Need Ideas for a TI-84 Plus Mod!

[Ampersand]

So far here's what I've got:

Paint flat black, stencil it cool like.
Backlight it (if possible, I haven't cracked it open yet).

Any other ideas? I was also thinking about adding a small speaker and having it beep when you press buttons, but I'd have to check out how key input on the board works before determining if it is possible.

Cool? y/y

 

[robm]

I'd forgo the speaker, but backlighting and stenciling sounds awesome. Also, rechargeable Li-ion battery.

 

[Ampersand]

Oooh rechargeable batteries would be great. And :O Maybe I can pull the power for charging from the +5v pin on the USB port, so I don't need to add another port and possibly uglify my case!

 

[Basement_Modder]

I have one of these. (the silver one)

It may be backlight-able, but I find it easier to frontlight it with a GBA SP frontlight. Saves time.

Too bad I took the frontlight out for a GBC I got from zet.

Then borke3d it.

 

[Ampersand]

A lot of people LED backlight them as well as EL panel backlight them, apparently.

 

[ToastBucket]

I'm thinking of EL panel backlighting mine.

 

[Oldewindmill]

I want to give mine a backlight.
Crap, I thought that was an original idea.

 

[Ampersand]

Olde, so did I until I googled it.

 

[βeta]

When painting the front, don't forget all the silkscreened button labels for 2nd and Alpha functions.

 

[Hermaphroditus]

I've been working on my TI-84+ SE, I would have been finished with my painting and everything except I've been too lazy to buy a higher grit sand paper than what I have.

It's in a Black Mesa theme, and I was going to make an external frontlighting apparatus instead of flat-out frontlighting it.