29 Nov
2006
29 Nov
'06
3:19 p.m.
[Whitechapel Hitec]
Maybe earlier boot ROMs would work with just 512K or something.
-tony
Was the case based on the one used for the 32xxx
machines? Or something
totally different? (Google is proving no help!)
I have no idea, I've never seen an original case.
But the motherboard is PC/AT form factor, with the standard 12 pin PC/AT
power connector, 8 expansion connecotors at the normal spacing, a DIN
socket for the keyboard where you'd expect it, and so on. My guess is
that they used a plain PC/AT case
Oh and a word of warning for the 32016-based MG1
Whitechapels. The
mainboard has 512K RAM, but the boot ROM needs 1.5M to boot.
Ha ha - that's interesting. I wonder why they did it that way? (I mean, why
put any memory on the mainboard itself if the system's always going to require
expansion boards anyway).