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Here it is, the exciting project log of modding a computer into a TV stand kind of thing.
08/11/2003
Acquired the enclosure today. Made removable motherboard tray and rails (not yet installed). Mounted power supply.
08/13/2003
Mounted surge protector in bottom compartment. Installed blacklight (Why buy cold cathodes when you have fluorescent tubes lying around?)
09/01/2003
Got some long IDE cables and power extension cables and hooked up the hard drives. At this point I decided it might be a good idea to see if the computer actually still worked, so I did a test power-up. Aside from some troubles with one hard drive (which I've replaced) it works fine.