This was my favorite build from that site: <a href="https://www.mini-itx.com/projects/psu-pc/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mini-itx.com/projects/psu-pc/</a>
Sounds like a fun project and very cool for the nostalgic people (like me).<p>A bit off topic, but I also loved the fact that the website remains like an antique website from that era (I know the article is from 2003 but the design is clearly not "modern"). I am going to say something probably stupid, but I feel there is a correlation between old/vintage design = good content.
I agree. Specially text-based websites. The content is very rich, full of details, sometimes technical details, useful links, etc.
Very impressive to pull off such a compact build in 2003!<p>I built a Shuttle xpc cube in 2008. I though <i>that</i> was tiny. I specifically used a laptop hard drive to reduce noice.<p>I think it was this exact model: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/s/o2HKpeLmrA" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/s/o2HKpeLmrA</a><p>It was my firts step away from windows. I ran ubuntu on it a couple of years until I switched to macos to do ios dev.
The final embellishment of making it automatically "dual boot" between XP and Red Hat Linux is a very nice touch.
Back when software came in boxes.
I got my first real Pentium<p>Bought it at the local PC shop<p>Played Rollercoaster Tycoon, CD-ROM straight from it's huge box, on it 'til my fingers bled<p>Was the summer of '99
I'll never forget the day I bought (<i>made my parents buy</i>) Age of Empires 2 and its blue box.<p>More like, "back when software came in physical media".<p>Putting the CD in the drive, the installation starts, and that wow effect starting the game, the hard disk clicking like crazy.
benheck built a luggable computer into an MGD beer case around the early 00s as well. The build log and pictures seem to be lost to time but I recall it having a flip-open disc door that was cut out of the side of it. I didn't appreciate the humor as a kid but having had a beer or two in my day it's a lot funnier in retrospect.
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051106031830/http://www.benheck.com/Other/MGD%20Start.htm" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20051106031830/http://www.benhec...</a>
I was a kid around that era and also thought his builds were very tacky and overrated. You changed your mind over "a beer or two"?<p>I'm so glad we stopped turning <i>every hobby</i> into an offshoot of modded car culture. I can't unhear the tokyo drift theme every time I'm reminded of this era.
I miss when software came in nice boxes
I used to love the mini-itx form factor. For the time, lots of features in a compact space. I think micro atx might be a more popular form factor now?
Just last night I won an auction for a dual Pentium III supermicro setup with 1GB of memory. To relive this era of computing, including simulating my high school network by deploying Netware in a lab.
Reminds me of running good old TinyXP.