Re: Replacing the 6502 with a faster chip

["brad" <mrbrad@(remove)ll.net>]

i'm lately (since sept 2002 when bbs went down) one of those apple //
collectors who is great at collecting (i work nights at a group home..and
have mucho free time..to play with laptop/ebay etc) ....so that works
good..but that is my computer time...i teach shotokan karate at MSU
(Minnesota State U. mankato) 4x a week and run my butt off like most people
the rest of the week...and try to get a life the 3x weekend every 2wks i get
off....)...fix house ...try not to be in total isolation ..etc

so...don't have a shop (need to yank out cisteren ..make shop...) don't have
time....as some of you know i have a nice dozen siders i need to fix..so i'm
afraid i'm worthless for getting anything done but sniping things off ebay
for furture projects ..for that supposed day "when i have time to do
it"...endless loop...

now ..if say 1/2 dozen of you guys would move to mankato..for a retro
computer club..i'd pop up the gonzo www site and the tpro 4.2f RPG BBS on
one gs and the fv/metal 4.0xev BBS on the other //gs and the applenet dos
3.3 ver 1983 BBS (per prodos applenet) on the bell and howell...and apple
files etc..and viola all would be accessable again via www page and internet
for all to play on...

but ...unless i get some strang....er i mean motivated folks to stick around
southern minnesota for more then 2yrs to help...well...it is gonna be one
great apple // estate sale..(or landfill....),,when i kick off...

so anyway...i need a shotokan black belt and apple ][ enthusiast to go to
school or teach at MSU .and hang around mankato....so i can wrestle some
time to get something done.......kill 2 birds with one stone...

(for those interested i did get the house re-wired more/less and the
computer room etc..that only took me 1yr and 1100 bucks...for those who said
it could not be done...)

heck i'm still p/o'd at the other 4 sysops..moving away to bigger and better
things....root adm at unisys, nasa, pc net adm in colorado and ski
instructor....another guy a bartender/web designer.....jeez..didn't these
guys realize they were supposed to stay and mankato and not have a
career/life and wives to hold my hand and help me play bbs sysop/apple //
fixer'uper?....ungrateful/selfish buggers....

end of rant

but your right i need to do more and yell yes..but again it is 10:09 and i'm
off to the nite job....w/laptop.....i'll lurk here later...

(the whole zen thing where all you own is a bowl for food/and water..seems
attractive some days...)

brad


"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net> wrote in message
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> "brad" <mrbrad@(remove)ll.net> wrote in message
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> : had another thought (i hear those groans..but it only happens
> occasionally)
> :
> : maybe not a metal bottom plate...what about say a clear lucite
> : ...plastic..the thicker kind like the same width of the orig
> //e or plus for
> : example only clear...
> :
> : you could still use the old hacksaw and template on your old
> //e bottom
> : plate..but instead of having to stamp a metal backplate with
> //gs ports etc
> : you could do the same with a clear plastic setup with
> brackets...that i
> : would think could be more proffesionally done...perhaps even an
> entire clear
> : //e to //gs upgrade bottom plate made completely out of plastic
> (molded?) or
> : cutout already? ...clear lucite...type pexiglass? etc etc
> :
> : heck make a whole case clear like they do for modding pc cases
> these
> : days...add a little neon..tubing lighting...jeez...we could
> start a t.v.
> : show called "pimp your apple ]["
> :
> : boy..i re-read the above i really need to get a life
> :
> : well..anyway...even just a simple //gs backplate that you could
> mod on the
> : remainder of your current //e bottom plate ..after taking off
> the orig //e
> : ports in back..with the old hacksaw...would be a nice little
> thing to have
> : ...toss the template for mounting holes on to the old //e
> bottomplate
> : .....smooth out the cut metal edges..mount the //e to //gs
> upgrade plastic
> : (maybe clear) heavy lucite backplate on....viola....or the
> whole bottomplate
> : made out of clear plastic..would be even better...
> :
> : anyway.....re-reading the above there would prob be a better
> market for a
> : //e case that was made out of completely clear plastic...with
> the //gs
> : upgrade ports in the back setup (or sides?)...for some reason
> people still
> : buy clear phones.....
> :
> : i'd prob pay something for a clear case like that ...again
> because
> : re-reading the above i obviously don't have a life
> :
> : gonna have to watch what kinda topics i trip over on this
> group...
> :
> : anyway..again my 2c worth....from other posts metal may be more
> hassle and
> : cost then it could be done for....
>
> The best thing would be to build one, a prototype if you will,
> and post the pics on a web site for all to see. Then, offer them
> to the rest of us at a price and make them, custom even. Or, if
> you don't want to make them, sell the plans. People made a fairly
> good side income for years selling plans for things they had
> built
> and wanted to offer to the rest of the world. My uncle spent a
> small
> fortune on plans for model radio controlled planes. He must have
> had
> 3-4 dozen working models built and flying at the time of his
> death.
>
> So, stop talking and start building. We'd love to see it.  :o()
>
> Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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> Email - willy46pa @ comcast DOT net
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