Shaun TurnerNov 27
Treat! (Nik)

talking about wild product design, I recently stumbled upon a british eBay offer that I don't wanna keep from you.

RIGHT ANGLE COMPUTER

(link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286969765517)

Nov 26 at 12:40pmWeb
Show threadHina DollNov 26
@NikTheDusky This is lowkey a cool design, makes the IO panel easier to reach. I hate having to get on my knees on this hard ass floor to reach my PC's IO panel lol
Show threaddominicNov 26
@maidservantofnanaya @NikTheDusky I like and/or fear what this does for cable management for front-panel devices. No more wrangling, just straight lines from front to back!
Show threadTrump & Epstein: Biz partners.Nov 26
@barometz @maidservantofnanaya @NikTheDusky
Also a very smart design as you no longer have to eliminate the "drive cage" in front just to make room for absurdly long video cards. 🤔
Show threadTrump & Epstein: Biz partners.Nov 27

@barometz @maidservantofnanaya @NikTheDusky
Interesting. I did a Google Image search for "right angle" or "perpendicular" PC cases and found nothing.

This seems like a lost opportunity. Rear ports turned to the side for easy access and no more drive cage to obstruct long video cards (I still have a 3.5" USB/Card reader and at least one high capacity HDD in mine that I'm unwilling to give up.)

Show threadJes - Hedgehog Edition Nov 26
@maidservantofnanaya @NikTheDusky OMG they should totally make a PC case that has the rear IO on the top, and to make it clean, they could put a door over it. you just lay the cable over the top and slot it in.
Show threadSnep Nov 26
@NikTheDusky Thicc computer!
Show threadVogelgesangNov 26
@NikTheDusky amazing Dixi design
Show threadJernej Simončič �Nov 26
@NikTheDusky Ooh, round IDE cables!
Show threadPilsnerdNov 26
@NikTheDusky I had a very similar case at one point. Still have the lightscribe that was in it.
Show thread Kura  :kura_explode:Nov 26
@NikTheDusky honestly, i kinda dig it
Show threadTreat! (Nik)Nov 26
@kura i like it as well, it’s so quirky :3
Show threadcatraxx Nov 26
@NikTheDusky Never seen anything like it before. Very interesting, kinda similar to how the powermac g4 hinge worked.
Show threadErpelNov 26
@catraxx @NikTheDusky I would love to know where this case was used.
It seems like a very specific choice and not just because someone thought it looks cool.

It's more like they needed this shape for whatsoever reason ​​
Show threadcatraxx Nov 26
@Erpel @NikTheDusky Yeah, hm 
Show threadJudeau (EatTheRich)Nov 26
@NikTheDusky Woah... Ha! Now that is something else. I can't say I've ever seen a case like this. I wonder who the manufacturer was?
Show threadfraggleNov 26
@NikTheDusky reminds me of the Packard Bell corner computer that LGR reviewed a few years ago
https://youtu.be/f1csOOMXANI
Packard Bell Corner Computer: One of 1995's Strangest PCs

YouTube
Show threadBarktic Fox Nov 27
@fraggle @NikTheDusky one of the guys I went to high school with had one of those corner units. It crashed constantly, as was the custom at the time (especially for Packard Bell).
Show thread[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSODNov 26

@NikTheDusky hmm its only fifty quid, but then the postage is another ten

not sure ill get it. cool design though.

Show thread[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSODNov 26
@NikTheDusky wait hang on it looks like it runs ide internally. maybe i could use this to repair the og xbox
Show thread[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSODNov 26
@NikTheDusky ok im kinda tempted.
Show threadTreat! (Nik)Nov 26
@CauseOfBSOD wait what, how do you come to that conclusion? because you need an IDE HDD or optical drive? :D
Show thread[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSODNov 26
@NikTheDusky yep, need to handle IDE stuff, including ATA security lock (something that my USB bridge that I already had cant handle)
Show threadTreat! (Nik)Nov 26
@CauseOfBSOD oh, I see, you just need a computer with native IDE, not to harvest parts from it, but to actually use it. Go for it! It's not a bad value – if it works! Keep in mind that it's sold untested and many of these early 2000s mainboards and power supplies are affected by the capacitor plague. And remember that international shipping sometimes sucks.
Show thread[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSODNov 26

@NikTheDusky just like the xbox itself then.

international shipping? its domestic! I live in London, the seller lives in Manchester. Thats about 260km according to wolfram alpha.

Show thread[Yaseenist] CauseOfBSODNov 26
@NikTheDusky My main problem is finding the time to actually fix it. Its not been a priority lately.
Show threadPhilSalkieNov 26

@NikTheDusky
A most unusual instance of a product being designed by someone who actually uses said product.

(As a counterexample, I give you the countless alarm clocks where a single button changes the time, and that button is next to the snooze bar. Or there's a large button on top to switch to/from DST, something you do, by definition, twice a year.)

Show threadwafflesNov 26
@NikTheDusky such a beautiful machine <3
Show threadNafeon the BearNov 26

@NikTheDusky what is on the other side?

I'd also expect it to have a reactor core to run. like things in Fallout 4 have. Hehe

Show threadTreat! (Nik)Nov 26
@NafiTheBear The back side of it is just blank, while the right side has two fan grilles, but nothing else. If you're able to you can look at the remaining photos in the eBay listing, because there are more than the four I posted here. :>
Show threadpenguin42Nov 26
@NikTheDusky I think that's quite neat actually - splitting the compute from the storage bays; you can see the problem of having cables limiting how far open you can get it though unless you get your self some longer ones. It needs a rod to keep it open like on a bonnet.
Show threadBedastGPTNov 26

@NikTheDusky I actually don't hate this. In fact, if a modern version of it were made, I might even consider it.

@DukeDuke

Show thread🌊🦈Despia🌈🌴Nov 26
@NikTheDusky Oh, I kinda love it. All the ports are so much easier to get to :O
Show threadDelta SierraNov 26
@NikTheDusky is... is this a corner case?
Show threadCadbury MooseNov 26

@notthatdelta @NikTheDusky

No, it's an edge case - for when you have a rather shallow desk. 3:O)>

Show threadricky🐺 Nov 26
@NikTheDusky On paper it sounds cursed, but it also makes getting to the i/o ports much easier.
Show threadSysteemkabouter 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇳Nov 26

@NikTheDusky love it!

Good luck finding a good use for it :-)

Show threadMaddad ☑️Nov 26

@NikTheDusky

Cool, I have never seen anything like that before 🤩

Show threadAlexNov 26
@NikTheDusky that is so gaudy, but at the same time, i want it.
Show threadkera Nov 26
@NikTheDusky WE USED TO BE A PROPER COUNTRY!!!!!!!!
Show threadSqueaklet :3Nov 26
@NikTheDusky
Talk about easy access to everything. We need this more than glass panels.
Show threadDynnNov 26
@NikTheDusky Ot course it had to be a mac clone
Show threadDieMadColonizerNov 26
@NikTheDusky objectively the correct design
Show threadclewNov 26

I like it! I always wanted a corner desk for desktop computers and then had to dustily pull the machine itself out for new devices etc. As long as you can corner it without blocking the cooling fans?

@NikTheDusky

Show threadMr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤Nov 26
@NikTheDusky
Not bad. Makes the ports easier to reach.
Show threadnovemberNov 26
@NikTheDusky In a lot of ways that's just silly with more modern technology, and wouldn't really work all that well, but also that's so cool and the ports are more convenient!
Show threadGuillotine Jones, FlâneurNov 26
@NikTheDusky
They don't make them like that anymore, (Nik).
I'm just surprised that thus design never became popular.
(Not really surprised.)
Show threadS T E L L A R  Nov 26
@NikTheDusky fallout 4 computer
Show threadSolarbird Nov 26
@NikTheDusky this is _amazing_
Show threadCourtneyNov 26
@NikTheDusky we have to go back
Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeNov 26
@NikTheDusky yes!
Show threadHunter KingNov 26

@NikTheDusky maybe this isn't as stupid as it looks? Most of the things you plug into a computer are next to it, not behind it. You can shove the case right against the wall and easily plug things in instead of moving the case around or plugging things in by feel.

I mean it still looks absurd but it makes you think.

Show threadDud (Mx)Nov 26
@NikTheDusky THAT is f*cking GENIUS!!!
Show threadTim 🎮Nov 26

@NikTheDusky that's freaking gorgeous! And what a combination of things - internal power supply with a short cable to the outside (common now on tiny cases, don't think I've seen that before from the P4 era!?), super skinny ATX-length board, that millennium blue-silver colour scheme... and the 60mm fans in spots that should fit 80s.

If I'd seen this case as a kid I would've begged my parents to buy it for me. Pity there's no info about who made it, I want to learn everything about this thing.

Show threadMike Nov 26
@NikTheDusky Never seen that before!
Show threadDavid PNov 26

@NikTheDusky

That's really cool, and quite practical. I have mine under my desk and all those connections at the back are exceedingly hard to access. Having them on the side largely solves that problem.

Show threadMomoNov 26
@NikTheDusky
Onboard soundcard, additional soundcard, two joystick ports, two serial ports, one parallel ports, four USB ports AND Wifi card?? That is a Frankenstein monster!!
Show threadMomoNov 26
@NikTheDusky
Waitwaitwait, is that a TV card as well??
Show threadMatt GoddenNov 27
@NikTheDusky Looks like something from a Simon Stålenhag internet cafe.
Show threadTreat! (Nik)Nov 27
@metaning YES, it does!! <3