29 Dec
2022
29 Dec
'22
12:21 a.m.
I do seem to recall some off the wall looking case in the articles. I'm not going to
reread them right now. I was under the misconceived assumption these would all be foumd in
such a case.
On Wednesday, December 28, 2022, 06:40:38 PM EST, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Not likely to show up.
They looked generally like a PC motherboard.
They had 9 62 pin ISA slots, with alternate (5) positioned same as 5150
(could use a 5150 case), and then another 4 placed in between those.
(for those who don't remember, 5150 (PC) had 5 slots; 5160 (XT) had 8
slots, but the spacing was different. Also, one slot of the XT had
"timing difference(s)", so IBM filled it with a "FREE" serial port, so
that people wouldn't plug other boards into it.)
I MIGHT have had one in an aftermarket 5150 case (same as aftermarket 5160
case, but with removable back slot panel, with a 5 slot panel)
One was loose - instead of a case, it rested on top of an issue of
MicroTimes.
I did not have top covers on many of my machines.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
On Wed, 28 Dec 2022, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
Fred,
Those don't sound familiar, are they SBCs?
If I did end up with them, it's a crap shoot as to whether they'll turn up
or not. I was left with 20% of the collection and I've gone through about
25% of that 20%, and I re-discover neat and interesting stuff all the time
as I continue to dig through boxes.
Sellam
On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 2:48 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Dec 2022, Chris via cctalk wrote:
>> What was the name of Steve Ciarcia's outfit, Micromint? I see no entries
>> for that. That bizarro-world IBM compatible he offered years ago is
>> insane enough to love. Want to build me one.
>
> micromint MPX-16
>
> I had two of them, one having the optional board for 5150/5160 keyboard.
> I ran the DeSmet compiler on them.
>
> 20? years ago, I had to give away a lot of stuff, including them. I think
> that Sellam got them, but much of his collection was lost.
>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
>