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We may never know who's it is/was. It was a picture I saw one day whilst wandering the web, and thought it worth keeping as an example for those poor souls who come on to WF complaining that "my computer keeps stopping for no reason".

I am not sure if it is a computer, it has a non-PC look to it.

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I am not sure if it is a computer, it has a non-PC look to it.

It is definitely a shot of the front chassis (trim removed) of a Micro-ATX PC :)

Perhaps we should start a topic on PC spotting...a bit like taking engine numbers. Oh bring back the old 5XPs and the Atlantics :rolleyes:

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Perhaps we should start a topic on PC spotting...a bit like taking engine numbers. Oh bring back the old 5XPs and the Atlantics :rolleyes:

How about the immortal Decapod ? :)

GER_Decapod_and_James_Holden.jpg

Reminds me of an old Austin 7 Ruby I had. It would go like stink in a straight line, but it was terrible on corners.

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How about the immortal Decapod ? :)

GER_Decapod_and_James_Holden.jpg

The Decapod was built in 1902. It was far larger than any locomotive previously built in Britain for home service.

The specification required that the locomotive should accelerate a 315 ton train from a standstill to 30-mile-per-hour (48 km/h) in 30 seconds.

It had 10 four-foot-six-inch driving wheels. which gave high tractive effort.

Three cylinders were used because there was insufficient room for 2 cylinders large enough to develop the required tractive effort without going up to a higher boiler pressure.

Even so, it still had to have a pressure of 200 psi (1,378 kPa) [1] to achieve the required result.

The engine actually accelerated a new train of 18 carriages weighing 335 tons at a rate of 1.4 feet/second in very windy weather

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