31 Mar
2011
31 Mar
'11
2 p.m.
Bill Sudbrink wrote:
Ah! There I would disagree. The case is not in half
bad shape. If you
have Superboard you would like to mount, it could be just the thing for
you. That said, I think around $100 US is about the top of its value.
I had to google (I'm not at all familiar with OSI stuff), but it seems that
the keyboard is integral to the Superboard, right? So you'd basically be
paying for a bit of bent metal, wooden (?) sides and a PSU - and it's a bit
of bent metal which needs sanding down and repainting, at that (and I've no
idea if those decals come off easily!).
Considering it's $22 in shipping... anything seems like a lot to me :-)
cheers
Jules
31 Mar
31 Mar
2:05 p.m.
No, I don't think the sides are wooden. I have one of these models
(http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/collection/challenger1.htm) and the
sides are metal.
They are very vintage in apparence and function and I've glad I've got one.
My oldest computer and the one that really started me collecting.
Terry
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Bill Sudbrink wrote:
Ah! There I would disagree. The case is not in
half bad shape. If you
have Superboard you would like to mount, it could be just the thing for
you. That said, I think around $100 US is about the top of its value.
I had to google (I'm not at all familiar with OSI stuff), but it seems
that the keyboard is integral to the Superboard, right? So you'd basically
be paying for a bit of bent metal, wooden (?) sides and a PSU - and it's a
bit of bent metal which needs sanding down and repainting, at that (and
I've no idea if those decals come off easily!).
Considering it's $22 in shipping... anything seems like a lot to me :-)
cheers
Jules
2:49 p.m.
Terry Stewart wrote:
No, I don't think the sides are wooden. I have
one of these models
(http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/collection/challenger1.htm) and the
sides are metal.
Yes, I think you're probably right - the 4P looks like it might be wood on
the sides (but possibly retaining the same top/front/back formed metal
sheet), but the 1P seems to be metal (are the sides fastened to the bottom
of the case, or is it one complete piece?)
They are very vintage in apparence and function and
I've glad I've got
one. My oldest computer and the one that really started me collecting.
One of the things I really like about machines of that era is that often
the user built their own case - some of them can be rather elegant, but
I've seen some real horrors, too :-)
cheers
Jules
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