Hello everyone, I figured this list is big enough to ask and get your opinions. My big question is, would you buy remanufactured vintage computers ? I have [snip] Sound nice to you ? Oh, and if you can see cracks in the idea, please share them but remember, I'm stress-testing the idea, I don't want to start flame wars. Thank you very much -- Alex Lovin - www.erasereality.3x.ro -----REPLY----- Hi Alex! Your plans seem extremely ambitious. I have been designing my own home brew computer for the N8VEM home brew computing project and I know it is a lot of work. There are many details to consider when producing your own computer -- too many to even begin to list here. Have you considered just making a "simple" vintage computer like a plain Z80 S-100 board? Maybe a S-100 SRAM board or IO board? There are many of possibilities. Maybe a "big board" work alike or an ISA backplane based system using an i8086? A small SBC based on the 68008? I know there was some recent interest in an S-100 68K processor on CCTALK. Maybe that would be a fun project and work your way up to something as sophisticated as a multiprocessor design. Building a system from theory to reality is a complex undertaking so I recommend a gradual approach. Start small, make something real, and build from there to what you are describing. I don't think you'll make it in a single leap. Whatever you decide, I recommend building a working prototype *before* proceding into any sort of manufacturing. Believe me, getting a working prototype will give you large insight into how complex this really is. I build working prototypes of all my N8VEM designs and find it has a great effect of separating the fantasy from the practical reality. Its why I tend to favor simple working designs over high risk complicated systems. Thanks and have a nice day! Andrew Lynch