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Datamancer's Steampunk Laptop

Category

Case Fabrication

Status

Ready for Battle

Deets

This may look like a Victorian music box, but inside this intricately hand-crafted wooden case lives a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 laptop that runs both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. It features an elaborate display of clockworks under glass, engraved brass accents, claw feet, an antiqued copper keyboard and mouse, leather wrist pads, and customized wireless network card. The machine turns on with an antique clock-winding key by way of a custom-built ratcheting switch made from old clock parts. The violin-style “f-holes” are functional speaker grills.

See this page for larger photos, more info and video of the ratcheting switch in action.

http://www.datamancer.net/steampunklaptop/steampunklaptop.htm