"John Oram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] >From my perspective it is good fun to keep the old box and install new > innards. Then watch the folks scratch their heads when you run new > software on a 15 to 20 year old box.
I'm torn between the two. I do like keeping the old "original" systems running (as much to stay in touch with my computing "roots" as anything), but the idea of a sleeper capable of doing all the neat tricks is appealing too. This reminds me of a website I recently stubled into dedicated to drag racing minivans. Apparently, a stock 1990's Chrysler minivan with a turb 4 cylinder engine is capable of blasting past most "sports" cars in the quarter mile, and these pages are filled with pictures of woodie-paneled minivans humiliating Corvettes, Mustangs and others. A carcass for an old computer (heaven forbid we actually knife a functioning unit!) are quite cheap, and in thinking about it, the chassis of an AppleII is certainly large enough to accomodate some of the newer boards and power supplys! That WOULD be a fun project. Getting the original keyboard to function might be a challenge though... - Bob To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
