I'll post the clean/full version of this in Hacks and Development when it's finished, but Here's the proof of concept/gritty details of the beginnings shot:
You can see the gentle beginnings of the S Curve that the adapter cable will take on its journey to the PDS VidCard bolted up parallel to the sides and more deeply into the roomy cubic above the three full length cards I threw in there for the shot. On the right is the Adapter Cable that came with another PDS VidCard along with a fabulous aluminum NuBus Slot adapter, as opposed to the very elegant PCB version that shipped with the cable from Sonnet..
The aluminum version of the slot adapter mounts the card about an inch deeper into the backplane of the case for some reason, hence, the ribbon cable extension. The extension does an S-Curve of its own, placing the Video Connector back at the top of the a second backplane cover about 1/4" higher for some reason or other. I'll take pics of it while it's still intact for the detailed Hacks thread.
BTW, the standard adapter cable is attached to an internally mounted ENHANCE Liberty Adapter. I'll need to fabricate a longer version for the way I'm doing it. The fit testing for clearance above the low profile Sonnet 6100/7100/8100 G3 Card while mounted in the PDS Vidcard's slot cover fourth PDS opening was successful. [
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I guess I can't manage do a straight upgrade without throwing a hack into the mix . . . maybe two.
You can see the gentle beginnings of the S Curve that the adapter cable will take on its journey to the PDS VidCard bolted up parallel to the sides and more deeply into the roomy cubic above the three full length cards I threw in there for the shot. On the right is the Adapter Cable that came with another PDS VidCard along with a fabulous aluminum NuBus Slot adapter, as opposed to the very elegant PCB version that shipped with the cable from Sonnet..
The aluminum version of the slot adapter mounts the card about an inch deeper into the backplane of the case for some reason, hence, the ribbon cable extension. The extension does an S-Curve of its own, placing the Video Connector back at the top of the a second backplane cover about 1/4" higher for some reason or other. I'll take pics of it while it's still intact for the detailed Hacks thread.
BTW, the standard adapter cable is attached to an internally mounted ENHANCE Liberty Adapter. I'll need to fabricate a longer version for the way I'm doing it. The fit testing for clearance above the low profile Sonnet 6100/7100/8100 G3 Card while mounted in the PDS Vidcard's slot cover fourth PDS opening was successful. [
] ]'>I guess I can't manage do a straight upgrade without throwing a hack into the mix . . . maybe two.