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My 1995 IBM Aptiva PC gets a nice upgrade. 486 to Skylake i7 6700k!
Posted: 01 Mar 2016, 22:20
by seebart
This guy has some good ideas:
Posted: 01 Mar 2016, 22:58
by 002
Ohh saw this one the other day. Very cool sleeper PC, but man it was a *lot* of work!
I like the 128GB floppy disk he made too

Posted: 01 Mar 2016, 23:01
by seebart
The SD in Floppy caddy is the best part. The Aptiva case is nice, I can't make out what keyboard he's using though.
Posted: 02 Mar 2016, 03:44
by 002
I think it might be an NMB RT-101 or some variant. Case definitely looks like it to me.
Posted: 02 Mar 2016, 05:01
by emdude
I saw this earlier, all this guy is missing is a Model M.

Posted: 02 Mar 2016, 09:58
by scottc
I saw this last week. Really amazing mod! I love the floppies so much.
I saw the keyboard and was pretty sure it was some NMB thing at the time too.
Posted: 02 Mar 2016, 11:20
by ReleaseCandidate
So he turned a fugly PC into a fugly PC *shrug*. At least no real computers were harmed!
Posted: 02 Mar 2016, 11:41
by 002
I think you are missing the point if that's the conclusion you drew. The idea of a sleeper is to have high performance hiding beneath an unassuming or (subjectively) ugly looking exterior. It's just to mess with people for a bit of fun

Posted: 02 Mar 2016, 11:58
by andrewjoy
Makes me want to find an XT case or XT clone and do something similar . Some of the PS/2 towers where pretty sexy too.
Still i love this mod! .
Posted: 02 Mar 2016, 12:03
by ohaimark
You can fit mATX boards in some crazy places... If you do find a project, be sure to photograph it!
Posted: 02 Mar 2016, 18:18
by Compgeke
emdude wrote: I saw this earlier, all this guy is missing is a Model M.

PS/1 or Aptiva so missing an M2

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Posted: 02 Mar 2016, 20:00
by Findecanor
I found a PS/1 desktop in the trash the other day. The desktop box is very Meh, and no keyboard....

Posted: 08 Mar 2016, 14:09
by berserkfan
emdude wrote: I saw this earlier, all this guy is missing is a Model M.

No, to keep in with what else he has done, he's missing a programmable, bluetooth, backlit RGB Cherry MX board hiding under the casing and keycaps of a Model M.