Dieselpunk + Steampunk Culture
1955 - 1958 Laptop/PDA Casemod (pip boy 2000)
Hi! I'm currently building a Pip Boy 2000 Case mod for my eeepc.
Photographs of it will arrive, when it's done (tending to this month), but I'm on a big Problem in finishing up the project.
I wanted the eee to look like the original Pip Boy 2000 from the original Fallout (1&2) Series... here it is.
also someone did a 3D-Model for it, witch I think, the thing should look like. (don't like the Armband-like one from FO3, or FO3 in general).
Ok, fortunately you can get the size of the pip boy if you take the size of the vacuum tubes for reference. Also fortunately the screen of the ee got the right size, but exactly here is the Problem:
If the final pip boy shall look like the pip boy, and at least like some sort of PDA from the 1950s - no room for an LCD Screen in my Opinion.
I was looking out for small CRTs on the net (and on my electronic store next door, where I bought the vacuum tubes, but it's not easy to a) get them and b) make them work with ee.
there's a ac/dc electric problem, and as someone who is only able to do a casemod (no electrican, not tape-monkey, no technican) i've speculated on the CRT from an old Portable TV, that runs with batteries - what should minimize the electronic problem.
alltough, i've got no clue how to fix it, so i've got a problem with the screen.
Then I was browsing some casemod sites... mostly steampunk stuff here, so not quiet a reference, and I also found no way, to do a pseudo CRT. Like putting a plastic cap on the screen or something like that.. so
Anybody got a clue how to fix that problem?
Photographs of it will arrive, when it's done (tending to this month), but I'm on a big Problem in finishing up the project.
I wanted the eee to look like the original Pip Boy 2000 from the original Fallout (1&2) Series... here it is.
also someone did a 3D-Model for it, witch I think, the thing should look like. (don't like the Armband-like one from FO3, or FO3 in general).
Ok, fortunately you can get the size of the pip boy if you take the size of the vacuum tubes for reference. Also fortunately the screen of the ee got the right size, but exactly here is the Problem:
If the final pip boy shall look like the pip boy, and at least like some sort of PDA from the 1950s - no room for an LCD Screen in my Opinion.
I was looking out for small CRTs on the net (and on my electronic store next door, where I bought the vacuum tubes, but it's not easy to a) get them and b) make them work with ee.
there's a ac/dc electric problem, and as someone who is only able to do a casemod (no electrican, not tape-monkey, no technican) i've speculated on the CRT from an old Portable TV, that runs with batteries - what should minimize the electronic problem.
alltough, i've got no clue how to fix it, so i've got a problem with the screen.
Then I was browsing some casemod sites... mostly steampunk stuff here, so not quiet a reference, and I also found no way, to do a pseudo CRT. Like putting a plastic cap on the screen or something like that.. so
Anybody got a clue how to fix that problem?
Tags: 2000, 40s, 50s, 60s, Boy, Casemod, Fallout, Laptop, Nuclear, PDA, More…
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Permalink Reply by Tome Wilson on -
A case mod is just that. A modification of the case. I'm assuming that your PIP Boy will still have USB ports for HIDs and video card? That means that the screen doesn't have to function as a screen, and you can fake it with a piece of plexiglass.
Depending on your painting skills, you could paint the display right onto the plexi, or print and mount them behind the plexi.
Creating it this way also gives you a great "hidden door" if you ever need to get into the guts of the case.
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Permalink Reply by Skrýmir Thorsson on -
You'd be better off with an LCD. you could get a Pocket PC with USB ports and move the LCD over. It'd be pretty easy to do. I'd show you how but i broke my Pocket PC>
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Permalink Reply by Markus Glanzer on -
update: I'm still waiting for the chassis, since someone's gonna do the metal work for me.
the paint thing sounds like a neat idea, since i've tried to combine the thing with the CRT of an old pocket TV... well, with the effect, that I have realized, that you need a whole lot more power for an CRT to work properly.
User Interface is getting fixed using WinXP as an base changing the colors etc. with a simple theme/bootskin conversion.
the USB ports are going to get new housings, like the ports in the second picture, and when all works well these housings would contribute to the overall health of the machine.
Since I scratched the Idea of an integrated Keyboard, next work will be a USB Keyboard with fitting style.
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