Please make sure you build yours and test it out before doing a group buy. While I have used mine, and I have had no issues show themselves, I really don't use my drive much. I've shifted a lot of my time over to a Model 3 project machine and haven't worked on the 100 in a while. My tests mostly consisted of transferring floppy.co from my utility disk, formatting a new disk, copying files to and from a disk, and making a backup of a disk. All these functions worked as expected.
As for the DB-25's not fitting into the 100, an easy fix is to file off the lips on the shroud that wrap over the top of the connector. Once this is done, put a screw with nut through each of the side wings to keep the shroud attached. I believe this should give you the extra length to get engagement into the port on the 100. Good luck with the group build, I hope it all works out well and everyone who wants one can get a cable for their drive. Rick On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 10:18 AM Josh Malone <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > I've had a couple people express interest in having me build them a > TPDD cable based on Rick's PCB from oshpark. I'm still sourcing parts, > but I figured if I could get more people interested I could get the > price down. I'm trying to figure out a housing option that allows use > with the M100 without a port extender, though I could just bundle a > cheap port saver for a few more $. > > I haven't costed this project out yet, so I'm conservatively asserting > that I can do it under $20ea. Just gauging interest right now. > > Also, if someone else is already building these, please let me know -- > I don't want to duplicate effort here. > > Thanks, > > -Josh >
