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Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central

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You can't do this on the Memotech as there is only just enough room for the 
computer, memory board and the comms board.

Brian

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"Volker Bartheld" <dr_versaeg@freenet.de> wrote in message 
news:nd8ja39w0odq.dlg@news.bartheld.net...
> Hi!
>
> On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:02:58 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:
>>  The main reason I found it a pain was that the edge connectors keep 
>> needing
>> cleaning and the only way to do this was to open the case hinge it up and
>> slide out the cards and clean them. At least the speccy ones could be
>> cleaned without opening the case!
>
> I soldered an "edge connector extension" onto the PCB of my speccy which
> has a gold plating - see http://bartheld.net/temp/dsc_9003.jpg for an
> impression on how it looks like. This solved the problem once and for all,
> still works fine today.
>
> Unfortunately http://buerklin.de doesn't seem to have them anymore, so
> you're pretty much on your own...
>
> Cheers,
> Volker
>
> P.S.: Please excuse the messy wire routing. I was young, in a hurry and I
> needed the money. ;-)
>
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  Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2013-04-09 18:53 +0100
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    Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2013-04-10 08:55 +0100
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    Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2013-04-14 08:02 +0100
      Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central Volker Bartheld <dr_versaeg@freenet.de> - 2013-04-14 09:22 +0200
        Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2013-04-14 15:37 +0100
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