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Quiet Desk (Not Desktop) PC

Posted by michael on from the have-reciprocating-saw-will-travel dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Rusty took a wholly different approach to PC noise: he built his XP1900+ machine right into the desk! While it may not make the PC industry scramble to define a new *desk* (not desktop) form factor, Rusty's inventive techniques will surely have computer hardware enthusiasts poring over his fine work."

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  1. MCP Is Offline by whterbt · · Score: 0, Redundant

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  2. Noval 760, circa 1977 by hanway · · Score: 1, Redundant

    This reminds me of the Noval 760, a Z-80 based computer-in-a-desk from the mid/late '70s. 25 years ago, I really wanted one. Can anybody locate a better picture? The one linked above is from an eBay auction and is due to drop off the face of the web soon.

  3. Re:Ah slashdot.... by murk1e · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I have not been able to get onto the server since this was posted on slashdot.

    Perhaps there is a solution to the slashdot effect?

    When something is about to go on slashdot, the slashdot server caches a copy, images and all. When clicked from slashdot, one arrive at the cached copy, this'd have a header attached which contains a link which effectively says 'click here to get to the original'. Any HTML with relative links gets the appropriate absolute bit automagically stuck on.

    Most people will be happy with the cache, and the original server does not get hammered.

    The original server is available to anyone who wants it, as are all it's links.

    One downside might be that the server doesn't see the page access counter go crazy, but that's life.....

    The precedent for this sort of thing has been set (wayback machine, google).

    This would work for most things, but slashdot types would have to have the option of the current 'link to server' - this'd be used for bigger servers (e.g. bbc, cnn)

    Any drawbacks?

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    Murky
    A wannabe geek with no money to geek with.