Mythotechnica

Past Work

TOPCON AT-B3 Cyberdeck

Open yellow TOPCON case with a screen in the lid and a mechanical keyboard in the base

I found this case in a second-hand shop. It was made to carry a Topcon AT-B3 surveying level, and it looked like it wanted to be a cyberdeck. There’s no wood in this one, for a change.

I kept the case’s identity. The model name stays on the outside, and the desktop uses Topcon’s colours, logo and font in Conky, with a wallpaper of the level that used to live in the case.

I have no connection to Topcon, and they may not love what I did with their case. If you want to build one, the newer AT-B4 and other AT-B series cases turn up on eBay regularly and have the same layout. In the US, Sokkia makes a similar case in red for the B40A and B30A.

The cyberdeck open with the screen off
Top-down view of the keyboard set into the base of the case
The cyberdeck closed, looking like an ordinary yellow equipment case