Original TI-99/4A before modification. Actually, this is a working one that I didn't gut, though I stole it's case.
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Disassembled (clockwise), case bottom, power supply, case top, motherboard. (Keyboard not shown)
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Just the keyboard. TI keyboards are still popular as 'hobbyist' keyboards.
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The new parts (clockwise) ITX motherboard (800MHz), DVD/CDRW drive, 512MB RAM.
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I started out at first by measuring the case bottom in order to lay out the parts. It was going well, but I forgot it was a 3D puzzle.
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The keyboard touched the bottom of the case. I trimmed the keyboard mounts to raise it up off the bottom.
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From the bottom, it still fit much the same, although the holes began to fail to line up.
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A view from the top, showing how much it was sticking up. I eventually gave up - there simply wasn't enough room to allow the keyboard to drop down at all.
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Mounting the motherboard in the case. Low profile memory would have been nice, but in the end, since I dropped the keyboard, it didn't matter.
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