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Post by ironhold on Jul 23, 2015 21:11:54 GMT
I had a bit of an odd dream last night.
As part of it, a local school of some sort was holding a fundraiser to support their school's technology education department. The event was essentially a garage (re: boot) sale, in which donated items combined with old bits from the department were up for sale.
Among the items I picked up was an old metal military mess kit; not the kind used by the US military (a hinged metal container that opens up into a bowl that's been divided for portion size), but I still recognized it as such. The metal portions were wrapped in some sort of foam, likely an insulator.
According to the person I spoke with from the department, at one point in time someone had the idea to convert the mess kit into what I guess was to be an early netbook. The OS was supposed to be "NT", although I don't know if this is Windows NT or another such OS. So near as I can figure, it wouldn't have any sort of internal CD-ROM drive; everything would be by USB port or otherwise external. It'd just be CPU, memory, monitor, keyboard, and ports for attachments.
This makes me wonder - could such a thing have even worked?
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Post by GTCGreg on Jul 23, 2015 21:33:19 GMT
Don't see why not.
Guess you can build a computer in any kind of case you want.
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Post by ironhold on Jul 23, 2015 21:49:18 GMT
What's that supposed to be - a speaker?
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Post by GTCGreg on Jul 23, 2015 23:40:56 GMT
I don't know. I was wondering the same thing. Looks like it may have been a subwoofer at one time.
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Post by ponytail61 on Jul 24, 2015 2:05:18 GMT
I don't know. I was wondering the same thing. Looks like it may have been a subwoofer at one time. It's actually a purpose built computer case. Here's a link to the company that makes/made them. www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-u6/You used to be able to get them at Newegg and Amazon but it appears they were a limited edition and no longer available. They can build computers that are smaller that most routers nowadays. I see no reason you couldn't put one in a mess kit with a small tablet monitor. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Jul 24, 2015 3:29:40 GMT
I don't know. I was wondering the same thing. Looks like it may have been a subwoofer at one time. It's actually a purpose built computer case. Here's a link to the company that makes/made them. www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-u6/You used to be able to get them at Newegg and Amazon but it appears they were a limited edition and no longer available. They can build computers that are smaller that most routers nowadays. I see no reason you couldn't put one in a mess kit with a small tablet monitor. So someone did actually try to put square pegs in a round hole. Looks like a real pain to work on. |
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Post by ponytail61 on Jul 24, 2015 5:28:36 GMT
It's actually a purpose built computer case. Here's a link to the company that makes/made them. www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-u6/You used to be able to get them at Newegg and Amazon but it appears they were a limited edition and no longer available. They can build computers that are smaller that most routers nowadays. I see no reason you couldn't put one in a mess kit with a small tablet monitor. So someone did actually try to put square pegs in a round hole. Looks like a real pain to work on. Especially the one you posted a pic of, that one is water cooled. Looks like you have to take all the "plumbing" out just to get to anything else. |
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Post by the light works on Jul 24, 2015 15:11:04 GMT
some people just like doing what shouldn't be done - why would that not extend to computers?
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 31, 2015 3:03:41 GMT
As long as there is enough room, if you can dream it, "We" can build it.
I have a friend who asked me for help, and now has a mind-messing computer rig, he has an Epson r300 printer, and had a "spare", so we played around with the case, found a Motherboard the right size, went at it with a jigsaw grinder and pot of glue, and now he has a Tower system inside the old spare printer case.
So it looks like he has two printers on his desk.
Except all the doors and flaps on the spare are glued shut, and only the power button works on the main control panel.
The front multi-card reader still works, and the back flap where the paper went in now holds a upwards pointing DVD drive.
What we basically did was lay the insides of a mini tower system on its side and glue the casing to it, to give support for the main boards, put the PSU in one corner, and vent the fan ducts to the back around the DVD drive.
Case "Modding" is big business... search case mods for more pics, here are a few below...
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 31, 2015 3:04:07 GMT
This used to be a motorcycle.  |
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 31, 2015 3:04:28 GMT
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 31, 2015 3:05:02 GMT
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 31, 2015 3:05:36 GMT
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 31, 2015 3:06:25 GMT
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 31, 2015 3:07:07 GMT
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 31, 2015 3:08:37 GMT
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 31, 2015 3:09:33 GMT
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 31, 2015 3:11:00 GMT
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Post by silverdragon on Jul 31, 2015 3:13:29 GMT
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Post by c64 on Sept 2, 2015 13:53:10 GMT
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