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Yeah, I can relate to that ;)

Maeke wrote: 29 Aug 2017 09:32 1)-the challenge.
2)-having the fdd socket for free.
3)-Destroying an already dead pc motherboard.

Ok, nice & comitted :lol:

Jurgen

Thinking about it , I have a stack of those connectors *somewhere* . Its one of the items I got to fit on the STF remake motherboard 8-)

tfhh wrote: 29 Aug 2017 08:58
That´s one of the first things I ever do in any Atari ST/STE with floppy inside :)

Just for the records... why are you re-use the one from the PC mainboard? These connectors are easily to find normally. Or I didn´t see the goal...

Jurgen

Hey Jurgen.

There were a few reasons I did it this way.

1) The dead mainboard meant I had a socket going begging when I needed one :D
2) The challenge to improve my STE and my soldering skills at the same time
3) Recycling. Its the way forward :lol:

Normally, I would have just bought a socket, but it was there, on the dead mainboard. Taunting me!!

:D

exxos wrote: 29 Aug 2017 20:40 Thinking about it , I have a stack of those connectors *somewhere* . Its one of the items I got to fit on the STF remake motherboard 8-)

Yeah, please make sure you fit one!!

rubber_jonnie wrote: 30 Aug 2017 23:46

exxos wrote: 29 Aug 2017 20:40 Thinking about it , I have a stack of those connectors *somewhere* . Its one of the items I got to fit on the STF remake motherboard 8-)

Yeah, please make sure you fit one!!

Yes, it is added on the first revision :)