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i remember in the 80s when ibm released the ibm ps/2 model 30 and model 50





at the time they were super expensive and i thought they were gorgeous.

is there any current 2013 cases that look like them?

God, I hated those boxes.. That power switch.. *shudders*
Brings back memories.

The only brand I can think of is Chieftec but even their designs "only" got stuck in the 90s, not the 80s.

http://www.chieftec.eu/en/chassis/itx-tower.html
(the included PSUs tend to be noisy and inefficient).

Beige fascias? Fujitsu Siemens did some partly beige but for their workstations and they were BTX form factor.
http://uk.ts.fujitsu.com/rl/servicesupp ... oE5905.htm

not close enough

back in the day, when the ps/2 model 50 came out i remember it being in banks and universities, and it was very expensive like $3500 + $600 for monitor expensive.

remember 80s tv show head of the class? they had a ps/2 model 50.

copyright issues aside, maybe we can offer mini-itx cases that are patterned after the 1980s classics from the tandy 1000 to ibm ps/2?

anyone remember leading edge model D? a classroom friend had one.

i wanted a ps/2 but then i saw a tandy 3000hl for half the price.

i ended up w/ a tandy 1000 while a another friend had a ibm ps/2 model 50. thing is my tandy 1000 had better graphics and sound when playing thexder.

of these i thought ibm ps/2 was best looking

Why not get a broken one second hand and retrofit a miniITX board into it? Got to be doable!

edh wrote:Why not get a broken one second hand and retrofit a miniITX board into it? Got to be doable!

i can't imagine though how much time and money it would take.

i guess a mac mini is the closest thing to a ps/2 model 50