Shrygue
June 12th, 2008, 20:01
via Gizmodo (http://gizmodo.com/5015772/black-box-case-mod-scoffs-at-server-crashes)
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While most of us wonder why planes aren't built of the crash-proof "black box" flight recorder material, one modder has requisitioned a black box of his own to use as a PC case. While the package itself is quite large (and disappointingly red), the interior is so cramped that only a Mini-ITX motherboard could fit inside, running Slackware Linux on a 800MHz Via C3. But have you ever seen the inside of a black box before?
http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/06/pict0131.jpg
That padding? It's not fluffy down. From the modder:
To clear out the storage half, I used a large auger bit and a drill. I also occasionally soaked the asbestos to help keep it from finding its way into my lungs. I started to question whether this mod was worth lung cancer, then decided it was.
(Ed note [on Gizmodo]: we'd make a joke about death here, but were the modder to actually die of lung cancer, we'd feel like douches for the rest of our lives. So pardon our restraint.)
More pictures and full building instructions at Brett's Projects (http://brettsprojects.com/blackbox.html)
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2008/06/3d/a1/thumb160x_3da1347ebbc453b407d080a3aed2b081.jpg
While most of us wonder why planes aren't built of the crash-proof "black box" flight recorder material, one modder has requisitioned a black box of his own to use as a PC case. While the package itself is quite large (and disappointingly red), the interior is so cramped that only a Mini-ITX motherboard could fit inside, running Slackware Linux on a 800MHz Via C3. But have you ever seen the inside of a black box before?
http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/06/pict0131.jpg
That padding? It's not fluffy down. From the modder:
To clear out the storage half, I used a large auger bit and a drill. I also occasionally soaked the asbestos to help keep it from finding its way into my lungs. I started to question whether this mod was worth lung cancer, then decided it was.
(Ed note [on Gizmodo]: we'd make a joke about death here, but were the modder to actually die of lung cancer, we'd feel like douches for the rest of our lives. So pardon our restraint.)
More pictures and full building instructions at Brett's Projects (http://brettsprojects.com/blackbox.html)