What ATX Cases Tempt You?
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the industrial tower case seen at the second position looks tempting (cause it looks very similar to the case my father owned, back in the heydays of PC computing), but the first as well as the last ones seem to be more .. sleeperish.Second vote for 386! Now, which style?
Heh .. seeing the IBM stuff got me derailed into a completely different direction: A retro-style ThinkPad mod. Thought of this already a few years ago, but with the idea of putting the inside of a P51 inside a T400 case, while reusing the T400 keyboard (cause those are way better than current ones / anything past T530 generation).
Now, the biggest case out there is the ThinkPad W700 with 41 x 31 x 4 cm, so roughly 5.2 L .. oh, hey, and it'd fit ATX, too, so this is kinda still on-topic
cu, w0lf.
Now, the biggest case out there is the ThinkPad W700 with 41 x 31 x 4 cm, so roughly 5.2 L .. oh, hey, and it'd fit ATX, too, so this is kinda still on-topic
cu, w0lf.
For sure! Fear the power thoughOh...Can I have the P3 from it.
There's also this beast...
Looks like the mobo's a MS6154VA, but some of the caps are looking a bit ropey... No idea if it'll post! And 256MB RAM (one single, one dual rank for some reason)
The HDD's the most important thing to me anyways
Now to find a PATA to USB adapter...
Maybe dig around in the depths of what is the ThinkPad universe? There is a lot of oddities like this out thereThe HDD's the most important thing to me anyways
Now to find a PATA to USB adapter...
cu, w0lf.
Interesting - did the old Thinkpads use 3.5" drives? I had an old Toshiba chonker from around the same timeframe, can't recall the drive size now though. Those things were 'Nokia 3310' level bombproof. Managed to find various 40 pin+4 to SATA adapters in the usual places so all goodMaybe dig around in the depths of what is the ThinkPad universe? There is a lot of oddities like this out there
cu, w0lf.
Sorry to hijack your thread OP!
3.5? I dont think so. AFAIK they always went with 2.5" (or none, in the case of the very first pre-sub notebooks). But one certainly could be victorious in a fight with a T61 or T50. Or my trusty T400 with its ultra-extended 9-cell battery pack (aftermarket / clone)Interesting - did the old Thinkpads use 3.5" drives? I had an old Toshiba chonker from around the same timeframe, can't recall the drive size now though. Those things were 'Nokia 3310' level bombproof. Managed to find various 40 pin+4 to SATA adapters in the usual places so all good
Sorry to hijack your thread OP!
cu, w0lf.
