I found an empty rack today, not sure of the dimensions. It had nothing
but rails and a power cord. At the top, it had something like "Camex" in
blue letters, I forgot exactly what by the time I got home. Next to the
name, it had some kind of snowflake-like emblem. Does anyone in the
Boston area want this thing? I will inquire if there is anything more
where that came from...
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This is an unofficial page for Forward Air, a company that claims to have
very reasonable air freight rates for packages. This page was put together
>from the perspective of an arcade machine afficianado(sp?), but plenty of
info here for all. Just thought I'd pass it on in case someone needs it or
hasn't heard of it, or whatever.
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/6996/forwardair.html
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Please do. I'd like to see it, but I would rather keep the original case,
or an exact or near to it replica in another material. Doug had a good idea
with the chrome look, but I think I would have to actually tool a metal
case and get it chromed for it to look good, too much money for me, but it
would look neat, maybe with some red glowing lights behind the vents ala
Terminator. :)
Hmmmm. I do have the empty SE/30 case to practice on, but I just got
another idea while looking at my mini-tower 233mmx:
Cut out one whole side of it, replace with plexiglass or glass panel so I
can see all the goodies inside, maybe throw some little 5v LEDs into it to
make it purty...
I'm getting too many cool ideas here. I need to stop thinking and start
putting this in action.
At 04:45 PM 7/14/98 -0500, Poesie wrote:
>My girlfriend works for a sign company that does small and large scale
>signage; including printing out vinyl signs. they can print onto lexan,
>transparent vinyl, aluminum, etc etc; our project last week was making a
>tower case out of clear acrylic, and putting some various translucent
>designs on it (including a very dashing "Linux Powered" logo.) the company
>is www.fastsigns.com, there are local all over the US and i believe also
>england. for a full colour case design (they can scan and print any graphic)
>it's usually about $50 US and then the cost of the materials. most likely
>under $100. i'll upload some shots of this awesome case once i get my
>digital camera back from a friend.
>
>-Eric
>
>
>
>
>>Absolutely! :-)
>>
>>I'd certainly be interested in a Mac with a neat paint job. It would
>>have to be something interesting, though, after all, even I cold do solid
>>colors. :-)
>>
>>A while back MacAddict gave away some custom painted Power Mac 5100's.
>>They weren't very intersting, though, just crazy designs.
>>
>>Tom Owad
>>
>
>
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> I was just wondering, how many computers do all you have out there???
Right. My turn now. Unlike most of you, it seems, a lot of my computers
don't work. I seem to acquire faster than I can repair - perhaps
because computers are just one hobby among many, perhaps because
acquiring computers is relatively easy...
I have about 60. Last time I counted I got to about 51 but I don't
think I got them all.
A selection:
Assorted PETs, at least one C64 and a couple of VIC 20s (one with
missing keytop);
Assorted PDPs in various states of disrepair, plus a large number of
spare M-series boards (both Unibus and Qbus, including several CPU
boards) and a couple of Rainbows;
Several BBC model Bs (don't know what sorts) and an electron;
Tatung Einstein, TI 99/4A;
Sinclair ZX81, Spectrum, Spectrum +2;
IBM PC-AT, 6150 (= RT PC tower model), System/23 (5332 Datamaster);
A couple of Compaq 386 lapdogs;
HP 71C, 75C, 85, 86, 87 (but the HP I use most is my 28C - I suppose
that's a classic now);
Sirius-1, FTS Series-88 (nearly two of those), Superbrain;
I recently got a couple of Apple ][ and a couple of Exidy Sorcerors;
But my favourite is the Tektronix 4052 graphics box. With luck, I'll
bring it to the VCF this autumn ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H fall.
Philip.
A question about the Sorcerer: I heard once that it used 8-track tapes.
Is this true, or did they mistake a cartridge for a cassette?
>I recently got a couple of Apple ][ and a couple of Exidy Sorcerors;
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My girlfriend works for a sign company that does small and large scale
signage; including printing out vinyl signs. they can print onto lexan,
transparent vinyl, aluminum, etc etc; our project last week was making a
tower case out of clear acrylic, and putting some various translucent
designs on it (including a very dashing "Linux Powered" logo.) the company
is www.fastsigns.com, there are local all over the US and i believe also
england. for a full colour case design (they can scan and print any graphic)
it's usually about $50 US and then the cost of the materials. most likely
under $100. i'll upload some shots of this awesome case once i get my
digital camera back from a friend.
-Eric
>Absolutely! :-)
>
>I'd certainly be interested in a Mac with a neat paint job. It would
>have to be something interesting, though, after all, even I cold do solid
>colors. :-)
>
>A while back MacAddict gave away some custom painted Power Mac 5100's.
>They weren't very intersting, though, just crazy designs.
>
>Tom Owad
>
On Jul 14, 10:55, Max Eskin wrote:
> Subject: Re: How many computers?
> A question about the Sorcerer: I heard once that it used 8-track tapes.
> Is this true, or did they mistake a cartridge for a cassette?
No, they used "ROM Pac"s, which consist of a small circuit board with a
decoder chip and 4 x 2KB ROMs mounted inside a gutted 8-track tape
cartridge.
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Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
On Jul 14, 6:50, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> Use paints that have glue type solvents, ones with toluene, acetone and
xylene
> that will melt into the finsih below and/or plastic and bond after
sanding
> with 400 sandpaper, works great.
[snip]
> After it dries overnight (esp black) clean it down with a sponge and then
dry
> it off and the excess dust of overspray will be gone, just like a factory
> finish.
Philips used to supply small runs of OEM monitors which were spray-painted
in custom colours, instead of using different coloured plastic.
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Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
On Jul 14, 12:45, Hans Franke wrote:
> Subject: Re: How many computers?
> > BBC Microcomputer Model B-plus
>
> B-plus ? Never heard of it or is this jus another
> motherboard revision ?
The B-plus was a model introduced after the B but before the Master Series.
It had a lot of features of the Master 128, but was in a case just like a
Model B. The circuit board is completely different, though. Different
processor (65C12, IIRC), 64K RAM expandable to 128K, shadow memory and
extra modes, etc, and a very different layout.
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