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First post, by byte_76

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In my area it’s almost impossible to find AT cases.

The advancement of modern 3D printers should open the door for some amazing retro styled designs.

Has anyone designed an AT case that can be 3D printed?

At the very least a basic box with all the necessary cutouts for power supply, keyboard, expansion cards, buttons and LED’s would suffice.

Last edited by byte_76 on 2025-03-29, 10:18. Edited 2 times in total.

Reply 1 of 6, by PC Hoarder Patrol

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byte_76 wrote on 2025-03-29, 07:20:

In my area it’s almost impossible to find AT cases.

Has anyone designed a basic AT case that can be 3D printed?

A basic box with all the necessary cutouts for power supply, expansion cards, buttons and LED’s would suffice.

There was this nice submission by @wiretap ... [Project] 386/486/SBC 3D Printed Retro Case

Reply 3 of 6, by byte_76

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PC Hoarder Patrol wrote on 2025-03-29, 08:47:
byte_76 wrote on 2025-03-29, 07:20:

In my area it’s almost impossible to find AT cases.

Has anyone designed a basic AT case that can be 3D printed?

A basic box with all the necessary cutouts for power supply, expansion cards, buttons and LED’s would suffice.

There was this nice submission by @wiretap ... [Project] 386/486/SBC 3D Printed Retro Case

That's awesome, thank you for sharing!

Reply 4 of 6, by byte_76

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megatron-uk wrote on 2025-03-29, 09:04:

Another option is to do a bit of woodworking and build your own:

https://www.target-earth.net/wiki/doku.php?id … vantech_pca6145

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That looks great!

Unfortunately I don't have the skills, equipment or workshop to do that kind of woodwork but I'm sure there are other members that will benefit from your link. Thank you for sharing.

I don't have a 3D printer either but a colleague can help with that, however I need to provide him with the designs to print at the very least.

My intention is to somehow build an AT case for my 486 and Super socket 7 Boards. I have 4x 486 boards and 2x SS7 boards that all need a case.
At a bare minimum, a box with holes for the AT keyboard, buttons, LED's and expansion cards as sell as the power supply would suffice. I don't really need CD-ROM or Floppy drives although it would be preferable.

Reply 5 of 6, by LewisRaz

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You can also get io shields to fit AT motherboard into an ATX case, then just use AT- ATX psu adapter and change the power button to a toggle, fairly inexpensive way of doing it.

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Reply 6 of 6, by byte_76

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LewisRaz wrote on 2025-03-29, 10:16:

You can also get io shields to fit AT motherboard into an ATX case, then just use AT- ATX psu adapter and change the power button to a toggle, fairly inexpensive way of doing it.

Yes, that's a decent option as well, although finding a case that has the correct mounting holes for an old AT board can be challenging s well. Most of my cases don't have mounting holes in the correct place but I have at least two that do.

I see there was a thread for 3D printing the IO shield.

ATX I/O shield models for 3D printing