Computers
Brilliant Casemod Takes Us Back to the USSR, 1961
Posted by Charlie White at 3:12 AM on November 14, 2007
To hell with all this newfangled modern-looking stuff like that iMac—let's go back to the heyday of the Soviet Union, circa 1961 when the Reds were making these Rekord TV sets. Enterprising case modders took out the guts of one of those old idiot boxes and inserted a completely current Athlon-packing Windows PC inside. We're digging that gorgeous wood finish on the outside, and its lusciously retro implications.
Just like the iMac, this is an all-in-one computer, and all you have to do is add mouse and keyboard and you're off and running. Design details have been faithfully executed throughout, and there are even motion-sensitive LEDs that flicker when you move the thing around. Check out those old-timey toggle switches on the side, too. Just to find an old box like this must have been a difficult task; you don't know how lucky you are, boys. It's a masterpiece, yet another reason to make us glad the Reds didn't decide to push the button down.
AMD Athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor3800+Kingston 1024MB RAM
400GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 6100nForce
Creative Audigy Soundblaster 7.1
Behold TV M6
Samsung DualHinge 17" TFT LCD monitor
LiteON DVDRW
wireless keyboard&mouse
[DarkRoastedBlend via Technobob]





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Taime
Posted 11:32 AM 13/11/07
I'll take two.
Also, will it blend?
Taime
Buehler
Posted 12:59 PM 13/11/07
...Waiting for all the 'In Soviet Russia,...' comments...
Buehler
norfizzle
Posted 12:56 PM 13/11/07
this is the future of steampunk in its alternate universe.
norfizzle
low_dirt
Posted 12:19 PM 13/11/07
she's a beaut!
low_dirt
xboxishuge
Posted 1:30 PM 13/11/07
I'd like this a lot more if the power switch was toggled by slapping the side of the thing.
I miss the days when going caveman on electronics was necessary for their operation, instead of an easy way to break them.
xboxishuge
AhnyerKeester
Posted 2:55 PM 13/11/07
Beautiful!! Man, I wish I had some smidgen of talent. :-/ I just have to buy Apple hardware 'cause I can't do things like that.
AhnyerKeester
coach
Posted 4:11 PM 13/11/07
I'd buy one immediately if I could get my hands on this baby. Better looking than most of the infamous Steampunk stuff. Plus, it has the Russian words on the back.
coach
StarChaser Tyger
Posted 5:16 PM 13/11/07
@xboxishuge: That'd be reset, not power on. Percussive maintenance.
StarChaser Tyger
deso
Posted 2:01 PM 14/11/07
Dont compare apple to this awsome piece of design.
deso
OtakuboyT
Posted 2:09 AM 16/11/07
Do they sell a kit?
Be cause THAT ROCKs!
OtakuboyT