These darned old computers

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Sat Aug 24 19:46:00 2002

On Sat, 24 Aug 2002, Tony Duell wrote:

> That is not 'taking everything out'. Taking everything out would imply
> removing the drives, drive tower, both PSUs, etc. The only time you need
> to do that is when you want to remove the metalwork that supports the CPU
> board, which isn't very often.

I'm comparing it to the Apple ][. Pop the lid, stuff in the card, put the
lid back.

> I have taken M3s and M4s totally apart for cleaning. They're not that bad
> when you get used to them. Large numbers of screws have never bothered me
> though.

It's a brain-dead design, in line with a lot what Radio Shack put out over
the years.

> You have a full 6809 expansion bus on the side of the machine. What more
> do you want?

A composite video output ;)

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