DECdigitalSTATION6500™
Here's a top view of the largest part gleaned from the 6500 carcass . . .
. . . here's the back view of the Sub and the extra room for mounting the Internal Video-Out Card . . .
. . . I may not be bothering with the TV-Tuner Box. [
] ]'>There's a nice VGA Card in there now, but I've got a few killer ones to pick from. This will be a 1080p PictureFrameServer. I need to keep a nice heavy computer underneath the left end of my 32" 720p Flat Panel so it doesn't get knocked off the shelf on the TelCo Rack!
. . . Side view of the Sub, to be shock mounted to a plate bolted up to the fore-to-aft brace to which it's clamped.
The Purple Card is the unobtanium Tempo TRIO from Sonnet . . .
. . . Firewire, USB & two channels of IDE/ATAPI all on one PCI Card! [
] ]'>The guts: Box w/Power/Reset Buttons, IR Receiver and Headphone Jack to be . . .
. . . mounted behind the (soon to be hinged) access door cut from the side panel of the front bezel . . .
. . . or pull the box apart and mount the IR eye, buttons wherever appropriate in the bezel. [}
] ]'>The original PSU fits and works for now, but I'll be doing an ATX hack to free up some elbow room . . .
. . . and provide some additional oomph for extra drives, a card reader and modern I/O panel . . .
. . . hidden behind the swingin' door.
This is one of my favorites of all the cases I've collected over the years. I like that it's upside down compared to almost any other Mini-Tower. Originally, it was to be a SCSI peripheral expansion box, I've got a nice set of wheels on an adjustable clamp for it to be moved from 68k to PPC etc. the 630/6360/6500 series is my favorite for hacking, so I'm glad it all worked out this way. I've got the color matched Digital Equipment Corp. Keyboard for this rig and a USB converter with its name on it. The Mouse will undoubtedly be a wireless USB micro-dongle affair, gotta love 'em!
It's kind of fitting that this one ends up a computer, while the other re-case hack with the MacBook Top/Sides failed to make the grade as a CPU. Now I can use it as an expansion chassis for this heavy mutha!
Everything about these two hacks has been topsy-turvy! :
Neither hack is finished, one's a hit and the other's a miss, but at least this one is up and running as is! :approve:
