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

[B00tDisk]

Trev wrote:
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

Why sweat a low-profile PCI card?  Getcherself a right-angle PCI adapter and bango!  

[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

[redrumloa]

Trev wrote:
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. ;-)
Trev

Yeah, gotta modify the case slightly :-/ Still, after having done 2 Amiga tower conversions, the C-One was cake:-D

[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

[B00tDisk]

Trev wrote:
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

D'oh!  Apologies...I forgot that the C1 is only ATX-ey enough to get it in to a case with a power supply ;-).  Forgot about the unique lay-out.

but when you get it hashed together, please post pics!

[BenShep]

Any chance of fitting it into a old c64 case? or for coolness, a c16 (black) case?

You'd have to get an external power supply happening also I suppose.

[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

[BenShep]

Not sure I'd want to destroy a sx-64, but C64c's are fair game

[issarad]

It should easily fit into a c128 case, if anyone has one of those to spare.  There should even be room left over for mounting drives internally, I'd think.

[blakespot]

In case anyone is interested:

Pics of my clear-case C-One setup:
http://homepage.mac.com/blakespot/PhotoAlbum24.html

Pics of my A1200 060 tower:
http://homepage.mac.com/blakespot/PhotoAlbum15.html

My article about the C-One:
http://www.bytecellar.com/archives/000036.php



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