19 Sep
2004
19 Sep
'04
5:05 p.m.
I'd
probably do that on a normal Beeb, but this is an Acorn Cambridge
Workstation. And while I don't normally worry about modifications, this
machine is sufficiently rare that I don't want to do anything
irreversable to it (I don't mind soldering bits on the circuit boards,
doing the sideways RAM hack, etc, but I don't want to cut holes in it.
Ahh, I might have something for you then...
I've got a spare ABC shell that I really don't want to throw out but
have no idea what to do with. Would suit someone who didn't want to cut
holes in their own machine!
It's just the outer shell (including black rear panel), Cub internals,
and the black clip-on front bezel is toast. No B+ board, no drives, no
coprocessor, not even any of the metal side trays. (The lack of side
trays is curious - I can't imagine why those would go missing even if
Well, if some board-swapper wanted to swap out the coprocessor board,
it's easier to do it complete with the tray. Or maybe somebody wanted to
try a diffeent coprocessor (I pulled the 32016 tray from my ACW to test
my ARM eveluation system after fixing the latter's PSU -- it was the
easiest 'BBC' to get to...)
-tony