it just occurred to me that there is no retro style computer equipment available. you would think with all of this hardcore nostalgia pandering to 80s and 90s kids that someone would be selling plain jane white towers with a few extra hdd shelves and led monitors inside of a crt style shell. even if it was a niche operation, it would sell pretty ok for the novelty of having a modern build inside of a classic style case that hasnt turned disgusting yellow and throw on a "crt" that weighs 7 lbs to complete the look
>>61369899
I had that same desk!, I would consider getting one if not outrageous
Don't know of anything remotely like the monitor idea but Lian Li has some pretty old looking cases you might like.
>>61369899
I just picked up an old 233 MHz tower; I'm currently trying to decide which snowflake distro to throw on it. Any recommendations?
>>61369899
>led monitor
>>61369899
>led monitors inside of a crt style shell.
Just get the real thing
>>61371069
I would one of the old desktops. Dremel an ITX and psu in it, the floppies would be an issue, usb maybe?
>>61369899
because anybody that wants such a thing would look at the price of the machine, and then build it for 100$ cheaper.
and anybody that wouldnt build it wouldnt want it in the first place
>>61371011
>Lian Li has some pretty old looking cases you might like.
Is there anything they make that doesn't come with that gaudy brushed aluminum finish or do I have to powdercoat this piece of shit gray myself?
>>61369899
Awhile back there was a kikestarter for new colored commodore cases. If someone were to do something similar, tooling it for mitx or modifying some other old case, they could start to pave the way forward for what you're describing. Until the group of people who would be interested in what you describe grows larger, it will not be profitable or even possible for what you're asking for, unfortunately.
>>61371069
What do you want to do with it? You'd probably get more out of it just keeping 9x or NT on it, honestly, or trying something different like Slowlaris or NeXTSTEP if they're supported on the hardware. There's really nothing Linux will do better on hardware that old, especially with its meager lightweight desktop software base.
>>61371069
>>61374005
But also, Slackware is a good autismal choice for hardware of that period, dig up an old version from an archive and challenge yourself a little, maybe you can make it useful.
components haven't changed that much
anyone who wants that would just DIY it
i'm more surprised that no has tried to sell a ""boutique"" CRT monitor yet
aren't most monitors like 24"+ now. it would be weird to customize it into a ctr shell.
i'm all about the idea my monitor is 27" and it would be ridiculous to do that and it wouldn't look retro at all
>>61374201
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/factory-21-inch-ultra-slim-crt_60215835364.html?spm=a2700.details.maylikehoz.8.67a9a0ccbHOOm
>offshore a control board and power supply
>put it in a 'my first industrial design'
>kickstarter
>$$$$
>>61374301
this nigga has an accordian for a computer
>>61374301
if someone could pull off a decent reproduction slab case with a vertical mount option that would be pretty nice
>>61374241
High-end CRTs regularly breached the 20''+ threshold, though.
>>61374241
It doesn't need to be a CRT shell, just make the borders with that thick beige plastic, some "fake" holes in the back to simulate the ventilation ones and a round plate as the base.
>>61374472
show me a thing in existence or at least a mockup where this looks good
>>61371400
Not sure what you meant, but I don't feel like doing any physical mods.
>>61374037
>>61374005
I didn't inherit the HD, so I'm forced to use a 1TB drive that I have available. The CPU is an AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (233MHz, 32Bit), and has 512 MB of memory. I can upgrade the memory up to 4 GB with what I have on-hand. I initially only wanted to use it for web crawling/scraping, but if I can fry up some /nicerice/ then that would be acceptable as well. I forgot about Slackware, I was looking at older Debian releases. I wish it still had Windows on it tho tbqh.
>>61374301
such aesthetics
>t. macfag with a boner
>>61371126
CRTs draw so much more power though.
>>61374622
you're in luck that's a protomac, a NeXT box.
Classic unix.
Classic unix prices... :|
>>61374438
Some of those weighted 30 kilos.