From: tlake@twcny.rr.com   
      
   "Winston Smith"  wrote in message   
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   > "Tom Lake"  wrote in message   
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   >> "Winston Smith"  wrote in message   
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   >>> I'd like to see Radio Shack get back into the computer business. Maybe   
   >>> sell a modern PC clone with a retro look and feel and the old TRS-80   
   >>> name. Even the old battle ship grey paint!   
   >>>   
   >>> I think if done right they could sell millions to the 40+ crowd that   
   >>> bought a Model I as their first computer.   
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   >> I'd buy one!  Although it's not quite the same, have you seen the   
   >> PC-in-a-keyboard?   
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   >> http://www.cybernetman.com/default.cfm?DocId=9000   
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   >> It's kinda cool.  I have no connection with the company other than   
   >> to be fascinated by the idea of an all-in-one unit.   
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   > Not quite what I had in mind.   
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   > I want a PC case that looks like the Model I's expansion interface, with a   
   > matching keyboard.   
      
   So get an old, non-working one, hollow it out and pop in a PC motherboard.   
   then get a non-working TRS-80 CPU unit and pop in a PC keyboard.  The   
   plastic on the TRS-80 was very soft and easy to work with.  A soldering   
   iron would go right through it and you could make cutouts for various   
   ports and cables.   
      
   Tom Lake   
      
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