DICKSON@HARTFORD.BITNET (04/14/88)
Okay, I admit it. I made a bad choice in upgrading my //e to a GS rather than selling the old system and buying a new one. The final step in reaching that decision came yesterday, when my Applied Engineering Battery Backup system came, with which I was going to make my AE Ramcard into a ROMdisk. However, the card does not fit inside the case of a //e. I called Checkmate, and they have a custom option that will allow their Ramsaver to fit in an upgraded //e, but you have to (A) drill a hole in the top of the case or leave the cover off, and (B) count slot 7 as lost forever, since the card will block it. Plus you have to yank out the internal keyboard socket. So I have several options. Return the card and wait for one that fits to be designed, go with the Checkmate option, build a new case (I'm no craftsman), or buy an empty GS case (about $100). Does anybody have any other ideas? Also, if I buy the GS case, I'll have a //e case with system saver attached for sale, if anybody wants it. Make me an offer. Bill Dickson DICKSON@HARTFORD.BITNET
williamm@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Michael Williams) (04/19/88)
In article <8804131413.aa02286@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> DICKSON@HARTFORD.BITNET writes: >Okay, I admit it. I made a bad choice in upgrading my //e to a GS rather >than selling the old system and buying a new one. > >The final step in reaching that decision came yesterday, when my Applied >Engineering Battery Backup system came, with which I was going to make my >AE Ramcard into a ROMdisk. However, the card does not fit inside the case >of a //e. I called Checkmate, and they have a custom option that will allow >their Ramsaver to fit in an upgraded //e, but you have to (A) drill a hole in >the top of the case or leave the cover off, and (B) count slot 7 as lost >forever, since the card will block it. Plus you have to yank out the internal >keyboard socket. > [...] >Bill Dickson >DICKSON@HARTFORD.BITNET Bill, NO NO NO! If, as I understand it, the AE RAMcard is just a regular card which goes into a regular slot on a //e, why not simply extend the slot to outside the computer, and put the RAMcard into the external slot? Two ways to do this, the easiest being to purchase an extender; the other being to build your own. The later is NOT at all difficult to do, but if you would like a ready-made extender, they are not that much. I know that the company that makes Paddle-Adapple made one, but I don't know if they are still in business (Alan Stein might know; he is who sent me the Adapple [BTW, Alan, I haven't yet rewired the DIP plug. soon]). For less than $30 (cost to purchase), you can have your problem solved. If you need any help with either of these, let me know, for I have built one. And if I can do it...... Keep the //e-based setup, -Remo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ..{nbires,ncar,seismo,ihnp4}!boulder!tramp!williamm \ Bela Lugosi riding the BIT: WILLIAMS%CUBLDR@VAXF.COLORADO.EDU / Kundalini Express in ... SNAIL: 2905 E Aurora Ave #129, Boulder CO 80303 \ (could it be?) Sunshine! "Aw SHPX this and SHPX that, SHPX it all SHPXing, SHPXing blat! She don't wanna baby 'at looks like THAT!" SeX PiStoLs