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386/486 in a pizza box

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Vito

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I'm thinking about scrounging up an old 386/486 machine to run as a transparent bridge in my dorm room, and for some odd reason, I'm thinking it would be awesomely cool if I were to put it in a pizza box. I'm pretty new to the whole case modding scene, and I was wondering if there's going to be any serious issues involved that I've overlooked. Has anybody done something like this? Should I just forget about it (ie too much work to be worth it)? What should I be looking for while searching for the 386/486? Any input would be greatly appreciated... thanks!
 
About the only thing I would worry about is the cards staying upright. Shouldn't be too much of a problem, but you won't be able to close the box right. It also needs to be big enough so the drives can lay flat on their own section of box.
 
You might have to stack two boxes on top of each other and attach them together. The power supply will be high as well as the pci cards. Due to the weakness of the pizza box (esp if greasy), you may want to look into a thin piece of sheet metal to put on the bottom, this will also keep grease off the comp parts...
 
Use clean, new boxes, that grease can get pretty nasty and can attract ants if any food residue is left. When I made a pizza box computer about a year ago, I just went to Pizza Hut and asked for some empty, large pizza boxes. I had four boxes stacked and glued on top of each other, and it housed the following components:

Tyan Trinity 400 Mobo
PII-450
V3-3000
PCI NIC
HDD
CD-ROM drive (stealthed!)
ATX PSU

Unfortunately, I took the computer apart before I could take pics, but I still have the box.
 
not to discourage you or anything... and not to impune any previous attempts at this but i have a question... Y!?

maybe if someone supplied some pics then i cood see wut the fascination is.
 
Haven't you ever wondered what to do with those pizza boxes after devouring the goods?
It's cheap, relatively safe if computer is not moved much, and a conversational piece. How many people out there can say they have a computer running in a pizza box?
 
What about finding a mobo that has everything onboard at a used place (Video, Lan etc)...you could put the drives in another pizza box.
 
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