Plus it was usually yellowed and sticky with nicotine tar
Comment on Transparent PCBs Trigger 90s Nostalgia
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
The late 90s to early 2000s PCs I remember were that god awful beige color that I absolutely hated. It was fucking horrible.
Like in my mind, I associate that particular color of beige to dinosaur tech that’s not worth having around.
poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org 23 hours ago
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Only cheap machines were still beige by the early 2000s. Dell, for instance, switched to their dark gray clamshell around 2001.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Dude, tell me this case doesn’t look sick af
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 hours ago
I still remember having to flip down the latch on the 5.25 drive as a kid trying to play some sesame street game.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Well that is hilarious. The fake 5.25 floppy drive bay covers are an especially nice touch.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Agreed. Also like the key switch. I think it’d look great decked out with some brown Noctua fans too
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Oh man, Noctua fans fit perfectly with this ironic high performance/vintage garbage dynamic! Good call.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I still keep my actual ancient 5.25" floppy drive from my first 286 DOS box installed in a spare bay in my current PC tower. It hasn’t worked in ages, but as a chunk of my first PC is still part of my current one it means that, in a Ship of Theseus sense, I’ve been using the same computer for 30 years.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I love that. I still have the very first computer I ever bought, a Power Mac G4 I keep saying that some day I’ll modify the case to house my current PC.
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Nope, still hate it.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
To each his own I guess. Personally I love the retro look
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Yeah, it’s ugly.