I'll send an email to the sales department at Optima and see what they recommend for getting a case with a custom card cage.
Probably something is more similar to my Vector MZ chassis than the earlier S-100 systems like the Altair. It's possible they can do it by assembling their off the shelf parts in which case I could just make a "how to" guide for others as far as what to order. Andrew On Monday, June 2, 2014 9:33:04 PM UTC-7, Fabio Battaglia wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > I'd be interested: my actual S100 box is becoming a little too tight and > I'll need another. > Fabio > On Jun 3, 2014 5:38 AM, "Andrew Bingham" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> All, >> >> I'm working on building out some ECB cards for my Siemens 505-6508 >> chassis build. It's a good experience with RomWBW being available to tie >> all the boards together. However, I now have a large pile of S-100 boards >> that I have accumulated. And my mind is moving towards my ultimate goal >> which is to do a new-build S-100 system. Ant's 18-slot backplane will be >> here soon. >> >> I know that a couple people on the other side of the ocean have used >> Moducase parts to make a custom case. However I think I'd like an Optima >> case - after all they made the case for the original Altair 8800, and the >> classic light blue color is still available. >> >> I've been looking at the E series instrument cases - >> http://www.elma.com/en/products/cabinets/optima-instrument-cases/product-pages/ex-er-instrument/ex-er-instrument-detail/. >> >> >> >> If I did up a design with the Optima sales folks, would anyone else be >> interested in a group buy of cases? >> >> Andrew >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "N8VEM-S100" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
