Bob: The greatest difficulty with fixing some of the older computers is when the interior has burned to a crisp. I find the solution is to save parts from several older units to make a good running stock one. Then see what sort of fun you can have with a unique case design.
John Oram Bob George wrote: > > "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 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
