sicklittlemonkey wrote:
> On Mar 4, 10:28 am, Alex Freed  wrote:
>> It would not be difficult to create a motherboard with a real 65C02,
>> 128K of a (static) memory and logic to connect a PS2 keyboard plus a
>> smallest and cheapest FPGA for glue logic, say S3AN - 50. Plus the most
>> expensive part - the slot connectors.
>>
>> One reason not to do it is the fact that A2e is worth about $20 on e-bay
>> and there is no shortage yet.
> 
> Or about $200 in Japan. :-) Anyway ...

Is postage that expensive?  Crazy.

> A board like you describe above and a half-height drive mechanism
> could probably be mounted quite nicely in a Disk ][ case. ;-)
> (Or - perversely -in a Mac mini case.)

I like that!  ;-)

In the past, I've considered putting an Apple II in an old Mac case.

-michael

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