[Coco] Got the SDC

[Joel Ewy]

On 02/18/2014 11:19 AM, Bill Loguidice wrote:
> One thing that some of the other communities have been experimenting with
> is 3D printing cartridge shells, both long and short. Apparently with the
> right mix of equipment, the results are extremely durable and a great fit.
> Anyone here have the capability to make such a shell for the SDC based off
> the FD cart?
>
> -Bill

I have designed a CoCo cartridge housing in OpenSCAD and made one 
attempt to print it on my Thing-O-Matic.  It didn't complete 
successfully that time and I haven't taken the time to try again.  I 
have successfully printed a case for a Raspberry Pi, which is a similar 
size, so I'm pretty confident I can make it work.  My design is based on 
the game-sized cartridges, but would be trivial to lengthen in the CAD.  
About the biggest thing I could print on my machine is something like 
the DS-69 video digitizer case -- between a game cart and a full-size 
floppy controller.  We could have them made on Ponoko (though last time 
I checked I thought their 3D printing looked pretty expensive) or 
somebody with a bigger build platform could make them if I can't make 
them big enough.

I can add whatever kinds of cutouts or vents are needed.  How big is the 
SDC board?  What kind of mounting arrangements are there?

http://8littlebits.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/cartridge-housing-cad/

JCE
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> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:12 PM, <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:
>
>>> Finally is crossed the  twilight zone. I couldn't test it completely
>>> but it loaded a disk and played well.
>>>
>>> The board is very well built.
>>>
>> I got mine yesterday, as well, but didn't have time to play with it.
>> have started looking for a case.  It's too big for regular cartridge
>> and too small for one of the old OWLware carts.  Can't see scrapping a
>> FD cart as I still use all of them.  What a dilemma.  :-)
>>
>> bill
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