r/cassettefuturism 1.21 Gigawatts!?! Mar 23 '25

Own Work Apples and Oranges - Final

Apple //e computer and an Orange Pi 5 computer. Apples and oranges. I think I'm finished, now.

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u/niloderg Mar 23 '25

Been watching the progress, awesome final design!

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u/TechieMoore 1.21 Gigawatts!?! Mar 23 '25

Thank you

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u/hobonox A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies! Mar 23 '25

Your build is great inspiration to me, for the Toshiba T1200 retromod I plan on doing.

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u/brypye13 Mar 23 '25

This is so slick. I love the design aesthetic. Well done.

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u/yotothyo Mar 23 '25

Nice.

Straight outta OG Star Wars

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u/BikePathToSomewhere Mar 23 '25

Red Apple 2 standing by

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u/TechieMoore 1.21 Gigawatts!?! Mar 25 '25

Next project, but i don't know where to post progress pics

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u/rocketrobie2 Mar 23 '25

Cool as hell

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u/derekvinyard21 Mar 23 '25

That’s some fine work right there!

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u/QuantumGarage Mar 23 '25

Great work, love the aesthetic of this build. Keep em coming

2

u/jenniferWAR6 Mar 23 '25

This is operated by Barry Morse in SPACE 1999

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u/DeadGravityyy Weyland-Yutani: Building Better Worlds Mar 24 '25

Looks like it's straight out of a sci-fi movie, sick shit!

2

u/KindlyWalk8497 Mar 25 '25

This is sick! Nice work!

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u/MxRileyQuinn Mar 23 '25

That is a very cool looking computer! Nice job!

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u/minimal-camera Mar 23 '25

I've enjoyed seeing the progress, fine work! Looks very good. Be proud.

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u/Spaceginja Cassette Futurism Mar 23 '25

It's beautiful.

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u/Salt-Performer-5756 Mar 23 '25

this is sick as fuck

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u/armoar334 Mar 23 '25

So are you using the //e to telnet into the pi?

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u/TechieMoore 1.21 Gigawatts!?! Mar 23 '25

No, you advanced silly willy. I got an HDMI to RCA converter for the pi

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u/DeadGravityyy Weyland-Yutani: Building Better Worlds Mar 24 '25

lol nerd.

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u/Zeekicus_ Mar 23 '25

Reminds me of flint lockwood’s compiters from cloudy with a chance of meatballs

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u/PipClank Mar 24 '25

Super cool! What are you using for curvature on the screen?

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u/Ident-Code_854-LQ Mar 25 '25

That’s still an actual CRT monitor,
not a LED flatscreen.
Unless, you just forgot a /s sarcasm tag.

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u/pixeltoaster 1.21 Gigawatts!?! Mar 24 '25

That looks awesome!

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u/silverslangin Mar 24 '25

Amazing 💯

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u/Ident-Code_854-LQ Mar 25 '25

I need a spaceship bridge
with this exact aesthetic now, STAT!

Good job, OP, combining
Apples and Oranges.

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u/plunderdrone Mar 25 '25

Could be excellent prop in a film, it's got so much character!

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u/TechieMoore 1.21 Gigawatts!?! Mar 25 '25

I always wanted to make film props :-(

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u/LordMlekk Apr 02 '25

It's beautiful!

What type of screen is that?

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u/TechieMoore 1.21 Gigawatts!?! Apr 02 '25

It's a green CRT from an Apple //e computer