COL stood for Computers On Line, and provided computer repair and tech support.

WildW wrote:

I have a case with what looks like a spot for a case badge but it's not the usual square - it's pill-shaped, about 40mm by 15mm. Was this ever a standard thing or is my case just weird?

That looks like the same case badge shape Compaq used in the 486-era.

On the subject of re-creating stickers, I've been thinking about printing some "Designed for Windows" stickers on metallic Inkjet-friendly sticker paper at some point, especially the pre-XP ones which have been pretty difficult to find for years now.

rfnagel wrote:

COL stood for Computers On Line, and provided computer repair and tech support.

So it did! HDD maintenance and data retrieve too I'm led to believe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=32&v=lzi4K4ZeJCI

Your old website makes me happy: jasonwilliams400com.startlogic.com/snor ... mputer.htm

I miss the old internet 😢

Hehe, I see that you have stumbled upon the archive of my ancient web page for COL 🤣! 😀

buckeye wrote:

Been looking for 3DFX badges, guess this is one way to get some?

That's what I did 3 years ago.

Got a few more badges done since then. Here's a preview pic for now:

Very cool to learn about this. I have a dir of vintage logos I collect...

Below is a scan of some of my case badges. I'm not big into case badge collection, but if there is an intention on a case, I must fill it.

Here are some custom badges I made for my cases. These are are only 1-bit so that they print well on my non-colour laser printer.

And here are some custom colour badges I made for some cases. For some reason, the blue colour came out a little funny after uploading the png file.

Here's some of mine that I had in my drawer and not packed in a box:

Sorry for the poor lighting. I'll pull out my full collection someday, it's almost every Intel case badge ever made with a couple of exceptions for ones I can't find. 🤣

WildW wrote on 2018-04-20, 05:29:

I have a case with what looks like a spot for a case badge but it's not the usual square - it's pill-shaped, about 40mm by 15mm. Was this ever a standard thing or is my case just weird?

Hey, sorry for the Necro, but have you found a nice sticker/badge to put here ? I have the exact same spot on a case.

Thanks !