Re: Apple backplane attachable connectors?

[salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <43f086d3$0$13600$9b4e6d93@newsread2.arcor-online.net>,
Linards Ticmanis  <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote:
>I'd like to connect my wire-wrap clone Mockingboard to a backplane 
>connector so I don't have to move around the monitor and open the 
>machine every time I need to plug or unplug something.
>
>Any good ideas on how to do this? I'd like to have an earphone style 
>stero line-out socket back there, like a PC's line-out. Where do I get / 
>how do I make something that fits the Apple's back plane but isn't Sub-D?

You could do a variation of what Econ did with the SoundMeister: 

1) Cut some sheet metal to slightly exceed the width/height of a DB-25
   cutout.
2) Drill holes where the jackscrews would go, large enough to accomodate
   a 6-32 machine screw.  (I think 1/8" would do, but don't hold me to it.)
3) Drill holes for whatever connectors you want to put on it (I'm guessing
   you want a 3.5mm stereo mini-jack).
4) Mount the connectors.
5) Install into an empty DB-25 cutout with a couple of 6-32 screws and nuts.

(The SoundMeister used a couple of pems instead of nuts, but that's an
implementation detail.)

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