![]() ![]() His latest build began in January as VIA announced its new palm-sized motherboard, the EPIA P820-12L Pico ITX which features a 1.2GHz VIA Nano 64-bit x86 processor on an integrated VX855 chipset and Integrated VIA Chrome9 3D/2D AGP graphics capable of 1080p HD playback. With the mantra "it doesn't have to be ugly" in mind, and the timely release of the VIA mini-ITX motherboard, he managed to fit all of the necessary components into a cigar box, bringing the Humidor PC to life in 2002 and starting on an epic journey that's resulted in over 20 case mods now dotted throughout his Florida home. He first toyed with the idea of creating his own case mod when the invasion of the beige began but the cost of the technology necessary took a good while to reach an affordable level. Jeffrey Stephenson got his first computer in 1983 (a Texas Instruments TI-99 4/A in black with brushed aluminum trim). The latest stylish addition to his expanding collection was inspired by the six drive Thermaltake Level 10 gaming monster and includes VIA's latest Pico board which pumps out 1080p video, 160GB of solid state storage, 2GB of memory and a DVD burner. Seasoned case modder and hater of all things beige, Jeffrey Stephenson has been squeezing fully functional mini-PCs into all sorts of strange and beautiful outer shell designs ever since first crunching a VIA mini-ITX motherboard into a cigar box in 2002. ![]()
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