My Oscilloscope Case Mod

This is an old 50's vintage Bell and Howell Schools oscilloscope. I've gutted it and converted to a standard mATX PC case.

The original screen was removed and replaced with a $15 "lumidisk" that just happened to be the exact size, shape and green color as the original round CRT tube. The front panel's knobs and switches turn on the power, turn the display disk on/off, act as the reset button and open/close the hidden DVD-RW drive (mounted on the side.)


It's nothing special inside, just a cheapo Celeron D at 2.13ghz and basic peripherals...120 GB drive, this runs my webserver, webcam, and downloads torrents all day while I'm at work or otherwise engaged...

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[deadman82100]

thats real cool mayne u shouldda put liek a lcd screen there for indicators instead but overall god job

[jdfensty]

Thought about it, but wanted to keep it all original looking... LCD screen wouldn't look right.

I do have another case mod I made out of an old UHF signal generator that had two big analog meters on the front that I made into hard drive activity and CPU temperature gauges...

[Abercr0mbie4life]

the static discharge doesn't damage your PC?

[jdfensty]

Hasn't yet, and this one is my 'server' that runs 24/7...for over a year now. I don't leave the plasma tube on all the time, but easily a few hundred hours since it's been built.

[casecar]

AWESOME!!!  Very original... =)

[ComradeLynx]

Cool!

Im doing a PC in an oscilloscope mod too, im using a old west German osc that was used by the Finnish radio...

[f0rd3y]

lol

[wanellenwa]

cool

[pmgodfrey]

W O W ... That is just way cool.

[sgtpepper1138]

now THAT'S cool, I love how you kept it original looking

[deadman82100]

thats cool post a pic of it i want to see that :)