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The "GTA-PC" April 14, 2007
The "Digg" Case January 19, 2007
The "ITX-Laptop" December 07, 2006
The "Tortoise Beetle" October 02, 2006
The "DOS Head Unit" August 31, 2006
The "Janus Project" August 05, 2006
The "Leela PC" June 26, 2006
Nano-ITX in a Football May 17, 2006
The "EPIA Alloy Mod" April 11, 2006
Neatorama's Collection of Case Mods |
| | | | February 18, 2006
The "Rundfunker" October 24, 2005
The "ITX TV" October 06, 2005
The K'nex-ITX August 05, 2005
The "Waffle Iron PC" July 21, 2005
The "Supra-Server" July 18, 2005
The "Mega-ITX" July 07, 2005
The "Encyclomedia" May 25, 2005
The "Accordion ITX" May 16, 2005
The "FileServerRouterSwitch" May 15, 2005
The "Mini Falcon" May 13, 2005
The "Bender PC" May 11, 2005
The "BBC ITX B" May 10, 2005
The "Frame" April 20, 2005
The "Jeannie" March 09, 2005
The "Cool Cube" January 30, 2005
First Nano-ITX Project? January 17, 2005
The "iGrill" January 15, 2005
The "Gumball PC" December 15, 2004
The "Deco Box" December 03, 2004
The "TERA-ITX" |
| | | | October 06, 2004
The "Coealacanth-PC" September 17, 2004
The "Gramaphone-ITX-HD" August 26, 2004
The "C1541 Disk Drive ITX" August 25, 2004
The "SEGA-ITX" August 13, 2004
The "Quiet Cubid" August 06, 2004
The "BMWPC" July 14, 2004
The "Moo Cow Moo" July 02, 2004
The "Mini Mesh Box" June 17, 2004
Jukebox ITX May 24, 2004
The "ERN005PC" (KANA) March 13, 2004
The "Underwood No. 5" February 04, 2004
The "Humidor CL" January 23, 2004
The "Attache Server" January 22, 2004
"Racing The Light" January 21, 2004
VIA's Flat Panel DevKits January 20, 2004
The "Ambulator I" January 19, 2004
The "Borg Appliance" December 19, 2003
The Gingerbread Village Server December 04, 2003
Custom PC's XmasTreePC December 01, 2003
"Windows XP Box" Full alphabetical archive on right hand side of page... |
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The "Dreamcast PC"
By Xiaolei Li - Posted on January 30, 2003
Introduction
This is a little project I started around Thanksgiving 2002 just because I needed a low-powered server that I can log into from home and work on. So I started looking around online at various projects that were based on the VIA Mini-ITX platform. After looking through some popular projects on this site, I decided that I'd use the Sega Dreamcast as my case. So I went and got a broken Dreamcast on eBay. Then I got the following parts:
- VIA EPIA 800
- IBM 2.5" 20GB Hard Drive
- Generic 300W Power Supply
- Crucial 512MB PC133 SDRAM
- 2.5" Hard Drive Converter
- A power switch and an LED
After I got all the necessary parts, it was time to start cutting up the Dreamcast to fit the motherboard. After quite a bit of a transformation, I got everything up and running. Currently, it's running SuSE Linux 8.0. (I had to temporarily hook up a CD-ROM in order to install it).
The bottom of the case (notice the 2 velcro strips to hold the hard drive)
Size comparison with a TI-89
Bottom of case with hard drive attached
Side view of bottom with hard drive
Motherboard inside the case (it's a perfect fit)
Front view of motherboard inside the case
Side view of the motherboard's connectors
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