Where are you anyway? Canada or US?
What about a clone? I might be able to find you one of those. And you're totally w/i
your rights to decline, just please don't because it ain't an IBeeMer. Even an
Apple might be a possibility. I can't control shipping costs, USPS isn't too bad
usually, but maybe for 20-30$ I could rustle you up something. Would ship from 07731 NJ.
Point taken though. But for as many people that truly want to learn discrete h/w, there
is always something available for 100-150$. And
often much less.
One of the coolest projects I've seen to date is the Radio Electronics RE Robot brain,
80188 based. I have everything - schematics, artwork, firmware images, even a contact
(named Chris!) who built the whole robot. Gernsback used to have a bbs. What I
wouldn't do for those archives. But at least I have all the raw materials, and a
"revolutionary" new way of making pcb's _at_home_, that works all the time
I'm told. And the project is at least somewhat tried and true,being it was an actual
board manufactured by Vesta Technology, who's still around.
Hey Jules, I have a dead 5160 mainboard with some weird wire routing going on. For
shippage.
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 2:53 PM PST Jules Richardson wrote:
On 02/26/2013 03:42 PM, Chris Tofu wrote:
Apples and IBMs are somewhat plentiful.
Hmm, I'd love to find an Apple II or an IBM 5150 (or '60, but I'm not too
bothered about having a hard disk). I don't think there are any even remotely nearby
though, which means shipping (and worse still, the possibility of ebay prices)