[TriLUG] OT: wall mounted PCs?

[John Warf]

On 9/23/02 9:52 AM, "Greg Brown" <gregbrown at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Since handhelds.org was down all weekend I could not upgrade my iPAQ to
> Linux so I came up with something different to think about (but I'll still
> preform the upgrade, and write up a how-to for the future how-to section).
> 
> Anyway, my computers are located in my bonus room, and that room is fairly
> small.  The computers that sit in the standard cases all over the floor are
> in the way quite often so I came up with the idea of mounting them to the
> wall.
> 
> What I'd like to do is find a way to mount the motherboard, power supply, and
> drives to a board painted to match the wall then cover the thing in
> plexiglass (to protect from anyone touching the thing and giving it a static
> shock.  I'd also like to put some of those groovy computer power supply run
> neon lights inside the plexiglass case.
> 
> Does this seem like it would work?  Other than providing a common ground and
> keeping static off the computer does the case really do anything?  It seems
> that cooling slits could be cut into the top of the plexiglass case and fans
> added to the bottom to pull in cooler air and let the hot air out.
> 
> If this idea would work does anyone know where one can get plexiglass for
> this kinda thing?
> 
> Greg
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This should work really well.  While I was in school we made something like
this except it was one computer.  I would recommend putting two big sheets
of plexy glass (one on both sides).  Reason for this is b/c the wood may
split or other things could happen.  The plexy glass you can probably get
from Lowe's, Home Depot or any hardware store.

John