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  • Re: LPX: The PC's Missing Link (YT video)

    From Adrian Caspersz@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 23 20:18:34 2025
    On 22/07/2025 23:03, George Musk wrote:
    Interesting video about PC form factors and PSU history https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGoM3Sqr2-w
    even mentions Usenet couple of times.

    That's the "Cathode Ray Dude - CRD", guy who tries and does manage to
    pack some good technical content that makes watching his hour plus vids
    a lot more palatable than Hollywood film nonsense.

    Disappointing he got to the bottom of the rabbithole of exactly where
    the mechanical design of the ATX power supply was ripped from, the
    placement of the mounting screws, form factor etc...

    Anyone know the origin? Wasn't IBM....

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  • From Al Kossow@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Jul 23 22:18:41 2025
    On 7/23/25 3:18 AM, Adrian Caspersz wrote:

    Anyone know the origin? Wasn't IBM....


    Intel

    http://bitsavers.org/pdf/intel/ATX

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  • From Adrian Caspersz@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Jul 24 15:26:23 2025
    On 23/07/2025 13:18, Al Kossow wrote:
    On 7/23/25 3:18 AM, Adrian Caspersz wrote:

    Anyone know the origin? Wasn't IBM....


    Intel

    http://bitsavers.org/pdf/intel/ATX

    Thanks, knew about that sometime ago then my memory got wiped.

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