Date   : Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:32:20 +0000
From   : zeem.uk@... (Alex Taylor)
Subject: Byte back

2009/3/10 Steve O'Leary <navalenigma@...>:
>> I noticed that the oric-1 has been modified with a led light and from
>> what I can see on the image a on/off switch or even possibly a reset
>> switch.
>
> I spoke to the owner of this Oric. Back when he was a kid this Oric was
> built into some ort of furniture which made it just about impossible to
> remove the power connector or switch it off at the plug as the wires went
> out the behind this furniture to a inaccessible socket. So his dad fitted an
> off switch with a power light.

There was a momentary push-button hidden at the rear of the left-hand
side too. I couldn't quite work out what it was meant to do though, I
pressed it once and can only remember the machine crashing at some
point.

Oddly enough, I've got an Electron with the normal power socket
removed and replaced with one fitted into a hole that faces upwards
out of the case. Similarly, the previous owner had it fitted into a
piece of furniture that made it impossible to plug in the power cable
normally. The owner was from Chesterfield and I seem to remember him
having something to do with the Electron User Group, although
annoyingly I can't remember what.

-- 
Alex Taylor