[sdiy] 19" rack mounted & modified Atari Mega STe

[m.bareille at free.fr]

Selon Samppa Tolvanen <samppa.tolvanen at gmail.com>:

> On 2/15/07, m.bareille at free.fr <m.bareille at free.fr> wrote:
> > Hi ,
> >
> > Exact , the ST/STe/falcon boards are too wide ... so i have cleanly
> unsoldered
> > all the sockeds on the left side of the board ( joystick DB9,  Midi ,
> Cardridge
> > socket ,etc..)and removed approx 1cm of pcb (the border gnd track ) with a
> > Dremel saw ... All the removed plugs and sockets have been moved to the
> rear
> > panel with wires...
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Marc B.
>
> Too wide? If PPG Wave 2.3 isn´t too wide for rack :D
>
> http://www.seib.synth.net/ppg/mods.htm
>
> Samppa :P

Yes for sure! It is an amazing work , i already know this page :)
But this is a kind of custom rack or "sligthtly" modified  DIN (or other
industrial shape...)Each millimeter count in this kind of situation .

The main problem when slightly enlarging the edges of a rack it is the rack may
not fit into all fly cases or enclosures !

 For the falcon i have used an ESM rack  at my favorite retailler and not so
pricey and this was the only brand and size available here... It was mechanicaly
simpler to cut the pcb than to modify the rack...

The main problem with ST or Falcon pcb into a rack come from left edge
connectors. In the past many compagnies sold 'ATARI to 19U rack kits', usualy
pricey,  with holes on the left side sometimes... But the problem was when the
rack was inserted into a normal fly case the access to the left edge connectors
was not very simple... So the usual solution was still to unsolder them and
repport connectors on the rear or front panel with wires. The cardridge
connector was soldered again but vertical... I have modified many musicians
computers like this by the time...

Cheers,

Marc B.