Mac Mini

[Tony Duell]

> 
> Tony Duell wrote:
> >> Yep, personally I'd only buy a Mac mini if it was 10-20% bigger and came with 
> >> some real ports - say serial, parallel, and SCSI. Then it'd be a nice compact 
> > 
> > THis reminds me of something that I've been looking for : 
> > 
> > A reasonably portable computer -- meaning it can be mains powered, but 
> > must be all one box (including keyboard and display), although I suppose 
> > I would accepta machine that needs a serial terminal (although not a 
> > PC-like machine that needs a monitor and keyboard)
> 
> My immediate thought was BBC micro actually, as you mentioned, with a 3.5" 

The other thing against the Beeb is that it doesn't really have enough 
user I/O lines (just one 8 bit port, I would prefer at least 4 times 
that). Yes I could add more, but if I am going to start homebrewing stuff 
I might as well make the whole machine.

A machine that comes close is the Sage II (it's got GPIB as standard, a 
system bus I could easily add a user port to, but see above, and runs off 
a seiral terminal). Another possibilty is the HP Integral PC (but where 
the heck do I find the GPIO card for that?)

> floppy drive grafted into the back-right corner of the case (I think one 
> *just* fits). Problem is I'm not sure what you'd do about display; I'm not 

Interesting  idea!

> sure if flat-panel LCDs exist that take component RGB at 80's sync rates as input. 

Flat-screen TV? I am not sure they come small enough....

-tony