Re: CFFA for IIc and IIc+?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

a2retro wrote:
>  To: Michael J. Mahon
> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> > sfahey wrote:
>
> > > May I suggest the vents under the keyboard, near the speaker might be 
> > > more
> > > suitable, considering they are closer and iirc, wider -- or at least 
> > > not as
> > > cosmetically valuable.
> >
> > According to my measurements (and my guess about Apple's "style" folks,
> > the under-keyboard slots are the same width as the top slots.  And I'm
> > a little worried about interference with the keyboard.
> >
> > But if it works, I'm for it!  ;-)
>
> One of my //c+ cases was bought damaged off ebay as a spare so I am not 
> squeamish about hacking this one.
>
> For this under keyboard approach to work it would require a shallow 
> SDCard connector and it would still have to stick out some.

It should stick out at least 1/8" to allow for a "press to release"
type socket, or to provide some gripping room for a "pull to release"
type.

> Getting fancy it might be possible to design a plastic cover that would 
> clip to the grill under the keyboard and the 4 wire spi cable could be 
> routed through the grill to the PCB.
>
> It's not as popular but a miniSD might be a possible compromise or an 
> under keyboard internal socket.

Mini-SD will immediately drop the availability of cards by a factor of
ten.  Of course, if nothing else works...

> A MicroSD card there should be no problem through the slot  ... but the 
> MicroSD is so small it doesn't stick out much past the end of the socket 
>  so it would awkward to put it there as well.

And if you sneeze, you'll never see it again.  ;-)

> Looking on top of my //c,  the 8th slot over from the left (so just to 
> the right of the keyboard button) there is a slot space between the 5.25 
> drive and the power supply that looks like a good possibility. On the 
> //c+ it looks like it would be the 9th slot over.

Excellent!

> er: Card thickness, it's hard to say for sure as I have found my true 
> SDCards seem to fit but the MicroSD to SDCard adapters are a little 
> thicker and will not. I guess it really depends on the manufacture you 
> have.

I just checked the SD Card mechanical spec, and I see that:

"SD cards generally measure 32 mm � 24 mm � 2.1 mm, but can be as
thin as 1.4 mm."

-michael

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