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Tomswork wrote: 19 Jul 2020 02:56 The red wire goes over to the other outputs for the led. Do not hook it the front panel led.

Tom

So the cable labeled next to J5 goes to the hole marked LED in the second picture, above the two 5v lines?

@AtariFox

Yes

Thank you.

Let me know how the megafile is going

I have my megafile together last night with a 40 year old 277r drive and it reads fine but I cant write to it grrrr.


Tom

Tomswork wrote: 19 Jul 2020 21:55 Let me know how the megafile is going

I have my megafile together last night with a 40 year old 277r drive and it reads fine but I cant write to it grrrr.


Tom

I'll let you know as soon as i get the wiring all done. The connectors wires from exxos are so small, so i'll need to join some extra wire onto it. I thought they'd be thicker xD

Hi again. After several hours of connecting wires, soldering and stuff, the PSU is complete and it power up the megafile board.
It also powers up and seems to send activity to the ST 238R too.

Unfortunately i have a huge issue. I've nothing to secure the drive with. And i can't power it on properly f it's touching the motherboard.

I have nothing capable of holding the drive at all.

Anyone have suggestions?

A nice big chunk of anti static packing foam under the drive is the old go to that works for bench testing. Or are you after a permanent solution?

The bracket that holds the hard drive on the the megafile case are backwords

@AtariFox

Tom

atari030 wrote: 22 Jul 2020 05:14 A nice big chunk of anti static packing foam under the drive is the old go to that works for bench testing. Or are you after a permanent solution?

Permenant. Since it wont always be out of the cupboard.

Tomswork wrote: 22 Jul 2020 05:27 The bracket that holds the hard drive on the the megafile case are backwords

@AtariFox

Tom

Oh they are? I'll try later to see if i can get it right. They didnt seem to want to line up any other way.