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Because why not? Pretty good write up from design to build and includes cad drawings as well.

Archive: https://archive.today/tNwOz

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>A few years ago I developed a few clever ways of rackmounting non-rackmount equipment so it could look neat in my HiFi rack enclosure.1 The goal was to have a professional-looking setup that would support input from my TV, spotify, Airplay, DJ controller and other sources while being able to drive a subwoofer with room correction and integrated crossover. As part of this I also developed some HiFiBerry accessory hardware and code to allow streaming, input selection, remote volume control and track identification.2 The rack conversions, hardware and code weren’t used long (as I tend to change around my HiFi gear frequently) but I figured given the work I put in it’s likely useful to someone else wanting to rackmount their HiFi gear or mess with HiFiBerry hardware.

Because why not? Pretty good write up from design to build and includes cad drawings as well. Archive: https://archive.today/tNwOz From the post: >>A few years ago I developed a few clever ways of rackmounting non-rackmount equipment so it could look neat in my HiFi rack enclosure.1 The goal was to have a professional-looking setup that would support input from my TV, spotify, Airplay, DJ controller and other sources while being able to drive a subwoofer with room correction and integrated crossover. As part of this I also developed some HiFiBerry accessory hardware and code to allow streaming, input selection, remote volume control and track identification.2 The rack conversions, hardware and code weren’t used long (as I tend to change around my HiFi gear frequently) but I figured given the work I put in it’s likely useful to someone else wanting to rackmount their HiFi gear or mess with HiFiBerry hardware.
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I once had a desktop tower that had a legitimate cupholder and cigarette lighter. The cigarette lighter was awesome. Never really trusted the cupholder.

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I've never seen it again since 2002, but I went to a computer show where they had full radio stero set ups in the 5.25 tray. They also had a HAM receiver in one. I've scoured for decades trying to find them again. Some of the coolest shit I've ever seen

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That's pretty awesome, especially the HAM.

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Seriously? That is so strange. Any pics?

There was a program/joke I think with HP where a engineer had a small program that would run the first time you turned on the PC and it would say that they included a complimentary cup holder then it would eject the CD drive. I don't know if it was ever verified to be true but I do remember reading about a story where someone called tech support saying they "broke their cup holder" only for the tech to figure out that they were apparently using the cd drive as a cup holder. No idea if that was ever verified either.

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No pics anymore, but it was a Thermaltake product,~20 years ago. Back when Thinkgeek wasn't shit, Newegg didn't sell socks, and Tigerdirect still existed.

Yeah, that was the funny bit, the cupholder. Not sure how old you are but that was THE joke back when optical drives came out.

A lot of that stuff came from the old Bastard Operator from Hell...thing. It's been some time, I can't remember if that was a blog or what, but there were a lot of great nerd jokes. Like when you tell the user to "right click on the desktop" and you hear some weird squeaky noises, they say they did it, and you learn they pulled out a marker and wrote click on their desk.

I once worked with a lady who would press CAPSLOCK, type the capital letter, then press it again to go back to lowercase. That dumb bitch...I installed some rootkit on her machine and would open and close her cd drive, reverse her mouse, set her keyboard up as Dvorak. But the best joke was more practical...I put tape over the mouse sensor. She'd call me over, "My mouse isn't working." I'd take the tape off, "it's working fine, see?" Then put the tape back on.

Man, I was a real asshole back in the day.

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haha. So you were a BOFH. Also, probably sub7.

Yeah, I've been around for a while.