8 Mar
2001
8 Mar
'01
1:43 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 07:19:14PM -0500, Lawrence Walker wrote:
Oops again. I'm embarassed. Never take it for
granted that you
know your own equipment. After numerous years of banging my
knee on my PS/2 8580, Chad's msg. piqued me enough to actually
take off the side (and clean it at the same time). Sure enough it is
some sort of composite material, altho it must be close to the
weight of sheet metal. Ditto for the 8560. And of course the PCjr.
Betrayed by IBM ;^ ( . And My spare 80 even has a crack in it's
side panel to prove it. Treachorous corporations !! Take that. Ouch.
The damn handle is indeed steel.
they ARE big beasts aren't they. I can't recall teh model ps/2 I have,
but I know that out of me, my best friend, and a loony housemate, only
the loony housemate could lift it using his little finger alone.
Oh, and the ducted air channels inside. wheee!
Any idea what the composite material *is* ?
While some may consider it sacrelige, I'd love to build up a modern
PC inside that case, but I'd need to do some case mods first... :/
Before you all wince, don't worry. I'm all talk. By the time I'll have
the money and time to do this, I wont have the interest ;)
.../Nemo