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From: kelly@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Sean Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Alt. ST box
Summary: MEGA look without the mega-price
Keywords: any around?
Message-ID: <3009@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Date: 28 Jul 89 21:16:12 GMT
References: <725@greens.UUCP>
Reply-To: kelly@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Sean Kelly)
Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro NM
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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?

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