Matteo from Ithaca, NY, repurposed an obsolete computer to serve a clock. He calls it steampunk but it looks more like it survived a wicked house fire…
This Macintosh Classic II (circa 1990) has a new life as a shelf-top clock. Running MacOS 7 at 16mhz on 4mb ram and a 20mb hard drive, it features a dozen-or-so different shareware/freeware clock and time applications, including a world clock, moon clock, sunrise-sunset data, count-down event timer, and “fate clock” (counts down in seconds to your life-expectancy-based predicted moment of death). The internal computer chassis was removed from the original off-white case, adorned with beads and glitter-glue, and then spray painted flat black (including the mouse). Keeps accurate time, and chimes appropriately on the hour, half-hour, and 15 and 45 minute marks.
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Looks cool (wouldn’t call it steampunk, though)… I really like the exposed monitor. But it’s definitely not cat or toddler friendly, so it won’t be making its way into my house ;)
I think the artistic style is just plain punk, no steam. Cool project in any case.
Not seeing any brass elements or Victorian touches.
I’m not trying to sound unkind. Honestly, I’m all for making good use of the nearly unusable/making something from nothing but this is not Steampunk.
I vote for Junkpunk. If not that, then Gomipunk? Ok then, just LoTek? I could imagine having seen it in “Johnny Mnemonic.”
Presumably it also wipes out radio reception for blocks around…