On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 1:58:13 PM UTC-4, philo wrote:
On 05/09/2016 10:51 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 9 May 2016 18:15:04 -0500, philo wrote:

The first computer I built was (I think) in 1979 for an independent
study course when I returned to college. (The company I worked for paid
for add'l education.)

At any rate I at least made a metal case for it

I had wood working tools, metal working tools, not so much.
There was a whole series of woodies

A woodie cash register
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/woody%203684.jpg
Used for testing printers in the shop

An 8086 PS/2 m-30
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/woody%20m30.jpg

A 286 PS/2 m30
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/woody%20m30-286.jpg

A PS/2 M70 with the custom 5.25 bay
http://gfretwell.com/electrical/woody.jpg






They look great!


I used to bread-board things back in the days of 2N107's and Fahnestock
clips.



The first job I turned down after college was a position as a trouble shooter
for a company that made some type of device (I forget what it did) that
consisted of two 3' x 3' densely packed wire-wrapped back panels.

Some guy would wire-wrap the panels, some other guy would test the units and
if they didn't work, it would have been my job to find the problem. Imagine
18 sq ft of this - that didn't work...No Thank You!

http://www.homebrewcpu.com/Pictures/...ap_closeup.jpg