[cctalk] Re: IBM PC/XT and NEC "gold" tam

On Saturday, January 21, 2023, 03:56:06 PM EST, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: Why not gold-plate? Gold was under $200 an ounce fora while, and the thickness was thin. In all honesty I hadn't allowed for non gold plated lids. Didn't know they were a thing. I certainly have no problem with gilded ram. I found the thing at a vcf swap meet. No one else wanted it (?) so I snagged it. Along with a no unnamed 5160 clone that to my amazement had a black IBM p\s inside. Maybe I'll pull that mobo and insert Goldilocks.