Computers with ports coming out the front?

Heh.. While looking at a Transactor Magazine tonite (fomr something else), I had noticed this bit in the new Products Section (from January 1986) Commodore 64 Remote Keyboard Conversion Kit What it is - an extension ribbon cable for the 64 keyboard top with shells for the PCboard bottom and Keyboard top. From the news item: Remote Keyboard Conversion Kit If you have a Remote Keyboard Conversion Kit - Here's that you have: [picture of keyboard in front of bottom of 64 with ports facing the keyboard] - a keyboard for your lap, lean back-relax. - Keyboard to pass around when playing games - Keyboard not restricted in movement by 5 cables - A computer with cable plugs facing you (in the 64's design that would be Parallel user port, TV, Video, Disk Drive/Printer, Cassette and Cartridge.) - A Computer you can change cabling and accessories easily. - Color keyed to match the original unit (the brownish breadbox style) Friendly Systems, Inc. 1845 Range St. Suite A Boulder, CO 80301 (from page 77 of the Jan '86 Transactor Vol.6,Iss.4) And didn't some rack mounted 8-bits (Apple, Atari, and 64) have the ports out the front? I read about such units at major software places like EA, they were custom mountings though. ... Thinking on that you might find rack mounted PCs with forward ports too in late 80's industrial component catalogs... Larry -- 01000011 01001111 01001101 01001101 01001111 01000100 01001111 01010010 01000101 Larry Anderson - Sysop of Silicon Realms BBS (209) 754-1363 300-14.4k bps Set your 8-bit C= rigs to sail for http://www.portcommodore.com/ 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01010101 01010100 01000101 01010010 01010011