Apple IIe Motherboard X-Ray

[Bryan Pope]

And thusly were the wise words spake by Evan Koblentz
> 
> >>>> cutting my Apple IIe motherboard in half
> 
> Why? 
> 

Evan, Evan, Evan...  Ever see the *Portable* Atari 2600?! :) It is 
know as the VCSp and was done by Ben Heck.  More info here:
http://www.benheck.com , then scroll down and click on 
"VCSp Rev 1".

Cheers,

Bryan

> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Stockly [mailto:grant at stockly.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 6:23 PM
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org; cctech at classiccmp.org
> Subject: Apple IIe Motherboard X-Ray
> 
> I posted this to CSA2 today.  I figured you guys would want to download
> these files.  If you're anything like me, then you're a digital pack rat.  ;
> )
> 
> In preparation for cutting my Apple IIe motherboard in half I decided it
> would help to have an x-ray of the board.  This way it will be easy to
> determine the most efficient cut line.
> 
> I've included an X-Ray of a Disk II card just for fun.
> 
> The X-Rays are at 300dpi.  I'm not an X-Ray tech so my calibration was a
> little off.  Our resident X-ray guy is gone today.  I'm not sure he would be
> interested in an Apple IIe motherboard any way.  ; )  Some areas are dark.
> By adjusting "Levels" in photoshop you can bring them out.
> 
> The motherboard received a dose rate of 17.84 R/min for the scans and
> calibration.  About 27 minutes (for 3 scans and a calibration).  This would
> have been a dose of 482 Rad.
> 
> The Disk II card received the same dose rate, but it was in the vault for
> the whole time the motherboard was in there.  It received radiation for a
> total of about 32 minutes.  571 Rad.
> 
> To put it in perspective, if a group of people were exposed to that dose
> 50-90% would die after 30 days.  (90% without intensive medical care).
> Primary cause of death is internal bleeding and infections.
> Females become permanently sterile.
> 
> Motherboard:
> http://www.stockly.com/images2/061228-Apple_II_80kv6ma35ms36SFD-Cut%20Edges.
> jpg
> 
> Disk II:
> http://www.stockly.com/images2/061228-Disk_II_80kv6ma35ms36SFD-Cut%20Edges.j
> pg
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Grant 
>