Reply 20 of 24, by feipoa
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I enjoyed reading your story Nick. I think you have echoed the experience of a lot of forum members. Unfortunately, a lot of our old equipment doesn't usually survive a move or two. This is how I lost my original 286-12 machine from the 80's, an 8086, your exact case, and a few other goodies. I still have my original AMD 486 X5-133 case from Jan 1997 though (shown in the World's Fastest 486 thread on my signature).
I've attached the only photo I can find of your case that I once had. I wasn't taking a picture of the case though; I thought the cat looked strange sitting on it. I did not buy this case new, instead, the university in the year 2000 was upgrading a lot of their lab computers, so I salvaged this one. It had an Intel DX2-66 in it when I got it.
EDIT1: I just realised that my case isn't quite the same as yours. Mine only has two 5.25" bays, whereas yours has three.
EDIT2: Cat is still alive, but is damn old now (15).
Plan your life wisely, you'll be dead before you know it.