Subj : Re: I want to do something retro... To : Spectre From : Nightfox Date : Tue Jun 25 2024 16:27:41 Re: Re: I want to do something retro... By: Spectre to Nightfox on Wed Jun 26 2024 08:10 am Ni>> I've wondered why it is that PC cases and accessories all switched from Ni>> beige to black so fast, after being beige so many years. The black does Ni>> look good, but I liked the beige also. Sp> I'm going out on a limb and suggestion it was cheaper. Actually probably Sp> a few things, with PCs getting to be more mainstream, and fitting them Sp> into more home locations black is something that'll blend in better. It Sp> seemed to be a quick testing of the water, they'll buy them, and then it Sp> was on for young and old. Sp> Black pigment in general is going to be cheaper and higher opacity than Sp> any equivalent white pigment that you've then got to add something else to Sp> make it beige/greige. TiO2 tends to be relatively steep in price, while Sp> cheaper white pigments have poorer opacity. I didn't think about the cost of the pigment. And I suppose the black color being more mainstream might make sense, as things such as TVs, VCRs, etc. tended to be black. I feel like I have nostalgia for beige PCs, as I always pictured a desktop PC on a desk, used as a tool, and desktop computers were commonly beige. I still sometimes would like to have a space big enough for a big computer desk with storage for media & things, and bonus points would be also having a beige PC case.. More nostalgia for me is, I used to also have a couple of these cardboard "economy diskette drawer", which I think I bought at my local Egghead Software at the time, to store 3.5" floppy disks.. The ones pictured here look like they're for 5.25" disks: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/PugAAOSwRJ1kyU8o/s-l1600.webp I eventually had a tower PC case, and I had a couple of those economy diskette drawers on my computer desk next to my PC tower.. Nightfox --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: Digital Distortion: digdist.synchro.net (21:1/137) .