Thanks for all of the comments guys. :) I had hard time getting on here
or I would have responded sooner. :) I'm glad that people who wrote about
it seemed to like it. I have ordered parts for 20 and will be selling them
again for a reduced price (compared to the ebay auctions).
I'm looking forward to making other kits of other systems. I also have a
few original projects, like a 19,008 LED bit mapped display. Blinkin'
light Pong anyone?
The outside looks very cool and pretty accurate, though
I'm not
entirely sure if the number of connector punchouts on the rear panel
is correct..
The case is mechanically identical. The rear panel is the same as my
221846K (that Altair was used as the source for the kit). I didn't even
know what the two 1/4" holes under the DB25s were for until after I had
received the first case. In fact, I didn't even remember noticing
them! They are for the cassette interface. :)
But the solder-masked boards are wrong, at least for
the vintage Altair that I own(no masking, just tinned traces).
I thought this too, and did it to make mine different...however I recently
saw an 8800 on ebay with a green mask! It might have been a rev1 or even
rev2 board. The source boards did not have a solder mask. I made the mask
because I thought it was an improvement (and because it makes things a
little different).
OTOH, the crappy stranded white wire to connect the CPU
board to the
front panel is a nice "authentic" touch. I envied the guys with >Imsai
boxes...
Thats part of the experience that you're paying for when you get the kit! ;)
Grant