Desie Hay wrote:
>
> bit hard getting a mac into a pc case though, remember that macs have all
> the connectors on board,
>
> desie
So do most PC motherboards. So when you put a "modern" PC
motherboard (ACX or whatever it's called) into (say) the chassis of
an old AT&T 6386E (the original motherboard makes a truly spiffy
decoration nailed to the wall), you use extension cables to the card
slots the way the extra serial ports have gone in PC clones since
Day One.
> -----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
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> >Ever onward.
> >
> > September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2
> > See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details!
> > [Last web page update: 05/30/98]
> >
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Received on Wed Jun 10 1998 - 22:16:04 BST