[Deskpro] Bare Metal

This is what the Deskpro looks like without its external aluminium shell and plastic front.

 

It's now easier to understand why they used to call the huge mainframes "Big Irons" - boy does this look intimidating to a guy used to fairly modern cases!

 

This is a Compaq Deskpro I found in someone's pile of rubbish to be taken away by the council cleanup. I fully stripped, cleaned, restored, and reassembled it after adding a few cards. It's now _fucking pimp_ by 1999 standards, even if today's technogeeks may see it as laughable.

 

Final configuration:

- Intel® Celeron™ 300A/66 CPU

- 256MB RAM running at 66MHz

- 20GB Seagate Barracuda HD (System Drive)

- 4.3GB Western Digital Caviar (Swap Drive)

- Sony 4x DVD-ROM drive

- S3 Savage4Pro GPU with 8MB VRAM

- Tekram DC-315U SCSI II controller

- VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 (EHCI) controller

- 3Com® EtherLink III 10/100 NIC

- Creative® SoundBlaster™ VIBRA16X sound card.

Done