megatron-uk wrote on 2021-02-04, 21:17:

I built myself quite a nice little office/den space when we moved in to our new house back in 2014:

I'm digging the the cooler master stacker case. 11 bays of glory.

I have one myself. Super case. I fell down some stairs after a LAN while carrying a Stacker. Snapped one of the wheels off, but the computer was fine. Those old cooler masters are tanks.

RedCharles wrote on 2021-02-10, 07:02:

megatron-uk wrote on 2021-02-04, 21:17:

I built myself quite a nice little office/den space when we moved in to our new house back in 2014:

I'm digging the the cooler master stacker case. 11 bays of glory.

I have one myself. Super case. I fell down some stairs after a LAN while carrying a Stacker. Snapped one of the wheels off, but the computer was fine. Those old cooler masters are tanks.

Ha! Yes, that was my main workstation/server case for many many years. 12x 500gb data drives at first, then 8x 1tb drives until I retired it a couple of years ago.... It didn't actually fit under the desk in the new office room!

RedCharles wrote on 2021-02-10, 06:55:

Jed118 wrote on 2021-02-04, 18:11:

This is my updated retro corner

That's quite clean. I like it.

Thanks!

There's gonna be a 386 there, the 486 moved to the side, and a P233 MMX off to the side (on top of cream filing cabinet) and a KVM underneath the desk.

Depending on how cramped it might get, I might put the 386 (in a 5160 sized case) on its side under the desk.

Jed118 wrote on 2021-02-12, 03:42:

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RedCharles wrote on 2021-02-10, 06:55:

Jed118 wrote on 2021-02-04, 18:11:

This is my updated retro corner

That's quite clean. I like it.

Thanks!

There's gonna be a 386 there, the 486 moved to the side, and a P233 MMX off to the side (on top of cream filing cabinet) and a KVM underneath the desk.

Depending on how cramped it might get, I might put the 386 (in a 5160 sized case) on its side under the desk.

I read that as "cream filling cabinet" sounded delicious.

Law212 wrote on 2021-02-12, 13:57:

I read that as "cream filling cabinet" sounded delicious.

LoL - beetus filing cabinet.

Haha great thread got to say, let's go then. Let's see who finds the "smiley face" first haha

Sweet baby jesus what a lovely room! Do you vacuum your desk weekly too? 😀

Smiley face atop the strat - couldn't see any CRTs though?

badmojo wrote on 2021-02-16, 02:24:

Sweet baby jesus what a lovely room! Do you vacuum your desk weekly too? 😀

Smiley face atop the strat - couldn't see any CRTs though?

Haha, yeah it is a chore sometimes to keep all tidy. I had some CRT's but they all died on me

This is my Retro area! Its a very small space but its the only space I have to put my setup without the Wife shouting at me. Hoping to move this year and plan to have a bigger space. It works for what it is.

Bancho wrote on 2021-02-19, 21:11:

It works for what it is.

It works like a dorm-room, in a good way. Like, I see that and I think I'm about to hear about how cool each part is while half of it gets moved to show other things.

Bancho wrote on 2021-02-19, 21:11:

This is my Retro area! Its a very small space but its the only space I have to put my setup without the Wife shouting at me. Hop […]
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This is my Retro area! Its a very small space but its the only space I have to put my setup without the Wife shouting at me. Hoping to move this year and plan to have a bigger space. It works for what it is.

Very nice!!! I have also a small corner because of my wife who shouts at me haha. So in this small space i have managed to install Two macintosh computers, one PC and a midi tower of 5 devices. The other 3-4 Mac computers are in my basement 😀. I have an extra place below my desk for a tower. I am thinking of getting a pentium II to connect it via a switch (same monitor, keyboard and mouse for both pc computers).

Lately is has looked like this. 🤣

I am sorting through my collection of parts, testing all of it and deciding what to keep and what to let go of (most of it being rehomed).

This is after cleaning up, it has been scattered around me most of the month.

Bancho wrote on 2021-02-19, 21:11:

This is my Retro area! Its a very small space but its the only space I have to put my setup without the Wife shouting at me. Hop […]
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This is my Retro area! Its a very small space but its the only space I have to put my setup without the Wife shouting at me. Hoping to move this year and plan to have a bigger space. It works for what it is.

I really like this set up. Looks like a true 90s setup in someones room.

Old_Jelly wrote on 2021-02-15, 09:38:

Haha great thread got to say, let's go then. Let's see who finds the "smiley face" first haha

On the guitar! nice!

• Everex Motherboard
• Cyrix 486DLC 33MHz CPU
• Cyrix FasMath FPU
• 20MB RAM (4x 4MB 30 pin SIMMs and 4x 1MB 30 Pin SIMMs)
• Tseng ET4000 based video card 1MB VRAM
• 3Com 3c509 based ethernet card
• SB16 Sound card
• IBM PC/AT MFM/Floppy controller card with floppy controller set to secondary address.
• GoldStar I/O contorller with IDE and Floppy disabled.
• Seagate ST-225 20MB hard drive
• Sony 1.44MB floppy Drive connected to onboard controller.
• Colorado 250MB tape drive connected to onboard floppy controller.
• Logitech serial mouse
• Cherry keyboard
• Samsung LCD monitor
  It is displaying Bicycle.wpg from WordPerfect 5.1 converted to GIF format.

First, I want to say "Thanks" to all nice people here, who helped me a lot with their posts in Vogons.
After a lot of reading I decided to register at last. And, here is my working place just now:

DundyTheCroc wrote on 2021-02-27, 13:38:

First, I want to say "Thanks" to all nice people here, who helped me a lot with their posts in Vogons.
After a lot of reading I decided to register at last. And, here is my working place just now:
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Hello, and welcome to the forum. Always happy to “meet” someone new.

DundyTheCroc wrote on 2021-02-27, 13:38:

First, I want to say "Thanks" to all nice people here, who helped me a lot with their posts in Vogons.
After a lot of reading I decided to register at last. And, here is my working place just now:

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Absolutely love the fact that your cat on the mousepad is attacking your mouse. Nice touch!

My office mate is starting to worry... Also, nothing makes you realize how bad your cable management is like taking a picture of your desk. Yeesh!

Zachz91 wrote on 2021-02-24, 04:27:

It is displaying Bicycle.wpg from WordPerfect 5.1 converted to GIF format.

you must have known people would wonder about that 😀

I like that the graphic is as retro as the PC!