allegro@sunpix.UUCP ( SunVis) (07/27/89)
Are there any alternate style cases to put a 520/1040 ST in so it has a detached keyboard? I'm getting a little tired of the 'all in one' style box. -- uucp: mcnc!rti!sunpix!steve or mcnc!rti!sunpix!allegro |Stephen McKay Matson "FRODO LIVES!!" COLORADO DREAMS | Daddy to be Support the formation of a multi-national space agency.|_______________________ Mans destiny belongs to the stars. | MARS OR BUST
kelly@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Sean Kelly) (07/29/89)
In article <725@greens.UUCP> allegro@sunpix.UUCP ( SunVis) writes: > Are there any alternate style cases to put a 520/1040 ST in so it has a > detached keyboard? I'm getting a little tired of the 'all in one' style > box. [...] I'm starting to get desparate myself! I'm almost ready to go out and get a cardboard box, some wires, and a cooling fan (that 1040ST internal drive gets HOT sitting over those chips!), and separate my keyboard from the rest of the computer. There are real advantages to having a separate box to hold all the important stuff, notably the fact the cables are easier to hide. Also, moving the 1040 around bends, wears, and tears the eight (eight!!!) cables coming out of back and side. It'd be terribly convenient to have both floppy drives sitting right next to each other. The only problem is that a cardboard box that says `Jim Beam' on the side doesn't seem to make a high-impact power-computing statement. So, has anyone produced a really nice alternate case for our beloved system? -- kelly (sean) `What is the wasting?' kelly@nmtsun.nmt.edu `The wasting is ... the wasting!' Std disclaimers apply `Ahhhhh.' --Dr ? --
bro@titan.rice.edu (Douglas Monk) (08/22/89)
Tech Specialties in Houston offers a CPU case that moves the motherboard, floppies, and hard drive(s) into an AT or tower type case, and puts the original keyboard into a modified (smaller) case connected by cable to the CPU. I don't have info on price or Tech Specialties' address, but they have adds in Computer Shopper last I checked, and I saw a CPU case at the World of Atari show in Dallas. Doug Monk (bro@rice.edu) Disclaimer: These views are mine, not necessarily my organization's.