Re: Cut Apple IIe in half

["RedskullDC" <RDC@oz.org>]

"Grant Stockly" <grant@stockly.com> wrote in message 
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>I want to put Apple IIe guts in a smaller case.  The only way to do it
> is cut the motherboard in half.  There is a good spot 4.3 inches from
> the slot side.
>
> Has anyone ever heard of someone cutting the motherboard in half and
> then soldering jumper wires to each half to make it work again?  I will
> have to make small right angle card adaptors for the 80 col card and
> peripheral cards.
>
> I'd really hate to have to make a new motherboard.  That would cost
> ~$500-600 and take 3 weeks.  : (
>
> Grant
>

If you don't need any slots, you could always buy a Spartan3 board
and run FPGA_Apple on it.

The new Digilent Nexys board is about 4.5" by 3.5" and will run
FPGA_Apple with no worries at all.

Red