The latest Addition to the ST Family

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Re: The latest Addition to the ST Family

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rubber_jonnie wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:07 am
stephen_usher wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:50 am

Hehe. They don't fit in the external drive caddy as it's a half-height drive. It also has a completely different cable. I had to make a converter cable to shoehorn a "standard" long button drive into mine.
Ahh, I'm with you now, my Chinon is quite tall compared to normal drives I have to say. I don't have an SF314 and didn't realise the cable differences.
Would a GoEX (Not Gotek) with a big button bezel not drop in physically?

I get the cable adaptor side.
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Re: The latest Addition to the ST Family

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You'd have to make stand-offs. At that point you may as well design a new frame.
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Re: The latest Addition to the ST Family

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stephen_usher wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:52 pm You'd have to make stand-offs. At that point you may as well design a new frame.
Fair enough.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
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Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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