I modded my garage! Sorta.... (pic)

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royjr

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Well, I "improved" the quality of working there, at least. I took an old PII box I had lying around and I threw it out in my garage as my Visio 2002/MP3 box. Perfect for makingh some schematics and jamming while I work.

The specs for the box are:

- Intell PII - 400Mhz (socket 370)
- generic Gateway mobo
- 256Mb pc150 SDRAM
- WD SE 80Gb HDD
- Onboard ATI Rage 128 (8Mb)
- Philips Acoustic Edge 5.1
- Win XP Pro
- 15" Viewsonic LCD (soon to be swapped for a cheapo 15" CRT)

The only downside is, the wife is concerned that I'll be spending more and more time out there now. :p lol
 
I think she'll survive, there is no chair out there. lol Next mod. :)

Pretty cool, when I get a garage of my own I am anxious to stick a comp in it.

~Kris
 
It's actually funny you posted that... I'm working on a webpage to document the mod I'm starting and the page I just finished was: "Work space".

Not to rip on the people who do their mods in the living room coffee table and in the back yard but I'm a strong believer in having a seperate place where you can do your work away from the actual living space of your house. I spent the last two weeks "modding" my workshop in the basement and am now finally ready to start purchasing the parts.

I'll give you credit for starting modding where I think you have to start.

Good job!

By the way... I ran CAT5e to my workshop so that while I'm modding I'll be able to surf [H] for mid-mod inspiration. Good idea putting an old computer there. Just remember to cover it before you start dremeling something... metal dust sucks!
 
BellaCroix said:
Not to rip on the people who do their mods in the living room coffee table and in the back yard but I'm a strong believer in having a seperate place where you can do your work away from the actual living space of your house. I spent the last two weeks "modding" my workshop in the basement and am now finally ready to start purchasing the parts.
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To me, it always seemed dangerous to dremel inside. I guess it's that those little metal bits like to find their way into barefeet. I guess you work with what you've got, though.

Great workspace. I wish I had a nice place to work indoors like that. I'd suggest some fan filters to help keep dust and such out, but aside from that it looks cool.
 
nice. I have a PII setup in my basement as well. I'm running an old CRT on one of those swingarm things.
 
altec said:
Why winxp pro waste don't you think?
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I was wondering that myself, shortly after install. Would I be better off just installing Win2K, to reduce the bloat?
 
royjr said:
I was wondering that myself, shortly after install. Would I be better off just installing Win2K, to reduce the bloat?
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I think that or win98se would be good. Windows XP is too heavy for a 400mhz.
 
Alrighty. I'll change out OS's this weekend, if I got the time. Thanks
 
That's really nice... I so wish I had a nice big area to have all my tools and stuff organized like that... :) I have carved a section of my book case out for that... Just big enough to work on a video card (new HSF etc)... barely big enough for a mobo... lol... Anyways, nice work area!!
 
if you get cold winters, those temps will drop like crazy on that beast ;)
 
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