I do seem to recall some off the wall looking case in the articles. I'm not going to reread them right now. I was under the misconceived assumption these would all be foumd in such a case.
On Wednesday, December 28, 2022, 06:40:38 PM EST, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Not likely to show up. They looked generally like a PC motherboard. They had 9 62 pin ISA slots, with alternate (5) positioned same as 5150 (could use a 5150 case), and then another 4 placed in between those. (for those who don't remember, 5150 (PC) had 5 slots; 5160 (XT) had 8 slots, but the spacing was different. Also, one slot of the XT had "timing difference(s)", so IBM filled it with a "FREE" serial port, so that people wouldn't plug other boards into it.) I MIGHT have had one in an aftermarket 5150 case (same as aftermarket 5160 case, but with removable back slot panel, with a 5 slot panel) One was loose - instead of a case, it rested on top of an issue of MicroTimes. I did not have top covers on many of my machines. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com On Wed, 28 Dec 2022, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > Fred, > > Those don't sound familiar, are they SBCs? > > If I did end up with them, it's a crap shoot as to whether they'll turn up > or not. I was left with 20% of the collection and I've gone through about > 25% of that 20%, and I re-discover neat and interesting stuff all the time > as I continue to dig through boxes. > > Sellam > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 2:48 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > >> On Wed, 28 Dec 2022, Chris via cctalk wrote: >>> What was the name of Steve Ciarcia's outfit, Micromint? I see no entries >>> for that. That bizarro-world IBM compatible he offered years ago is >>> insane enough to love. Want to build me one. >> >> micromint MPX-16 >> >> I had two of them, one having the optional board for 5150/5160 keyboard. >> I ran the DeSmet compiler on them. >> >> 20? years ago, I had to give away a lot of stuff, including them. I think >> that Sellam got them, but much of his collection was lost. >> >> -- >> Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com >>