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CatSalad🐈πŸ₯— (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

Back in my day PC chassis were more than just cases, they were furniture!

A fancy wooden computer case with brass components, knobs on gears, and a pressure/temp value on the front. The walnut colored wood chassis matches the office desk next to it and the side table that it rests upon. An optical disc drive tray is open as if waiting for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to be loaded.
3 April at 13:46 | Open on infosec.exchange
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FurballsNHairballs
FediThing πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@catsalad

🀣

....also the internet was in black and white and only available six hours a day.

3 April at 13:51 | Open on social.chinwag.org
Vera "mpk" Elisabeth

@FediThing @catsalad internet operators had to manually route your packets

3 April at 13:52 | Open on chaos.social
FediThing πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@kodymo @catsalad

You had to speak to the operator and ask them to connect you to YAHoo 123.123.123.123

3 April at 13:54 | Open on social.chinwag.org
spanghero
David Palk#RejoinEU πŸ’–πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ€ŽπŸ•Š

@catsalad The phrase 'over egging the pudding' springs to mind. Luv it!

3 April at 13:52 | Open on mas.to
Alessandro Corazza πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

@catsalad Speak for yourself -- I'm glad I don't need to crank up my PC every 15 minutes anymore. Not to mention polishing all that brass, yuck!

3 April at 13:53 | Open on mstdn.ca
Aleksandr Koltsoff

@catsalad This is certainly a Chassis of Glory!

3 April at 13:56 | Open on mastodontti.fi
Mike
Mike

@catsalad Cats loved them, and hand cranking a long dvd was great exercise, sigh....

3 April at 14:02 | Open on beige.party
Vic πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

@catsalad Ah, I remember the endless arguments with my younger brother about whose turn it was to turn the crank, and whose - to play Duke Nukem. If you tell that to the kids these days, they don't believe you!

3 April at 14:03 | Open on toot.wales
Wary Jerry

@catsalad ah yes, the classic hardwood Philco PC case from the 1950’s. Such a thing to behold.

3 April at 14:12 | Open on infosec.exchange
Emil Jacobs - Collectifission

@catsalad I'm not even mad, this is amazing.

3 April at 14:15 | Open on greennuclear.online
Ian Douglas Scott

@catsalad It's amazing anyone who overclocked those things survived. Back when CPUs were pressure vessels.

3 April at 14:22 | Open on fosstodon.org
Edge πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡²πŸ‡½πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
Angela G

@catsalad

Love! (in a covetous sort of way)

But coveting only because my steampunk play will be produced in Portland in July and that would look lovely as a set piece.

3 April at 14:33 | Open on mindly.social
Thorium

@catsalad How do you clean furniture polish from an intake fan. Asking for a friend...

3 April at 14:37 | Open on social.linux.pizza
The Gibson πŸ……

@catsalad

That’s a difference engine to you, TYVM

3 April at 14:39 | Open on hackers.town
chris overcash

@catsalad a Raspberry Pi cluster in one of these would pair well with that…

Round blue Royal Dansk cookie tin, typically used for sewing kits.
3 April at 14:42 | Open on mastodon.social
Xoa Gray

@catsalad I unironically, honestly, want to build something like this now. That's incredible!

3 April at 14:47 | Open on phoenix.masto.host
Brian Ragle (he/him/his) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ––πŸΌ

@catsalad When I am wealthy, no one will know…but there will be signs.

3 April at 14:48 | Open on mstdn.social
David Seidl

@catsalad In that theme, oh man a decade and change ago I wanted a Datamancer keyboard so badly. I'm glad the company seems to still be out there and making stuff this long after his death. (datamancer.com/)

I do wonder if we have to pile our new PC on top of the wood PC when it dies based on generational habits with console. TVs...

3 April at 14:49 | Open on mstdn.social
Angela Scholder
RiaResists
Nazo

@catsalad This is honestly kind of amazing, but I keep wondering: does it have good airflow?

3 April at 15:10 | Open on urusai.social
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