Defender II

I don't often weigh in on these types of discussions, but I felt the responses on both sides might benefit from my interest in history.

Many people educated in the United States of America (not to be confused with the other United States in North America -> Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos) received less than satisfactory history lessons, due to many factors, but in this case it was specifically withheld for decades, because people were embarrassed by the government sanctioned actions against the Issei & Nisei who lived in the western states of the US.

By Presidential executive order, based on unfounded fears about spies and espionage, Issei & Nisei were ordered to leave their homes and businesses (most with under 24 hours notice) and moved to internment camps against their will. Please realize most of them were US citizens! How would you like for your government to force you and your entire family including babies from your home and into an internment camp, with no judicial process? They were forced to accept little or nothing for their property and belongings that were left behind. When they were finally released, they returned to find people and signs telling them they weren’t wanted and to leave, such as “NO JAPS ALLOWED”, using the term “Jap” or “Japs” (all caps or not)! It was and is an offensive derogatory term; even so, I don't believe Ax intended his original post which had "JAP" in it, to be anything other than his choice to shorten made in Japan to 3 characters, even though many people use JPN, and did not intent to offend anyone by it.

Please realize that many of the returning Issei & Nisei had served in the US military during the war. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was formed of Nisei and through heroic actions during combat in World War II became the most decorated regiment in US military history!

Yankee was, and to some is, an offensive and derogatory term, but the colonial Americans took the term and made a joke of it. I don’t think the term “JAP” will be made into a joke anytime by those who suffered the humiliation of the internment camps, or returning heroes prevented from living in the homes they left.

Thanks for the reply.
I already had that link, but it doesn't give any power specs or software.

I am still looking for a the power supply specifications, schematics and software for it.

As long as you enjoy it and use it, it's an OK project, but to me it doesn't look very nice and I'd rather have kept the case to replace a damaged one or at least put a 1450 board in it.

Tempest, on Thu May 3, 2012 1:04 PM, said:

I believe you are correct; I have never come across those in their own boxes. Atarigraphics only came with the light pen.
Curt can probably tell us for sure. He can check the files to see if they even had graphics made up for boxes.