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Your photograph of the gold-plated BBC Micro (PCW June 2008, p19) reminded me of the 'wooden' version I made in the 80s. You will see from the photograph it bears an uncanny resemblance to your model featured.
At the time my son and I were attending a night class on BBC computing at Norwich college, and we had to take our Beeb with us. We soon got fed up of dismantling and re-assembling the monitor, floppy drive and all the cabling every week, so I hit on the idea of fitting it all in a wooden cabinet.
The only modification to the computer was the removal of the top of the case and to make a new cover out of aluminium, carefully fitted round the keyboard. All the cabling was placed inside the box, including the mains sockets for the electrical items. Printer and joystick sockets were brought out to the front of the unit.
David Bunting
This is a good antique computer that needs to be securely kept.
In 1990 I bought a monochrome Atari computer. It had no PC case like what we have today. Just something like a TV, except that it had a keyboard and a mouse connected to it. Of course, no Internet connection. I used it for professional sound recordings in my studio. I still have it now as a treasure. It's remarkable how far computer development has advanced within a short period of time.
Posted by Mexabet | June 20, 2009 8:41 AM