17" moniputer $99

[XeonTux]

Interesting beast. Takes a LPX low-profile motherboard. Only $99 at TigerDirect, but since its made by KDS you might want to check the warrenty.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=u450-1000

Kind of ugly I guess. (Then again their others are too) Might have looked better if it was black.

 

[Atrac]

Looks like the old All-in-one Power Macintoshes.

 

[Deuce300]

now the next mission...where can we get a reasonable motherboard for this bad boy? i checked egay, but all the auctionz are pretty much useless, in terms of usefulness.

are there any NEW LPX moterboards out there that we can get for this that will support a decent processor, like a celeron?
i would be inclined to buy a few of these if that was the case...

 

[venk]

reminids me of an old-skool MAC

 

[Wiz]

Here's one, it only goes up to 200mhz cpu (they say...)
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=205-1117PK

 

[Rab]

Deuce, they sell LPX motherboards that support up to 133MHZ bus, and coppermines. Unfortunately, these seem to be in short supply in the 'States. (About the only place you'll find them is in a BookPC system.)

Most come with 4mb video ram, and riser cards that support a PCI and AMR slot. Also, 'most' of the newer boards use an ATX style PS, while the one that comes with the monitor is an AT style.

(You'll need to get an AT-ATX adapter, and hack yourself a power switch.)

 

[SoyBoy004]

Man this store makes a living off of combining products!

 

[ETLA]

man what is this thing? all your combos belong to us?

 

[d33pt]

this thing's kinda lame...but it's a good deal for a 17" monitor since it works alone

 

[ericboo]

I wonder if my daughter's IBM PC300GL from about two years ago would fit. It has a riser card, on-board video and is slot 1.

 

[TimeKeeper]

I was going to buy it, ONLY to know that it take LPX instead of NLX mobo.
Oh well...can't go back to AT-style.

 

[oml]

They sell LPX mobos that are Socket 370 - around $300 when I checked at pricegrabber.com. Only 3 stores had them - I think computers4sure is one of them.

 

[CrazyRaider]

thats one ugly montier

 

[htyei]

anyone find out what the the refresh rates this thing can do at 1024x768?

 

[austonia]

what the hell is this thing? was there some big demand for "MONIPUTERS" at some point?! LOL!! god it is an unweildy beast, and even TigerDirect don't sell that kind of mobo.

 

[Tangman]

Since the monitor is so ugly anyway, would be it possible to leave a regular mobo in there and leave it sticking out?

 

[XeonTux]

htyei: I'm sure it has the same internals as other KDS 17" monitors I've seen. They do 1024x768 just fine, but 1280x1024 will cause a headache.

 

[fixedbyjohn]

Get out the old spray can, I noticed that the ad says CD-Rom bays, seems to me there is only one?

 

[HawkeyeNJ]

fixedbyjohn U did not click on hotlink to enlarge view right under the thing-a-ma-jig !! If U had done so, in the enlarge widow u were able to get a 3D view. Which u could have rotated it with your mouse. Saw that there are one 3x5 bays on each side. In the rear there were 4 more. With the one in the front making a total of SEVEN cd rom BAY(S).

Sorry if this post makes u seem foolish. It was not my intent. Just wanted to point the error out. Cause spring cleaning is just around the corner. What better way to rid the closet of those 2X, 4X ,10X cdrom drives !!

 

[SimMike2]

Will a Micro ATX mainboard fit inside here? There are lots of all-in-one MATX mainboard for around $40.

 

[XeonTux]

If the board were small enough, I'm sure there's a way to make it fit....using a drill, saw, welder, etc. I guess you'd have to see it to know for sure.

I saw some LPX parts on egay. I wasn't really paying attention because I have absolutely no space at the time (thanx to OM) to partake in this project.

Sorry but I don't see the 3D view either. Looks like a plain ol jpeg to me

 

[sirfergy]

That compgeeks thing motherboard would work fine.

Being limited to around 200 mhz would suck though...

I mean, only $49 for the board and $99 for the rest is an awesome deal if all you need is a wordprocessor and an web browser.

 

[AmitPatel]

What 3D view are you talking about...plain jpg to me too.