bit hard getting a mac into a pc case though, remember that macs have all
the connectors on board,
desie
-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_wco.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, June 08, 1998 5:41
Subject: Re: Early Mac Clones
>On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Tom Owad wrote:
>
>> What edition do you have? My 2nd edition book says a listing of clones
>> is given in edition 1, as oppose to just saying they exist. I'd love to
>> get a list of old Mac clones.
>
>I made a timely find today of the first edition of _Build Your Own
>Macintosh and Save a Bundle_. In Chapter 2 it has a price comparison
>between the clone "Cat" Mac and the real Mac. The computers it lists are:
>
>Cat Mac SE
>Cat Mac SE 30
>Cat Mac II
>Cat Mac IIfx
>Cat Mac IIcx
>Cat Mac IIci
>
>It will indeed be interesting if I ever find one of these homebrew clones
>(For the curious, the book basically tells you to buy Mac motherboards and
>parts from third-party suppliers and stick them in a PC case. That's it.)
>They would be hard to spot since I don't even give a first look to PC
>clone boxes. There's not really anything special about them anyway, other
>than the fact that it is novel.
>
>Sam Alternate e-mail:
dastar_at_siconic.com
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