Fixing my Milan 040 (or not) blog

[PhilC]

There are these in China.. Likely my only option other than buying the USA bracket so far.


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Id go for those and either crimp or solder a pcb plug / header on the end.

[exxos]

Id go for those and either crimp or solder a pcb plug / header on the end.

Yeah its about my only "good" option currently.

Though I may not even bother with the mouse to start with, I always use the keyboard anyway :lol: I need to see if my spare USB keyboard works with PS2 yet. Otherwise I will have to order a PS2 keyboard. But at least they don't cost much anymore anyway.

[exxos]

I wonder if one of these cases could be hackable..

https://www.novatech.co.uk/products/ant ... 048-3.html

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I was mostly looking for a case with a lot of slots on the back.. There isn't *much* size difference from a ATX from what I can tell. If the slots line up with the Milan MB, maybe some creative new mounting holes might be enough to make it all fit :hide:

I will have to go looking in the loft see what junk is up there. I'm pretty sure I have a old ATX case up there. But no idea what it is anymore.

[viking272]

Im guessing you would you need to put your own standoffs inside, is that an easy task?

[exxos]

Im guessing you would you need to put your own standoffs inside,

Yes..

, is that an easy task?

For someone who knows what they are doing yes... People like me, no :p

Only way I know if tac welding or just drilling holes in the side of the case. Maybe the dome top style bolts if black wouldn't look to bad.. Would look better than a discoloured 30+ years old broken case anyway..

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Saying at, the internal metal isn't visible so drilling holes would likely be fine...

[mrbombermillzy]

Ahem...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286619570634?_ ... R9Tf57n2ZQ

Strange... it doesnt appear on a UK search (although its advertised in Ebay USA but actually based in the UK :lol: )

He may even post if asked nicely, or someone around Brighton area can pick it up for you. :)

[exxos]

It was already mentioned... viewtopic.php?p=130351&hilit=Ebay#p130351

It could be a option if the guy would post it..

[mrbombermillzy]

Oh, I see.

Well, its got to be worth a shot asking about postage rather than paying some ludicrous 'rare' price and/or from USA postage and taxes. :)

[dml]

...have been bogged down in work nonsense but I sorta caught up on that L88M mask drama - had no idea that had been going on. So now 68040s are also turning unobtanium? By the time anyone bakes a new 040 card for Ataris there won't be any left :p it was a lot easier to get them before...

BTW @exxos - the 68040 has 8kb cache. Two caches - 4kb each. So yes its a big jump :)

[exxos]

@dml yeah just China allover really. The 060 CPU were the same. Once China figured out people only wanted the rev6 mask that's what they were reprinted as. I bought loads of them a few years ago for my store. The amount of returns I had to do... Cost a small fortune. In the end China reprinted all 060s... Even the genuine rev6 ones. Madness. Even more mad is the price of rev1 now.

Ultimately it's why I want to redo the ST chipset to just use a faster bus. We should be able to hit 32mhz without much issues. But that's full 32mhz bus with 32mhz writes. STram won't be a bottleneck anymore. Then later move to the 030 for full 32bit... No need for accelerators and multiple other hacks then ;) I really need to get back to all that stuff.. Just never enough hours each day for everything..