Beige is Beautiful

Beige is Beautiful A page about restoring old computers to their former glory for retro gaming!

Finally, after a couple failed attempts to get black acrylic glass it finally arrived! Gladly, the old Gateway case has ...
03/08/2023

Finally, after a couple failed attempts to get black acrylic glass it finally arrived! Gladly, the old Gateway case has an adjustable card cage so I was able to install the glass, the lighting and a few layers of packing tape over the LEDs so the motherboard could be mounted on strong double-sided tape and have it all still fit comfortably. Gotta do the sound card tonight and start finish work. I also have to check with the metal guys who were cutting a nice window hole on the old case cover.

A friend cleaned out their closet and I grabbed 4 computers from the early to mid 2000's and I'm going back soon for a M...
03/06/2023

A friend cleaned out their closet and I grabbed 4 computers from the early to mid 2000's and I'm going back soon for a Mac he has too. Some really nice Antec power supplies and cases as a nice PCI Soundblaster with front panel module almost like new! And who doesn't love the looks of the Zalman fans!

With my motherboard backlighting project I got the donor LCD monitor yesterday for $5. I'm using the backlighting plasti...
02/27/2023

With my motherboard backlighting project I got the donor LCD monitor yesterday for $5. I'm using the backlighting plastic screen to create and even glow through my Pentium 1 motherboard. I used the original long tube lights to try out but I think they're not bright enough and get pretty warm. Tonight I'm going to try the LED strip lights through the sides of the glass to see if I get a brighter result. I think I will! It will also be cooler and not need an augmented power supply to run the lights that came with the monitor. Also, using the strip light means I can cut down some of the glass from another monitor for the sound card to glow too.

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