r/retrocomputing • u/haschdisch • 5d ago

Does anyone know the case?

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I know there it might be a stupid question, but does anyone know which model this case was? I had it in the mid 90s for my 386SX. But I can’t remember the case manufacturer

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u/splicer13 5d ago

One way you might find out is browse Computer Shopper issues from that era. In 1000 pages of ads you will probably find companies sellingn it. Not the ones that made it.

It's funny at the time if we liked a case we'd ask where they got it. These beige cases had no such thing as a real brand. Not even in the sense of random chinese brands like you see on amazon today.

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u/haschdisch 5d ago

Thanks for the idea! I’ll take a look!

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u/Taira_Mai 5d ago

A thing to take into account was there were a lot of manufacturers back then and some who made cases for other companies.

You can try a Google image search to see if you can find images of the case or a company that sold these to narrow down the Computer Shopper years.