Kids computers - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Mar 2000

...
 I did the same thing, although I added a twist, I
installed one of >these 
new (and dirt cheap) removable drive caddy things that you >mount an IDE 
drive inside of. I install software on a "master" disk, >which has a bulk 
copy program on it. Then I copy the entire drive >over to a built in drive 
on the same IDE cable. I have a switch on >the outside of the case that 
makes the internal drive a "master" or >slave (dpdt toggle that is wired 
with wire wrap wire to the four >pins constituting the jumper positions on 
the drive.

Switch the internal drive back to "master" status and reboot. Makes >fixing 
things when my 4.5 yr old drags the entire desktop into the >recycle bin 
and flushes it a lot easier!

--Chuck 
Old Pentium class computers make excellent kids computers. But if you're 
*really* on budget, an old Mac Plus or, if they don't like the Mac Plus' 
lack of color graphics, a Mac LC would be perfect.
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David Vohs, Digital Archaeologist & Computer Historian.

Computer Collection:

"Triumph": Commodore 64C, 1802, 1541, FSD-1, GeoRAM 512, Okimate 20.
"Leela": Macintosh 128 (Plus upgrade), Nova SCSI HDD, Imagewriter II.
"Delorean": TI-99/4A.
"Monolith": Apple Macintosh Portable.
"Spectrum": Tandy Color Computer 3.
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