LGR - The Monorail All-In-One Windows 95 PC (Patreon)
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Got this one finished just in time for tomorrow!
It's been quite an unusual week over here so it ended up taking a bit longer than expected to get this one completed, but y'know, so it goes. Also ended up uncovering an increasingly amusing story surrounding the history of this machine and the company behind it, so there's kind of a mini Tech Tales packed in here as well.
Anyway, this is the Monorail PC. Specifically the Model 133 from 1997! A fascinating Windows 95 computer indeed, and perhaps the very first all-in-one desktop PC with an integrated color LCD monitor. The case is made of die cut steel, too, a rather unusual choice for this form factor.
You'd think just looking at it that it would be some kind of industrial equipment, but nope! It was meant as an affordable system for first time computer buyers, with the central goal being to provide a complete system under a thousand bucks. At one point they were on track to become a multi-billion dollar company by the early 2000s, but well, that never happened for reasons that should become clear in the video.
Hope you enjoy this one!