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From: bro@eunomia.rice.edu (Douglas Monk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Putting a 1040st into a IBM style case
Summary: Tech Specialties has a kit...
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Date: 12 Jun 90 18:06:07 GMT
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In article <1990Jun10.041536.16981@wolves.uucp> brian@wolves.uucp (Brian Daniels) writes:
>I would like to take my 1040ST and put it into a IBM xt or AT style case.
[...]
>PS:does anyone produce a commercial kit to do this with? I have heard rumors 
>of such...
>Brian Daniels (brian@wolves)

Tech Specialties here in Houston has kits to do that. One uses a custom case
rather than an IBM-style, so all the connectors on the ST motherboard connect
outside right, including the cartridge port (probably the hardest to get right
in a roll-your-own project I would expect). The detached keyboard is built 
using your own keyboard and a modified version of your original case (you 
trade in your old one or make a deposit until you send it in, or you can
buy it outright). I have seen them installed versions of the kit, and they 
look solid. The footprint is a bit odd (kind of like a hybrid between an AT
case and a Mega?). The Tech Specialities catalog isn't with me, but you can 
reach them at:

(713) 691-4527 or (713) 691-4528

Ask for a catalog: it's a nice one. One caveat: they are not really good
at hand-holding, expecting you to either have the technical competence or
to know someone who does and who will do the work for you. I'm not sure
how difficult it is to install one of these kits. Maybe I'll check when
I get my hard drive back from them... :-(.

Doug Monk (bro@rice.edu)

Disclaimer: These views are mine, not necessarily my organization's.