New slingshot production run

[save2600]

Having had a Slingshot for a while (it has since sold), I'd suggest reducing the width of the damn thing. Should not take up ANY more space than the edge connectors, their pins and the 74LS86 needed for certain cards. In other words, no more than a couple inches. The original board is too damn big and unnecessarily so. If a nice rigid ribbon cable could be used (think TI Peripheral Expansion Box), that might be superior. I know the cables can't be too long for bus/noise reasons, but nicer cables do exist. Ones that are better shielded, have less resistance, etc.

I just thought of something else. When I had my Slingshot (hooked to an A1000 and A500 at different times), the one thing I wished it had, was another Zorro slot!  Either sticking straight up, in the middle of the board or just under/over and parallel with the first one. Getting a little more ambitious now, but what the heck. We can dream. And Joekster is right... gotta keep the price down  

[save2600]

I think only one slot would work because more than one would require a bus controller (buster?) iirc.  Maybe I'm wrong.

brian

No Buster required. The single 74LS86 chip (if needed at all for certain cards) seems to handle multiple slots just fine. At least on the 2-slot Zorro II expansion I had once.

Power supply would be great, but now we're talking total circuit re-design and components to keep said power from getting back into the Miggy. There goes the price! lol

[save2600]

Yeah, all that sounds great - in one box. Before I sold my Slingshot, I put it and a 2091 card in a 1541 drive case. lol   Looked kinda neat sitting there! Fit everything perfectly too. I imagine a smaller power supply would fit as well.

Re: woodworking... I'd rather cut and bend sheet metal in a bench vise than work with wood any day! lol  Be really cool to see a wooden Zorro expansion box for an A500 or A1000