Emax

*** The holes line up from front to back, is what I meant to say....


On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:

> Yes - let us know regards PCB-60B.
> Especially if the PC Card doesn't stick out.
>
> As to the slim floppy on the top- simple.
>
> For rack I modify the existing bracket on one side and the other side I
> fabricate an add on bracket.
>
> For Keyboard, I get two flat pieces of metal.
> drill holes in the side to mount to the sides of the 3.5" media drive.
> The holes line up from to back.
> So then you just have to do the measurement from top to bottom and add
> some small spacers to center the floppy drive on top of the other one.
>
> if I recall correctly it is .9 inches from the side hole on media drive in
> the upwards direction to drill the holes for the slim floppy mounting.
>
> The slim floppy uses 2.6mm screws- but I don't know the length exactly.
> I can tell you that if the length of the 2.6mm screws are too long on the
> front, the floppy won't eject properly and also can cause the drive to not
> read the disk properly (therefore causing emax not to boot).
>
> Fix the length problem, and the same disk will boot it ok.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:51 PM, krikor kouchian <krikorola@...>wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> i'm working on my emax to get the slim floppy in, but i was wondering how
>> you guys made it stay on top of the Scsi card reader? it's a bit thiner
>> and
>> i don't see how i can do it except by gluing it to the top of the Card
>> reader.
>>
>> Also i ordered a PCD-60b as replacement, it fits and looks exactly the
>> same, except for the bezel that i need to dremel a bit.
>> I haven't tested it yet, i will report as soon as i do, i noticed that the
>> pcmcia adaptor doesn't stick out like on the 50b version, so if it works
>> that would be a better solution as they are cheaper on ebay those days.
>>
>> Best
>> K
>>
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