Date   : Sat, 01 Nov 2003 13:15:21 +0100
From   : "Mark Usher" <mu.list@...>
Subject: Re: ebay BBC laptop????

> Anyone tried building a more portable, smaller Beeb using more modern 
> components? It would make an interesting project - replacing all 
> those banks of RAM ICs with something like a SIMM, cutting out the 
> circuitry for the cassette interface and other unused sections, using 
> a CF card instead of a floppy drive ... Mmmm ...

Or a smart media card as a hard drive...
I've got a few old 4 & 8 mb smart media cards lying around here. Mind
you, battery backed up SIMMS could also be used. Got loads of 32pin
simms lying around, aswell as a fair few 16 / 32 MB EDO RAMs.

Mark