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Electronics That Last: How I Built an Heirloom Laptop
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| January 15, 2016, 5:30 am PST
| Kurt Mottweiler
Posted on 01/18/2016 6:30:20 PM PST by Utilizer
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For those of you hobbyists, tinkerers, custom builders, and craftsmen out there, here is an in-depth article on how one individual built a custom fine-cabinet-appearance laptop case that is both visually appealing and durable in use.
Many details and in-depth photos and drawings at the article site.
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01/18/2016 6:30:20 PM PST
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Utilizer
To: Utilizer
Heirloom??? That’s a good one. Like anything related to computing isn’t going to be rapidly obsolete.
Where’s the Neuro Interface jack and the Quantum Uplink array supposed to go?
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01/18/2016 6:44:23 PM PST
by
Sparticus
(Tar and feathers for the next dumb@ss Republican that uses the word bipartisanship.)
To: Utilizer
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01/18/2016 6:45:59 PM PST
by
Scrambler Bob
(/s implied, usless explicitly stated as not applying.)
To: Utilizer
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01/18/2016 6:46:13 PM PST
by
sauropod
(I am His and He is mine.)
To: Utilizer
I likes me some Steampunk Laptop
To: Sparticus
>>> Heirloom??? That’s a good one. Like anything related to computing isn’t going to be rapidly obsolete.
I was talking to my archivist friend and asked him the most reliable storage media for archival purposes. His unexpected reply:
I hate to admit it, XEHRpa, but its “paper.”
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01/18/2016 6:54:47 PM PST
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XEHRpa
To: Utilizer
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posted on
01/18/2016 6:58:09 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: XEHRpa
He’s right. All those time capsules that schools and institutions like to bury to be reopened in the future have or will fail. Paper transcends the ages, just look at why we have the Bible or great works of art.
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01/18/2016 7:00:27 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: Fungi
Stone transcends paper. As well as blunting scissors.
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01/18/2016 7:03:26 PM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: Utilizer
From the title I expected vacuum tubes- at least discrete components.
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01/18/2016 7:06:50 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: Utilizer
I thought the plastic string one a couple stories down was pretty cool.
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01/18/2016 7:07:46 PM PST
by
Vic S
To: Scrambler Bob
interesting, in that we inherited a very old light bulb. I will have to get it out and check some things now.
Our bulb was from a great Aunt, who had it on the front porch and it too was never turned off. When she died c.1990, my father in law took it down, boxed it up and it has never been lit again. Dare not as I think the modern outlets would blow it. She also lived in TX.
To: martin_fierro
That’s cool but they should have provided a “port” on the side for a gramophone-style speaker horn ;’}
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01/18/2016 7:18:32 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: Admin Moderator
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01/18/2016 7:31:06 PM PST
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Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzrims trying to kill them)
To: XEHRpa
Thanks for that tidbit of info....makes all the storing of old family papers (after scanning) worthwhile. Plus...I prefer paper!!
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01/18/2016 8:53:16 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?)
To: martin_fierro
Steampunk eh? So where’s the airship?
To: Utilizer; Ernest_at_the_Beach; martin_fierro; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; ...
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01/18/2016 10:01:21 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: martin_fierro
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01/18/2016 10:10:09 PM PST
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PLMerite
(The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: martin_fierro
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01/18/2016 10:14:30 PM PST
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PLMerite
(The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: Utilizer
“...both visually appealing and durable in use.”
And if it overheats, it can *really* catch fire. :)
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01/18/2016 10:16:15 PM PST
by
PLMerite
(The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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