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   Tom Lake to All   
   Re: Return of the TRS-80?   
   24 Aug 08 01:04:33   
   
   From: tlake@twcny.rr.com   
      
   >> 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   
   >>   
   >>   
   > And if that's all you do, you're going to end up with something that's   
   > even worse of an RF radiator than the Model I was.  Of course, knocking   
   > out your own (and your neighbor's) radio and TV reception may have some   
   > nostalgia value...   
      
   I never had a problem with that at a distance of more than ten feet or so   
   from my Model I 16K Level II computer.   
      
   Tom Lake   
      
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