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straycat
29th-November-2007, 12:45 PM
I'm in techno-lust.

For those who remember this rather wonderful keyboard project (http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml) (I think I posted a link to this a while back)

http://steampunkworkshop.com/images/kb45.jpg

Now the same guy has applied the same process to a flat-panel monitor (http://steampunkworkshop.com/lcd.shtml).
http://steampunkworkshop.com/images/m14.jpg
If you can't be bothered to read the full article, do yourself a favour, scroll down to the bottom, and feast your eyes on the pictures of the finished article.

Want One Of Those....

I especially love his reasons for doing it:

The Steampunk Keyboard looked terribly anachronistic sitting in front of my Dell 1907FP flat panel monitor and while I hesitated to tear open a $300 monitor that was still under warantee, art must be served. :respect:

Dreadful Scathe
29th-November-2007, 01:09 PM
oooooooooooooooooooh :)

ducasi
29th-November-2007, 02:07 PM
While it looks cool and all, I prefer a more 21st century look to the world around me.

Call me crazy, but I guess I'm just not geek enough to understand the steampunk fetish...

Stuart M
29th-November-2007, 02:39 PM
In the vague hope that someone, somewhere, has produced a computer based on the design in Terry Gilliam's Brazil, I had a search. Found this bit of steampunk (http://www.multipledigression.com/type/) - not as glam as those above, but still fun.

Stuart M
29th-November-2007, 02:41 PM
In the vague hope that someone, somewhere, has produced a computer based on the design in Terry Gilliam's Brazil, I had a search.

Ooo! Ooo! Only one Google page later, I found it (http://bifsniff.com/technology/steampunk-brazil-computer-i-want-one)! :drool:

batnurse
29th-November-2007, 02:47 PM
Never in my life would I have thought I'd be lusting after a computer :awe:

Gadget
29th-November-2007, 02:56 PM
In the vague hope that someone, somewhere, has produced a computer based on the design in Terry Gilliam's Brazil, I had a search. Found this bit of steampunk (http://www.multipledigression.com/type/) - not as glam as those above, but still fun.

you mean this:
The ElectriClerk (http://www.ahleman.com/Props/ElectriClerk.html)
(mac)
{Edit - damn - beat me to it ;)}

or this:
Datamancer.net - "Computational Engine" Steampunk Casemod (http://www.datamancer.net/projects/engine/engine.htm)
(PC)

:D

straycat
29th-November-2007, 04:49 PM
There's a lot more of these on Google than I'd realised, it seems.... this laptop (http://www.datamancer.net/steampunklaptop/steampunklaptop.htm), for example. :worthy:

Or this rather novel water-cooled PC (http://ramblefishing.blogspot.com/2007/09/modded-steampunk-pc-case.html)...

Gadget
29th-November-2007, 06:44 PM
oooh - try this page :D :worthy:

Dark Roasted Blend: Cool Computer Case Mods (http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/06/cool-computer-case-mods.html)

Stuart M
29th-November-2007, 11:05 PM
I had a look around to see if anyone had done a faithful ORAC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orac_%28Blake%27s_7%29).

The difficulty in such a search, of course, is the number of people round the world who call their own computer Orac, and the existence of a certain RDBMS software company.

I've seen a couple of PC cases that are sort of Orac-esque, like this one (http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2004/06/09/orac3_part5/1), but no real attempt to seriously emulate the snobby perspex fishtank.

Beowulf
2nd-December-2007, 11:31 PM
I planned initially to have my custom build as a wood/brass steampunk case. but then I realised my woodworking / brass working skills were significantly poorer than my dreams so I instead went mainstream and settled for the usual cut case / window with the internal light doodah.

I'm planning to rebuild my PC at the moment.. but can't see it being anything as fancy as the ones above. After all function > form. (But in an ideal world I'd have both!)