You might want to avoid the cement, and use either hot glue (in which case you can use small pieces of wood to provide the 90' angles) or re-design the case to use nuts and bolts. They remain help in place with friction, allowing me to work in the enclosure as required. Note: I assembled my unit using acrylic cement, leaving the screen panel and lid unattached.

The 3D Model files are NOT accurate enough to cut from. If you have a 3D modeling program, use the 3D model data in this repo to get a good idea of how the pieces will fit together (feel free to improve upon them!). I converted them to SVG in case you can't read Visio files. The guides are in Visio format, as this is the format the cutter I used - a Helix - likes best. Or perhaps some combination.Ī set of cutting guides is included in this repo, but you must make sure they match the keyboard and screen you are going to use. You can take the simple route and use a Pi Zero with the PigFX terminal emulator and a Serial Hat, or you can go the more advanced path and use a Pi 3 running Cool-Retro-Term and a USB-Serial adaptor. The keys light up, but they can be turned off for a period feel. A nice clicky keyboard, such as this one from Amazon.An LCD screen with HDMI input, preferably with a 4:3 display ratio, such as this one from Amazon.Check out the left-over scraps box in your local plastics supply store. I used 3mm acrylic in white and semi-opaque black. Enough acrylic sheets to cut out the required shapes.Don't trust my plans over your own common sense! It can get expensive to keep re-cutting acrylic if a mistake is made. Note: Please triple-check the panels are exactly as you want them to be. If you have a branch of company such as TAP Plastics nearby, go in and have a chat to see what they can do for you. If you don't have access to a laser cutter, it's possible to submit plans online and get pieces in return from mail-order companies. When cemeted together, this produces a solid unit that can withstand an 11-year-old playing Zork. Rather than 3D print the pieces, I designed them to be cut out of acrylic using a laser cutter. This is a possible solution if you need a dedicated display for a retro-computer kit (for example, an Altair-Arduino, PiDP11/70 or RC2014 ), and don't want to buy a used DEC VT terminal from eBay. This is a brief description of how to build a retro-styled terminal, using a USB keyboard and a Raspberry Pi with serial adapter.

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