Re: //c idea .......(BOOM, I hope not...)

[sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)]

In article <Apr14.233456.37239@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> jr251693@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (James Darrel Riddle) writes:
>1.  I want to put the hardware into a custom case with a detached
>    keyboard.  My question is how long can the cable be??

I don't know...but as long as it's shielded, you could probably
stretch it out to a few feet.  (I assume that you're talking about the
keyboard cable.)  The keyboard runs at a very slow speed (by the
computer's estimation, anyway :-) ), but you're going to end up using
a relatively thick cable with a IIc keyboard since the cable coming
out of the keyboard assembly is little more than a matrix with some
wires for the rows and some wires for the columns.

>2.  The second is : Would it hurt the internal drive if the cable is 
>    made longer and will it work??

Assuming that the IIc's floppy-drive hardware isn't too different from
the Disk II and other external 5.25" drives, you could get away with
3 to 6 feet of ribbon cable easily...but you probably won't need
anywhere near as much if you're sticking a IIc into an IBM-clone case.

>3.  The last is: What kind of fan should i use to keep the board cool?

Probably none at all, given that the IIc doesn't use a fan.  The power
supply that comes with the case will more than likely have a fan,
though (not to mention that even an XT power supply puts out about 5x
more juice than a IIe/IIGS power supply).

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