Your case for this computer has a bit of ALTAIR nostalgia vibes. :)

Love this series!

Great work, I really want to see the next stage ! Thank you

As another commenter suggested, the case also reminds me of the Altair 8800. It would definitely be an awesome project to turn this into a (slightly) more modern version of the Altair. But it would be a lot of work building the circuitry to interface the front-panel programming switches and LEDs with the computer. Anyway, if you haven't already started drilling, one tip I got from Steve Wagner was to design the panel layouts in a CAD or vector graphics program like Inkscape, marking the centres of the holes to be drilled and the sizes. Then print it out 1:1 and stick it onto the panel with a glue stick (or whatever it's called in the UK). You can then centre punch the holes and drill them easily, and for square holes you can punch and drill with a slightly smaller drill, then file to the line on the print-out. Once all the holes are drilled, you can use warm soapy water to get rid of the paper and clean off the glue. The main disadvantages of this is that it takes time to design the layout, and you need to wait for the glue to dry, otherwise the paper would probably just peel off.

When will you have more boards available? Can you release the gerber files so we can order boards?

Do you have any links for the case and the terminal module?

Aloominium? Damn.... don't think that's available in the US :/

Hi - part 2 looks good. Before you cut up the blue panel have a think of these 2 ideas Front panel,. find a old PC XT/AT/386 and see if you can remove the power on off or turbo buttons and use them, some time you can remove a square unit with the CPU speed and the 2 buttons, reset will be fine being a momentary switch , but the turbo being on/off switch can be used for power At the rear, there are plenty of ISA black ?? backing panes that have PS2 connectors - they were common when changing from old PC XT - AT keyboard din connectors to a upgrade eg 386/486, as the keyboard din was no longer used it just remained a hole in the box, but you had a rear case isa slot connectors that took the PS2 , you can even use one if you have 2 serial ports and put a 25 or 9 pin serial or parallel port if your system supports it You can get them for VGA as well - if you dont have one or use a 9 pin serial and just elongate it ( i think 9 pin serial is the same as the TTL / CGA / EGA 9 pin - VGA had 15 pins but i cant recall if the D-shell is larger USB can go front or back - but i find some times if the USB is at the rear it is awkward to get to but more importantly you push the pc back to clean it or adjust its location and risk damaging the port and stick - unless you have a very short USB stick - i have one for a think client that is about 20-25mm long Both of these option will be neater and use of the shelf parts, many obsolete and hopefully cheap / free. Also they are more practical as you will be cutting rectangles rather than complex shapes Regards George