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I have 2x parts I need printing, card guides for an S100 vintage computer I am building, happy to cover any reasonable costs of course not looking for a freebie :)
I have the STL files from a contact in the USA
 
Mr Bump said:
I have 2x parts I need printing, card guides for an S100 vintage computer I am building, happy to cover any reasonable costs of course not looking for a freebie :)
I have the STL files from a contact in the USA
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Send them over I'll print them for you. Black ABS be ok?
 
Sure, depending on size and printing time I might have to do them on a weekend anyway :)
 
sent you a PM :-)
 
This is what they look like :-)frame support left and right pic.png
 
@Steep this is an early multi jointed version, the files you have are a single 9-slot version hope this makes sense.
8 slots are evenly spaced and the 9th slot has a larger gap.

the blow pic shows the board fitted with early versions.



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Mr Bump said:
@Steep this is an early multi jointed version, the files you have are a single 9-slot version hope this makes sense.
8 slots are evenly spaced and the 9th slot has a larger gap.

the blow pic shows the board fitted with early versions.



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Ah, got you, should be easy enough then :)
 
Steep said:
Ah, got you, should be easy enough then :)
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I know nothing about 3d printing but the parts look like a single piece x2 (left and right side) is that what you see?
 
Each one is a single piece and they are joined by the board slots bolted between them it looks like. An easy enough print to do, nice straight lines lol
 
Steep said:
Each one is a single piece and they are joined by the board slots bolted between them it looks like. An easy enough print to do, nice straight lines lol
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Thank You Sir :)
 
About 3.5 hours to go...

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@Steep OOooooooo

I spent 7 hours soldering the board yesterday 900 pins

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@Steep you are a legend !

I am so impressed , had a bit of emotion to be honest.
I owe you big time :)


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Was happy to help. To be honest I was a little worried that the dimensions would not be correct but it seems they fit well :)
 
Steep said:
Was happy to help. To be honest I was a little worried that the dimensions would not be correct but it seems they fit well :)
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first impressions looks good, haven't looked close at the hole line ups but the bracket ends look spot on

its essentially going to be modern day variant of below.
I have so much work to do it could take years to complete

your help with these will make this project shine, thank you.


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Mr Bump said:
first impressions looks good, haven't looked close at the hole line ups but the bracket ends look spot on

its essentially going to be modern day variant of below.
I have so much work to do it could take years to complete

your help with these will make this project shine, thank you.


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The holes can be stretched or enlarged as needed as long as the difference is not huge.
 
Steep said:
The holes can be stretched or enlarged as needed as long as the difference is not huge.
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to be honest they are just the board guides and there is a bit of lee-way with them its not an exact science :)
 
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S100 vintage computer
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There's a blast from so far in the past it's even before when I got involved in home computers (which was 1981 with a ZX81). Ever since I started learning about personal computer history I've had a hankering for an Altair 8800, though the reality is if I do eventually go for something vintage it's likely to be a much easier to accquire PiDP-11, again based on something from way before my involvement in IT.
 
onomatopoeia said:
There's a blast from so far in the past it's even before when I got involved in home computers (which was 1981 with a ZX81). Ever since I started learning about personal computer history I've had a hankering for an Altair 8800, though the reality is if I do eventually go for something vintage it's likely to be a much easier to accquire PiDP-11, again based on something from way before my involvement in IT.
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its the same for me, i came into computers (business) in about 1987 it was already 286/386 by then but the company i was working for still supporting some old 8080/6 and cp/m 68000 stuff, i then spent about 10 years working for that company building all the kit through to when I left Pentium III stuff, i then slipped left into Wintel install and support etc and pretty much left the hardware behind. I took early retirement at 54 nearly two years ago and since then have been wondering about a project to get my grey matter working and also wanted a proper challenge, not just buying random bits of ebay and ending up with a generic box running W3.11 or windows 95 etc. I wanted older then I saw an Altair/Imsai it just intrigued me the whole eco system so yeah i am diving in and building an S100 chassis and then I will buy/build boards for it :-) what you see above is just the start.
 
So are you planning to design and solder up your own CPU / memory and so on circuit boards as well? Sounds a fabulous project.
 
onomatopoeia said:
So are you planning to design and solder up your own CPU / memory and so on circuit boards as well? Sounds a fabulous project.
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not entirely to that level although i do plan on building some boards that have been designed by others, I want to purchase a few old classic boards like a Z80 processor boards and serial uarts and also some older ram boards, but will be building a few of the other boards out there for sure, its a long term project :) I am however building the chassis and all the power supply units as well its going to keep me busy.
 
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Just an update @Steep I have now built 3 of the boards for the S100 system and your guides fit just perfect :)

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I am just now wiring up the power supplies as well
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