Comments on: Best PC Case Is An Old Case?

By: Rhino

Rhino — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:09:37 +0000

i bought a broken TRS-80 model 4 and am working on getting an AMD athalon board into it… i actually found a 12 inch color CRT to replace the old screen, and so far the only challenge is getting a keyboard where the old one used to fit…
thanks for the help guys.. and i do love that old putty color plastic, yellowed or not…. reminds me of the first computer i ever used a 1994 macintosh centris 610

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:38:41 +0000

Omigosh, this is exactly what I was thinking of for the PCjr. case. Having seen many case mod examples at the Mini-ITX website, the PCjr. would make a perfect candidate. It’s got the 5.25″ bay for an optical drive, and the two slots beneath for memory cards/express card.

By: jdeb

jdeb — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:25:27 +0000

I have built a couple dozen systems for people with their old case and it saves them 40.00 on a good day. I actually really enjoy doing it. They love it but you need to take pictures before and after just to give them some comfort that they didn’t get ripped off. I love the putty color as well… I could care less if it is yellowed. The old TRS-80 is a great case to mod

By: Steve Stone

Steve Stone — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:50:27 +0000

Many years back I installed an Intel AT style pentium motherboard into an IBM 5150 case. I had to hack one of the drive cages with a dremel for board clearance issues, otherwise it was simple. Take a close look at the bottom front of most 5150 cases. Most have a black plastic strip glued over grill work that if peeled back might help with air flow. Many pre-release versions of the IBM PC were fanless. They went into production with power supply cooling fans to prevent overheating. I was never fond of the PCjr case with it’s sidecars.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:34:45 +0000

Classic idea Rich! I reckon there’s a terrific business opportunity here in reclaiming these old cases and selling them on stacked with modern hardware – I’d buy one!