about the paint, no. But what I can tell you is that if
> > you paint it black, it will attract more dust than naughty videos of
>
> You may *see* more dust with a black case, but could you explain how a
> particular colour attracts dust more than another?
>
> I'm thinking of painting my RPC too, though I think I'll go for bright red or
> orange. What sort of paint would be suitable? Car body spray paint?
>
Don't do it! In thirty years time, Carol Vodermann will come knocking at
your door and when she sees your vermilion coloured RPC she will shake her
grey locks and declare that you should have left it alone: she could have
valued it at 10,000 ECUs but now it's only worth 3,000 ECUs ;-)
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Lenny
> heat, whereas white is very good. I believe that dust settles best in
> warm areas, and if that area is black you will collect even more dust.
Good theory :-)
> Anyway, back to painting my RPC. What colour do you think would look
> good? Black although elegant, is becoming more common and I like to be
> different.
Black is boring, depressing and ... um ... dark. Dust is light (skin
coloured in fact :-)
> I friend of mine has painted his PC and it looks like an SGI Indy
> workstation but green instead of blueish.
Green is nice. I have a nice leafy green backdrop - minimises eye strain.
Though do Hammerite make a metallic-finish purple paint ? Would oil-based
paints (which contain solvents) dissolve the case ?
> Trouble is, if I paint it I can say goodbye to the Acorn logos on the
> front. Unless I get some stickers from somewhere.
Yeah. 'Deep Thought', right ?
Lenny.
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Thomas Boroske
In message <ant191111d07S5$W...@ccl4.org> MoZes wrote:
> I don't know about the paint, no. But what I can tell you is that if
> you paint it black, it will attract more dust than naughty videos of
> Pamela Anderson attracts buyers ;-)
> Seriously, I don't think it'd be best to paint it black, because if a
> lot of dust collects on it, it'll get inside and may clog things up
> and cause things to over heat.
> Its up to you ..
Errm.
Surely it'll not collect more dust than a standard coloured RPC, it's
just that the dust is more noticeable on a black case ?!?
This may even be an advantage, may force you to clean it more
frequently.
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Liam Gretton
> No, not just a visual thing. As you'll know, black is bad for reflecting
> heat, whereas white is very good. I believe that dust settles best in warm
> 100% sure on what I just said then, but I'm pretty sure.
This doesn't make sense. Surely a warm RPC would give rise to convection
currents which would be more likely to prevent light dust particles settling
on its surface.
Anyway, this is silly. Dust is dust and settles on bloody everything
indiscriminately (at least it does in my house).
> Anyway, back to painting my RPC. What colour do you think you look good?
> Black although elegant, is becoming more common and I like to be different.
I agree - black is far too common these days, as is any shade of blue or
indigo (look at all those vulgar SGIs and Alphas!).
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> Anyway, back to painting my RPC. What colour do you think you look good?
> Black although elegant, is becoming more common and I like to be
> front. Unless I get some stickers from somewhere.
Time for a quick plug of the RiscPC StrongARM Door Label project I feel!
Keith Parker and myself have produced a sticker which goes on the door flap
of the RiscPC and included the Acorn Logo, and the wording "StrongARM RiscPC
200MHz". They are available from Keith for only 1ukp. See the web page at
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/a.m.conroy/SALabel.html for details. So far
we have sold over 700! If you don't want the wording, you can always cut the
Acorn out and stick that on your computer!
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Steven Sykes
In article <na.6f2b4d47d...@argonet.co.uk>, Lenny
<URL:mailto:le...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <ant19190...@riscy.voyager.co.nz>, Steven Sykes
> <syk...@ee.cit.ac.nz> wrote:
> >
> > heat, whereas white is very good. I believe that dust settles best in
> > warm areas, and if that area is black you will collect even more dust.
>
Yeah, that's all it was. Just theory.
> Black is boring, depressing and ... um ... dark. Dust is light (skin
> coloured in fact :-)
Fluorescent colours would be a pain if you have your computer in your bedroom.
You wouldn't need to have a light, cos your computer would glow, making people
think it was radioactive!
Black is OK I suppose, nice and elegant. Sort of has a stealth feel to it, but
because I am using the original Conner drive that came with my RPC, the noise
of the HD blows away any idea of being a stealth machine!
> Though do Hammerite make a metallic-finish purple paint ? Would oil-based
> paints (which contain solvents) dissolve the case ?
Imagine waking up one morning and all that was left was the interior of your
computer lying in a heap!
> > Trouble is, if I paint it I can say goodbye to the Acorn logos on the
> > front. Unless I get some stickers from somewhere.
>
> Yeah. 'Deep Thought', right ?
Yup, maybe if I got a Acorn @ heart sticker?
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Steven Sykes
In article <na.fb3b9747dc.a...@argonet.co.uk>, Andrew Conroy
<URL:mailto:a.m.c...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> Time for a quick plug of the RiscPC StrongARM Door Label project I feel!
> Keith Parker and myself have produced a sticker which goes on the door flap
> of the RiscPC and included the Acorn Logo, and the wording "StrongARM RiscPC
> 200MHz". They are available from Keith for only 1ukp. See the web page at
> http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/a.m.conroy/SALabel.html for details. So far
> we have sold over 700! If you don't want the wording, you can always cut the
> Acorn out and stick that on your computer!
Hmm, I will check this out, thanks.
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In article <ant20101...@edinkla.inter.nl.net>, Ernst Dinkla
<edi...@inter.nl.net> wrote:
> If anyone wants to get rid of the yellow stain on an old Archimedes:
> after cleaning the case like above put it in a bath with diluted bleach
> for several hours. Did it with some keyboards here and they look like new
> except for the logos that are too yellow now. Bleach isn't good for the
> plastic but after 7 years of use this doesn't bother me.
I've done this many times with different machines, but it only seems to
work with the plastic. I tried it with the metal parts of the case and the
paint stayed stubbornly yellow. :-(
It's an excellent method of cleaning golf balls BTW. :-)
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Matthew Hambley
: > I don't know about the paint, no. But what I can tell you is that if
: > you paint it black, it will attract more dust than naughty videos of
: You may *see* more dust with a black case, but could you explain how a
: particular colour attracts dust more than another?
: I'm thinking of painting my RPC too, though I think I'll go for bright red or
: orange. What sort of paint would be suitable? Car body spray paint?
Will you get lots of people riding bikes and a kind of "ooh, ahh, ehh"
sound track when you start it up. :-)
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Lenny <le...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> Though do Hammerite make a metallic-finish purple paint ? Would
> oil-based paints (which contain solvents) dissolve the case ?
Erm... the RPC case is made out of Bayer Bayblend FR90, which was
alledged to be the same material as that used in riot shields.
"A man was arrested at a riot today carrying four molatov cocktails, a
12" knife, and two bricks. Officers arrested the man for causing affray
with a tin of mauve Hammerite paint"
;-)
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In article <ant19190...@riscy.voyager.co.nz>, Steven Sykes wrote:
> No, not just a visual thing. As you'll know, black is bad for reflecting
Well, actually white is white because it is good at reflecting >light<,
and perhaps other em radiaton depending on its composition. Please not
to forget that black is most effective at absorbing and >radiating<
heat. If only the case was a thermal conductor!
Pickeness past... If I paint I'll go for looks not thermodynamics. As
to dust - someonae (O. Wilde?) made the observation that after a
certain amount of it settled, no more is noticable.
cpc
Jan-Jaap van der Geer
In article <6b58a3db47%walk...@manorsch.demon.co.uk>, Richard Walker
<URL:mailto:runny...@mindless.com> wrote:
> In message <ant19042...@ppp108.ee.cit.ac.nz>
> Steven Sykes <syk...@ee.cit.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> > I can't think where I saw it, but I've seen a picture where some company (from
> > Germany I think), painted a Risc PC black and it was at some show. I've thought
> > about painting my Risc PC (maybe black, haven't decided), and I was wondering
> > to the Risc PC case, keyboard, mouse, and monitor (AKF60), and is easy to clean?
> I saw some nicely-coloured Risc PCs at Acorn World '96 on Q-Tec's
> stand (they are based in Hartlepool, England!).
I have a Mickeysoft Natural Keyboard. I'm still looking for a nice
sticker to cover the 'Mickeysoft' label. Anyway, a while ago I was
taking all the keys off to clean them, and while doing that, I tried
to put a red function key of my old A305 keyboard. Guess what? It
fits perfectly. I now have a really cool Natural Keyboard with
>>>RED<<< function keys. Great!
So if you've still got the old Archimedes keyboard...
Cheers,
Jan-Jaap