Antique PC cases anyone?

[TheGreatSatan]

As you all well know I bought some antique PC's some time ago. Since then I have been thinking about the innards. I'll be utilizing this thread to post the disassembly of the Antique PC's. I want to start a PC wallpaper in my work area. I'll be systematically gutting the old PC's and nailing the motherboards and Internal cards to my wall. When I'm done with each case the external frame will be left and can be purchased by you for er....Modding?

Today I start with the ACE 1000 that was originally Released in 1982. It was a clone of the Apple 2.

http://oldcomputers.net/ace1000.html

Here's the case.

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/5948/ace10006np.jpg

And the breakdown.

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8586/takeapart010vj.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/6166/takeapart029ut.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1348/takeapart033ux.jpg

That's one big PSU!

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8261/takeapart042gy.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3240/takeapart058lf.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3484/takeapart062ki.jpg

The reset switch was just under the lip.

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/9826/takeapart078gn.jpg

As you can see the bottom separates from the plastic framing. That's real helpful when trying to cram new parts in.

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3629/takeapart087zn.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/7546/takeapart094wv.jpg

This is my favorite part. I held the motherboard up to the light and look at that! Definitely something cool about mobo's pre multi-layer. I'll make sure that I mount a light behind this when I put it on the wall.

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1125/takeapart108ys.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8198/takeapart119ly.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8233/takeapart126ea.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/2576/takeapart134mf.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3357/takeapart143ad.jpg

[lbreevesii]

oooo the possbilities...lol

I'd love to have that reset button. Its just classic as classic can be.

[zer0]

Awsome TGS i even blogged you http://section-zero.com/blog/2005/modding/antique-pcs-up-for-modding/

[TheGreatSatan]

Thanks man. I posted a reply!

[lbreevesii]

think i can get that reset button from you?

[BigBen2k]

Too bad you can't re-use the keyboard.

Looking forward to this one!

[TheGreatSatan]

When I'm done with each case the external frame will be left and can be purchased by you for er....Modding?

This is not a worklog.

[TheGreatSatan]

Tonight's Victim, The TRS-80 Color Computer

http://img492.imageshack.us/img492/7379/coco12ci.jpg

http://img492.imageshack.us/img492/7889/coco27qc.jpg

[Starbuck3733T]

I've got one of those... if I were to pull a mod on it you better believe it'd be keeping it's original keyboard. A lot of soldering with an IBM Model M keyboard brain can do some neat stuff. :D

[TheGreatSatan]

Here's the TRS-80 breakdown.

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9273/coco31ns.jpg

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5504/coco45al.jpg

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8206/coco56pb.jpg

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/851/coco64bh.jpg

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/6020/coco77jk.jpg

[lbreevesii]

on this one, i'm laughing at all of the capacitors on the mobo. If that were done today....god....reliability would be down the crapper.

[Penguinmasta72]

i got me a trs-80! beautiful piece of machinery there.....;-)

[lbreevesii]

hehe. I wish I had the trs 80 that sat in my aunts basement for years...ahh good times...the thing didn't even have a proper command prompt on it...