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Re: LEGO PC
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Sun, 11 May 2003 16:29:17 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Mark Palmer writes:
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> Thinking of building your own PC, check this out
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> http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/legobox/
I'm not sure about mini-ITX cases, but the concept of a LEGO-encased
computer has been around for quite a while. I can't remember who it was, or
where to find his webpage, but I remember someone coming up with a desktop
computer case that he called the "LEGO PC". He also made a laptop encased
in LEGO, complete with flip-up screen. The webpage goes on to explain how
he approached TLC about getting free bricks to continue his work, and how
the TLC lawyers responded by asking him to stop infringing on their
registered trademark by calling them "LEGO PCs" (it should be noted that
"LEGO PC" is the name of TLC's software division). He then had a big
hissy-fit at them, decided to stop building with real LEGO bricks, and
started courting the "other" brick company. They gave him free (inferior,
of course) bricks, and he started building more cases with them.
Still, I'd have to say that if you're building computer cases with LEGO
bricks, it's a waste of potential to just leave it a plain box when it's so
easy to build decorations onto it. I was highly amused to see the little
pirate scene built on top of that mini-ITX box. You know what would be
really cool, though? Building a computer into some sort of sculpture. That
mini-ITX could probably be built into a Millennium Falcon that's slightly
larger than the officially released set (you'd probably have to make it a
lot taller, which might actually be rather cute), or if you wanted to be
really geeky, you could build a sculpture of the infamous MacQuarium, with a
3D mosaic of the aquarium innards built into where the screen would normally be.
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| Thinking of building your own PC, check this out (URL) been looking at the mini-itx boards and had been thinking about a LEGO case but looks like somebody has beaten me to it. Mark (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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