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Computers - Custom: "The Pentium ]["

I received an e-mail from Craig, a reader of the History who had designed a project to install his Pentium computer into the case for an Apple IIe (for nostalgia sake). He kindly sent me pictures of the project as he worked on it. Although it is not an Apple II (in fact, it involves gutting an Apple II and replacing it with -horrors!- a machine that runs Windows), I felt that it was interesting enough to post here. With some of the pictures I have reproduced his comments.

The IIe disassembled, ready for remodeling.

"I have mounted space for the hard drive and made all necessary cuts in the case."

"I was able to get the slot motherboard to fit by mounting it sideways; this is what I was concerned about before. By taking off the brace on the one side I managed to just make it fit. I have mounted space for the hard drive and made all necessary cuts in the case."

"I wired the light under the 'enhanced' logo on the case to be the system light. I have also wired the reset button on the keyboard to be the power switch for the computer."

This shows another view of the the base plate mounted in the case.

The hard drive, above, and the motherboard to the lower right.

"I cut a space in the side of the outside and connected a standard keyboard to it. The reset button on the original keyboard is the power switch for the computer."

Overhead view of the finished product.

...and overview with the lid closed.

The screen showing the startup of the computer (typical Intel motherboard).