C-One Fun

[Trev]

So I'm setting up my C-One today, and I'm a little perturbed by the placement of the RCA jacks. Granted, their non-standard positioning was documented . . . but still. ;-)

Anyone have any nice suggestions for a chassis? Right now, I'm thinking about sandwiching the board between two pieces of acrylic, with enough space for a low-profile PCI card, a small ATX power supply, and an opening for the cartridge slot. I could just leave it sitting on my desk mounted on standoffs, but I don't want it to get dusty.

Thoughts?

Trev

[Trev]

Well, I already have the low-profile cards I'm interested in using, and a right-angle adapter would either block the cartridge and cpu slot or be blocked by the I/O ports. A right-angle adapter high enough to overcome the I/O ports would be about the same height as a full-height PCI card. :-)

Trev

[Trev]

I was hoping I'd just have to modify a couple backplates. :-) Oh well. Looks like one of my cases is donating itself to science. I've never actually used my Dremel. I fear power tools--even cute, little ones like the Dremel.

Trev

[Trev]

I'll just be mangling a two year old Antec case. Nothing special. I should post some pics of my monstrous A1200 setup. Everything's spread out on my drafting table. Since cooling isn't a problem (no PPC), I really think I should just mount this on acrylic, too. But there's that pesky dust to deal with. . . .

The C-One is too big to fit in a breadbox, but it might fit in a C64c (don't have mine handy to check). I'm sure Jeri (or someone else) has posted something somewhere about interfacing with a real C64 keyboard.

It should be possible to gut an SX-64, put together a keyboard adapter, replace the CRT with a VGA LCD panel, and interface directly with the built-in floppy drive. You could also rig connections to the external connectors--serial, joystick, cartridge, etc. Definitely a cool project for someone into hardware hacking.

Trev