New slingshot production run

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I'm talking with a certain famous (to us) commodore hardware guy.  He's expressed interest in making some new amiga hardware, starting with a slingshot.  He's requested an actual slingshot loaned from someone (I don't have one) so he can make some measurements.  Does anyone have one they could offer up for a while?

If anyone is interested in buying such a thing, let me know who you are and what you might be willing to pay for one.

And if you can suggest simple improvements, that might be interesting also.  Although I think the obvious memory and ide upgrades might happen later, making this just a regular slingshot.

And lastly, can anyone point to a supplier for the expansion bus edge connector on a 1000/500?  Thanks.

brian

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I'm not sure what the price would be.  I suspect the edge connector will be the biggest part of the price.

External power sounds like a great idea.  

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

brian

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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

Instead of a power supply, it might just be easier for everyone to use an ATX power supply with the 500, maybe even include one with the slingshot.

I was thinking about a case for the contraption so we wouldn't have a zorro card or two hanging out in space.  It would be nice to have a place to put a hard drive and a dvd-rom also.  The atx power supply could go in that box, then one of the hard drive power connectors could be hacked to pass power over to the 500.

Too bad I'm a woodworker instead of a metal worker.

brian