Project: Retromod Project

[Mach]

I am new to the world of case mods but figured that I'd dive in with a nod to Mashie's Anemone project. I've alway liked the idea of stealth computers and the retro look of old radios. So this vintage radio will become a stealth media PC for my mp3s and movies.

It will be built around a fanless ITX motherboard with a Lilliput touchscreen embedded behind the speaker grill. I need to do some more research on how to roll up and down the speaker grill and interface the knobs on the front but I'm pretty excited. Guaranteed to be a steep learning curve.

[MrSlacker]

thats gonna be very cool! make sure to post a lot of pics!

[Zeus]

Looking forward to updates on the progress on this one

[Mach]

Thanks! I'll be sure to include pics as things progress. Just waiting on parts now and a few other projects to finish up.

[Guttenaffe]

I have a liliput 8" touchscreen, need some exact measurment before you order?

Or you going with a diffrent size?

edit:
If you haven't bought it yet I'd recomend to watch case-mod.com 's e-bay auctions I've seen them sell um for $245 buy-it-now

I won mine from them for 248.50 and then 3 days latter they had them on BuyitNow for $245.00

Now there is one up to $150 with little over 2days left at the time of this update.

Normally they have tham for ~$255 for buyitnow, if I was to bid on it, I wouldn't pass that price, heck I don't think I'd go over $245...

[Frakk]

are you complaining about couple dollars with a $250 purchase? they can charge you more on shipping and taxes.

[Guttenaffe]

Sure am, I'm cheep like that

[Frakk]

yeah ure not the first one ive seen either. sometimes it makes me wonder...

[Mach]

Thanks Guttenaffe, I'll keep a watch for them. The speaker opening is 6x4.5" so the 7" is perfect size. I need to get the LCD first but I'm hoping I can fit a DVD drive and a couple of ports in there also.

[Guttenaffe]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5767481546 $250 for the two-tone

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5185955559 $259 for the black

compaired to their retail price of http://www.case-mod.com/store/produc...f29049b1364769 $274.95 for the black and http://www.case-mod.com/store/produc...f29049b1364769 $269.96 for the two-tone

If you buy one from them try the Cupon code LILLIPUT03 see if it'll give you the $15 off.