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   > MP>I know that some people have built "Hackintosh" computers more recently.   
   >   >I had no idea that people were able to build Apple clones back then.   
      
   > There were Chinese shops in Toronto that had replica cases and carried   
   > all the parts needed. The motherboards were made in Toronto and were   
   > better quality than the genuine Apple parts with things like gold   
   > plated sockets for chips and such, and the boards could handle more   
   > RAM than 'real' Apples could. (80k instead of 48k upgradable to 64k.)   
      
   Sweet.  I wonder if such things were available in the US then, or if   
   "controls" prevented them from being so?   
      
   Maybe an American who knows more about Apple from back then would have to   
   answer that one.  ;)   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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