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christopher_wolf · #1 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Sat May 06, 2006 8:27 pm

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/62/1/

Wooden computers!

Although there are several problems, including wear (the mice and keyboards would get really slimy), different thermodynamic behaviour (the cooling might very well turn into a nightmare if you wanted a low-profile slim-line case), and EM emissions control.

Still, some of them look pretty good.

#2 Post by **K. Eng** » Sat May 06, 2006 9:33 pm

I like that first tower case. However, I think I would be afraid of damaging it!

#3 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Sat May 06, 2006 9:41 pm

Being a cat and dog owner, I can say none of those wood parts would last in my house. They'd be gone faster than you can say "scratching post." However, I really do like that one tower case with the windows in the side.

#4 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sat May 06, 2006 11:48 pm

Who wood do such a thing

You wouldn't want to be eating pepperoni pizza while you were typing away.

Very artistic.

#5 Post by **BillMorrow** » Sun May 07, 2006 2:22 pm

this is not the first time such has been done..

i THING it was CROMEMCO who did a very nice wood furniture quality computer ohhh, about 25 years ago..
along the lines of danish modern..

some googling might be in order for those of you who might disbelieve me..

#6 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:22 pm

BillMorrow wrote:some googling might be in order for those of you who might disbelieve me..

Disbelieve you, mighty one?
Who wood do such a thing

[The bird on the other hand......]

christopher_wolf · #7 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Sun May 07, 2006 5:31 pm

GomJabbar wrote:
BillMorrow wrote:some googling might be in order for those of you who might disbelieve me..
Disbelieve you, mighty one?
Who wood do such a thing
[The bird on the other hand......]

Having much fun on this, are we?

Well, I did do a deep search and came up with some fragments here and there; mainly pictures, the pictures were nice and they did show stuff like a dual 8" persci drive that had a good-looking all wood cabinet. From what I hear, NorthStar did that as well with the early Horizons. Apple, obviously, had a few models in wood as well.

#8 Post by **bill bolton** » Sun May 07, 2006 5:53 pm

christopher_wolf wrote:From what I hear, NorthStar did that as well with the early Horizons.

Yes! My second "computer", circa 1980, was a North Star Horizon S-100 system and it had a wood case lid on a rugged aluminium chassis. There's also another photo here!

It was a great S-100 chassis which lived through several S-100 motherboard replacements (as the technology developed). It was eventually passed on to an associate in some deal or other and was last seen acting as the enclosure for a RAID disk array!

The SOL systems from the same era also used wood extensively for cosmetic effect.

Cheers,

Bill

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