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    SBC6120 "Mini" Front Panel

    Ya, you'll definitely need to rewire, I can update the text. The BOM link is the cheapest way I've found found to source that DB9 connector with the shrouded hood and screws. I also used it to make a custom cable.
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    New project, Altos ACS8000-6

    Hmm, no dice getting a (virtual) disk to boot. Tried both these Teledisk images from http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/Altos/Altos_8000_Family_disk_images/DMA_Version_-_double_density_format/. Converted to IMG format with the HXC Floppy Emulator tool which gave me a 467,456 byte image (good)...
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    New project, Altos ACS8000-6

    Success (so far). Crimped up a custom power cable and connected it up to an Mean Well RT-65B PSU I normally use with my Ferguson Big Board. Here's the pinout for future reference, pin 1 is at the bottom of the board closed to the memory banks. Pin 1 GND Pin 2 GND Pin 3 -12V Pin...
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    New project, Altos ACS8000-6

    Took a chance on a local auction site Ended up with an ACS8000-6 and Winchester drive unit with a Shugart 400B hard drive. Other than disintegrating foam and the usual dust build up, looks to be in pretty good shape. Going to leave the hard drive alone for now and work on getting the...
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    Petsd

    I like this one https://www.tinkercad.com/things/iu8w26e5DdN-petsd-case-top-button-rev-13 I little fiddly to get together, but prints easy and looks somewhat "fancy".
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    Cromemco dazzler replica project

    Nice I used the cheap ten for ~$3 Aliexpress ON-ON and ON-(ON) switches and a PCB dress panel for my SBC6120 front panel project and they worked fine. https://github.com/djtersteegc/sbc6120-mini-front-panel
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    Cromemco dazzler replica project

    Here's some quick pics of my original Rev D boards. @Gary C do you have the KiCad files you've been posting in this thread in Github also? Would be happy to spend a little time doing a couple PR's to improve the silk screen cosmetics a bit.
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    Tracing a vintage PCB in KiCAD

    Just throwing out Sprint Layout again given the positive experience I had with it recreating a Ferguson Big Board from some scans. No ERC/DRC though.
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    Recreating the Ferguson Big Board

    Thanks, I think my Big Board plug in accessory collection is now complete.
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    Recreating the Ferguson Big Board

    Speaking of floppies...finished up my custom Flash Floppy compatible PCB that plugs directly into the the Big Board's floppy port last night. Details on how to build your own are at https://github.com/djtersteegc/OpenFlops-Ferguson and also linked in the main reproduction repo's README. Now...
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    SBC6120 "Mini" Front Panel

    UTSource still lists some for $~40 USD. I bought a bunch from them years ago and only one out of the batch didn't fully work (booted, but wouldn't run Adventure), but no idea what the stock looks like now. https://www.utsource.net/sch/HD1-6120.html Bunch of seller on eBay for around the same...
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    SBC6120 "Mini" Front Panel

    Keystone 8568 came in today. Nice, but really to big for this. At a minimum would require the front panels labels to be extended and spaced out more for the indicator labels and lines to line up better. Also kinda spendy at ~$12 regular price, Newark had them on clearance for $2.28, but I...
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    SBC6120 "Mini" Front Panel

    Ordered some more knobs to try out, looking for something that has the aluminum top like the original panels. The one I'm using now was simply what I had lying around from past projects. These guys are 15mm so same as what's on their now. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805576374460.html...
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    SBC6120 "Mini" Front Panel

    Thanks, fixed.
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    SBC6120 "Mini" Front Panel

    Speaking from the experience of packing some SBC6120-RBC kits I've sold locally at VCFMW over the years, this would probably end up being more of a convenience versus actual cost savings given the cost for the time and overhead in putting the kits together that would need to be factored into the...
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