Modding How did it all start?

I was just wondering if someone could explain how PC case modding started? I know it originally came from the LAN party scene but I want to know who was the first person to mod a case and who brought it into the main stream.

Thanks

 

The first time I heard it was from HardOCP, a few years back with blowholes. But I couldn't tell you who started it.

 

i remember a while back(few years) i saw some1 fitting a window in factory machinary so they could see where it went wrong

so it could have started from that

 

My guess is it all started with paint... As we all know, beige is a VERY ugly color.

Just my two cents.

 

Whose idea was it to make PCs beige? Let's find out then go throw stones at his house or something

 

well said! haha

 

Well I got into modding because I thought about painting my case when I was about 11 I hate beige!

 

What the big ideer with beige ??
Does anybody even like that color ???

 

i wanted to start painting my case when i was around 12 and then i found MODDING SITES so here i am, addicted to it, wasting most of my money where i worked for it on it

 

apprently it is a neutral colour and therefore fits in with anything colour scheme.

 

a paragraph i found on the subject.....

 

Was the black one running Windows ME?

 

Thanks for the info guys/

 

Dont know about when it got into the main stream.

For me it started in 95 i spent much time avoiding uni, had a beige box, watched 2001.. spend too much time making HAL . with a great little eye on the front and everything.

the box finnaly went in the bin last week after sitting empty on the top of me wardrode for about a year.

 

ummm I would have to say that the Celeron case with the blowhole is the first documented modding......As the first project, that would have to be the Enlight painted metallic blue and the Unreal cutout on the top left side (they cut out a window and used the extra metal for the jagged "u")

Lemme get some linkage, one sec

 

The first major project was 2 years ago, by Ultragooey himself

Want more? Here's some history


Enjoy

 

*waits for Phire to post linkage*

 

ignore previous post

 

well not all corp sloths made beige cases. SGI has been making sifferent color and styles for a long time. as have other makers. Maybe that is the start?

 

I used to work in GAME (The games software shops) and when Worms was released we had a special all-pink PC to demo it on - no windows, but it was a custom paint job (albeit for a software company).

(edit: spelling)