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Old 12-12-2007, 02:48 PM
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Default card guide...

Something like the attached image perhaps?

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Old 12-12-2007, 03:07 PM
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It would have to have a piece perpendicular to the guide with space for two screws to fasten it to the motherboard. Unlike PC card guides these don't fasten to the case but rather to the motherboard.
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Old 12-12-2007, 03:43 PM
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Tom, could you point me to a picture or a drawing of what the correct part looks like? The image I included was just a ballpark guess as to what you guys would be after. It's been 25 years since I actually looked at the insides of an S-100 box in person.

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Old 12-13-2007, 01:58 AM
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Here are a couple of pictures of what the card guide looks like.
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Old 12-13-2007, 03:38 AM
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Thanks Mardy!

Can you tell me how wide and deep the slot is, how high the "tower" is and how wide the foot is? I also need to know the hole spacing on the bottom.

I can make something that will do the job but it will NOT look just like that. It would however be mechanically identical.

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Old 12-13-2007, 01:43 PM
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I'm in the process of creating a 3-D mechanical drawing of the original card guide. When it is completed, I will post the DXF file.

Anybody out there have the resources to make a mold?

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Old 12-13-2007, 02:56 PM
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Yep.

I was hoping to trade a kit for my services as I don't have the money for a kit, but I _really_ want one.

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Old 12-14-2007, 11:26 PM
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Here is a replica design that I put together. The DXF and IGES files for the design can be found at the following URL:

http://web.mac.com/mardy/iWeb/Altair/CardGuide.dxf
http://web.mac.com/mardy/iWeb/Altair/CardGuide.igs


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Old 12-15-2007, 05:34 AM
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That looks really nice Mardy. Unfortunately it doesn't render at all when I import it into Inventor 10.

Can you try saving it as a DWG file? Any version of AutoCAD from 2004 and prior I can read in Inventor.

tnx!

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Old 12-15-2007, 09:40 AM
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Thats nice. Did you use Cobalt?

Since you did the drawing, I wonder how cheap the tooling would be... The price I got was if they had to reverse engineer my part.
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