[Coco] Got the SDC

[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

it fits perfectly a FD501 or FD502 controller case.

On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Joel Ewy <jcewy at swbell.net> wrote:
> 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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