A standard shroud works fine on the 102, it's only the 100 that has an issue. So the extension, or modification would only be needed by 100 users.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 12:20 PM Josh Malone <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 12:18 PM Rick Shear <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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. > > Yeah. I don't actually have a TPDD, so I'm gonna have to build a > prototype and send it to be tested first. :-/ > > > 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. > > I'm looking through my options for connector shells. Trying to cut the > labor down. :) > > -Josh >
