Re: platinum IIe: upper swap

[kkenn@cola.pax.tpa.com.au (Kristian Kennaway)]

sebugg@CS1.PRESBY.EDU (Stephen Buggie) writes:

> 
>                 CAN A PLATINUM IIE CASING BE MOUNTED OVER
>                   AN "EARLY IIE" MOTHERBOARD??????
>                 =========================================
> 
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> My home computer is a "middle version," and it has an 8MHz ZIP CHIP installed
> I recently acquired a "platinum IIe" as a spare, but since this has the numer
> keypad I wish to use this as my main computer and retire the "middle IIe" to
> a closet -- IT will become the spare.
> 
> Because I am reluctant to remove and reinsert the ZIP CHIP to the platinum
> motherboard, instead I want to lift off the top plastic casings and switch
> them between the two computers.  This maneuver will eliminate any need to
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I'd just swap the zip chip...changing the motherboard is much more 
complicated and I'm not sure it would even work.
 
Kristian


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