[Coco] 4 Port MPI PCB artwork (so far)

[S Klammer]

There was some talk, a long time ago, about the need to have good ground
from those tabs and to minimize any "walking".  Gene, were you one who was
advocating that for a previous MPI clone attempt?

If they are kept for the Coco, couldn't the Dragon users just cut them off
as would be done for those users who want to separate the buffer board from
the cart slots and use the cables?

Shain
On Mar 8, 2015 1:50 PM, "RETRO Innovations" <go4retro at go4retro.com> wrote:

> On 3/8/2015 1:57 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
>>    * Determine if large PCBs with the angled "ears" will need slots cut
>>      in the PCB to ensure full edge connector mating
>> Yes.
>>
> Hmm, anyone have a pic of the MPI PCB?  Google can't find one...
>
>  I think the only real answer there is to cut out a board with them, see
>> how it is guided into the connector,  then cut them off and check again.
>> I've suspected that as long as the contact pad for the clip on the
>> socket to grab and ground is there on each side of the finger pattern,
>> that the slanted ear out wider than that was probably optional.
>>
> Fair enough, but it looks like Dragon users are SOL with the grounding
> pad.  How important is it?
>
> JIm
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