On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Tony Duell wrote:
> Somewhat like the Xerox Daybreak, which is also very modular and easy to
> easter-egg. On that machine, the 5 main boards (memory/video, memory
> expansion, processor, I/O, I/O expansion) have metal brackets with
> connectors on the back, each is held in by 2 thumbscrews. There's a
> plastic door which you can open and unclip to reveal the PSU and hard
> disk, each of which is held in with more thumbscrews. The only module you
> need a tool to remove is the fan tray (remove the 2 screws on the cable
> clamp assembly, then take off the clamp, pull out the fan tray).
Yes, but in my experience the thumbscrews on the Daybreak are sometimes
murder on your fingers to turn. But yes, the Daybreak and Lisa are
designed similarly in terms of their ability to be stripped down with very
little or no tools.
> My worry (as always) is that either the machine will damage the new PSU,
> or the new PSU will be defective and damage the machine...
I see...
> Your offer is quite safe (you could make it a Lisa 1 without worrying) --
> the chances of me coming to the States are exactly zero. And I don't know
> how on earth I'd get something like that back across the Pond without
> wrecking it (friends of mine who've taken computers, etc on aeroplanes
> have some very nasty stories...)
I only have one bad story to relate but that is Hans' fault :)
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