This is the final entry in the TIP-3000 story. Originally published after a long delay, it shows the end of my efforts to fix the case and its eventual retirement.

In this update I clean out the case and work towards fixing the door.

This is the first entry in my attempt to regenerate the TIP-3000, which had sustained damage over time. Most of the damage was just wear-and-tear from my amateurish work building the thing in the first place.

After I had finished building the TIP-3000, I submitted it to Custom PC’s “Reader’s Drives” competition. I wasn’t actually expecting much but they quickly got in touch with me and told me that I had won.

The final assembly is complete.

Continued assembly of the case, lots of polishing and glue.

In which I practice my etching and finish up a key part of the side panel.

Assembly of the case continues in this update alongside the construction of the left side panel.

In this update I start the actual assembly of the computer and install a piece of plexiglass in the top panel.

In this update I do some minor work on the front panel of the case and attempt to make hinges. I also spend a bunch of time breaking working electronics so I can move their buttons onto a control panel.