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Re: Glass or perspex sided computer cases

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From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject Re: Glass or perspex sided computer cases
Newsgroups aus.computers
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Date 2025-01-08 06:54 +1000
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Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> wrote:
> Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> wrote:
>>> Many cases now have glass sides. but what about radiation from the
>>> components inside? cases were all metal to shield radiation.
>> Well the fronts always tended to be plastic, so a clear plastic (or
>> I guess top-end models _might_ use glass) side isn't that much
>> different for shielding.
> 
> yes but there was/is usually a fair bit of metal behind it

Depends. Some have a big gap at in the metal at the front.
Particularly some horizontal desktop cases like of the 1990s
Pentium 1 PC I'm posting from now.

>> Laptops are already unshielded though (mine drowns out weak FM
>> radio stations when it's running), and EM radiation from poorly
>> shielded USB cables (and before that serial cables) are well
>> known in the form of "mouse noise" picked up by PC speaker cables
>> running nearby.
>>
>> The computer world is already a mess of EM noise, so I don't think
>> clear case sides change much. Users could always fit some wire mesh
>> inside the case window if concerned about it anyway.
> 
> that would kinda defeat the purpose of a glass side

Well it doesn't defeat the purpose of the window on microwaves. But
the purpose of a window on the side of a PC is unclear anyway.

>> I do quite like this approach to a clear PC case:
>> https://hackaday.com/2019/06/10/somethings-fishy-about-this-computer/
>>
> 
> eek! no thanks!

Really? Oh well, tastes vary. If I was interested in liquid cooling
I'd be quite tempted to try it.

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Glass sided computer cases Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-06 11:49 +1100
  Re: Glass sided computer cases Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2025-01-06 16:06 +1100
    Re: Glass sided computer cases MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-07 15:11 +1100
  Re: Glass sided computer cases Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-01-06 18:23 +1100
    Re: Glass sided computer cases Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-01-06 19:36 +1100
    Re: Glass sided computer cases MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-07 15:12 +1100
  Re: Glass sided computer cases "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> - 2025-01-06 22:35 +1100
    Re: Glass sided computer cases Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2025-01-07 00:16 +1100
    Re: Glass sided computer cases MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-07 15:14 +1100
  Re: Glass sided computer cases not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-01-07 07:18 +1000
    Re: Glass sided computer cases Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> - 2025-01-07 11:58 +1000
      Re: Glass sided computer cases Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-07 16:57 +1100
    Re: Glass or perspex sided computer cases Mighty Mouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-07 16:54 +1100
      Re: Glass or perspex sided computer cases not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-01-08 06:54 +1000
        Re: Glass or perspex sided computer cases MightyMouse <"squeak!"@thecheesefactory.com> - 2025-01-08 11:28 +1100
          Re: Glass or perspex sided computer cases Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-01-08 11:12 +1000
          Re: Glass or perspex sided computer cases Keithr0 <nothing.to.see@here.com.au> - 2025-01-08 13:38 +1000
  Re: Glass sided computer cases Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2025-01-15 12:34 +1100

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