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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!unipalm!uknet!mucs!dir.mcc.ac.uk!jflet
  2. From: jflet@dir.mcc.ac.uk
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
  4. Subject: Help with building a Mac
  5. Message-ID: <5898@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 25 Aug 92 10:06:10 GMT
  7. Sender: news@cs.man.ac.uk
  8. Organization: Manchester University
  9. Lines: 19
  10.  
  11. Does anyone have experience with building their own Mac from spares ?
  12. I've heard that using secondhand logic boards, analog boards, pc case, etc
  13. and wiring them together, that its possible to get a cheap system up and
  14. running.
  15.  
  16. 1)    Has anybody tried this ? and what advice / suggestions do they have to offer
  17. ?
  18. 2)    Where is the cheapest place to get secondhand logic boards, etc ? (with
  19. example prices)
  20.  
  21. Thanks in advance,
  22.  
  23.  
  24. Julian Fletcher
  25. Dept. of Chemistry,
  26. Manchester University,
  27. England.
  28.  
  29. jflet@dir.mcc.ac.uk
  30.