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MacSE (Maxine) Internal Zip100 (I had to.)

MacSE (Maxine) Internal Zip100 (I had to.) Peripherals 23 posts Dec 18, 2012 — Jan 9, 2013

#1 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 - 03:13

Since I was the recipient of an internal zip100 SCSI, from a trade with J.R.,

I thought this needed to be done, sooner than later.

First I had to make a new pigtail as this drive uses floppy power.

Then I just re-used the HDD bracket. All I had to do was bend the LED holder out of the way (didn't get a pic), and notch two holes right in the front to line up with the zip's screw holes.

And (besides the scsi cable being oriented just-so-annoyingly-wrong) I had to (Steal jt's filing idea AND IT WORKED, obviously.) I'm not going to widen the floppy, however. So, it looks a little funny. But I'm excited how it turned out, and it worked.

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#2 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 - 03:23

Go ahead and widen the floppy a bit to match, it'll look just right again and nobody will know the difference! Nice hack! :approve:

It was MinerAl's hack, he did the ZippieCC over ten years ago. We're all following his lead.

#3 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 - 03:29

Hi,

I think it looks good as is, if not a bit unusual. It allows one to differentiate which is which at a glance (perhaps even a stick-on ZIP identifier next to the slot to further identify it).

Keep up the good work, MarkyB!

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#4 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 - 16:24

Thanks guys!

I looked up MinerAl's tutorial so let me say thanks for pioneering such a thing!

I opened the slot a little more this morning, made the hole bigger for the ejector, (unfortunately, fugly), and widened the floppy to match. It really didn't look right not lined up.

:b&w:

#5 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 - 16:15

Sweet!

#6 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 - 17:26

Very nice. Try removing the door from the Zip, the contrast of the (FDD matching) black rectangle will take the eye off the hole for the eject button. :beige:

Meanwhile, I'll nose around the excess plastics for a matching button. If the hole is still the right height, a rectangular eject button from a DOA CD or a PC Floppy drive might look right at home on the Maxine's (Hallmark's Maxine?) bezel.

#7 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 - 17:32

Personally I would have not made the hole for the eject button.

#8 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 - 17:49

Personally I would have not made the hole for the eject button.

Probably shouldn't have, but it looked Real weird with the green LED flashing behind the grille..

a rectangular eject button from a DOA CD or a PC Floppy drive might look right at home on the Maxine's (Hallmark's Maxine?) bezel.

Now there's a thought...

The name Maxine came from -> MacSE -> Maxy? Nope.. Maxine.. LOL

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#9 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 - 20:21

Now before you say, wait, that's blue and it will look dumb..

:beige:

#10 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 - 20:33

so maxine was a real girl what would she look like?

this:

#11 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 - 20:51

Perhaps,

#12 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 - 22:55

Zip drive is mounted to the cage a little crooked right now so I'll open her up tomorrow and fix. I'm all out of will for the day.

#13 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 - 01:58

congrats on the awesome work markyb! Looks cool!

#14 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 - 02:27

Thank you!

#15 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 - 02:50

I forgot to mention how I got the eject button in and permanent.

First I had to use a 5/16" drill bit to make the hole smooth. I did not use a drill, I just slowly rotated the bit by hand so that I could control it the best. I started with a very small one and worked my way up.

Next, The button I had is from my IBM Aptiva case. It was a little long so I measured how long it needed to be and filed it down accordingly.

Then I got a safety pin and heated it up with a candle hot enough to poke through the end of the button (The end that will be inside the Mac.) I then cut off the part of the pin I did not need. Here's a drawing of how it turned out (and how it is mounted)

#16 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 - 04:37

Your Mac has a blue ball onna' front!

#17 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 - 06:14

almost sticks out like a mouse on the thinkpad keyboard

#18 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 - 06:22

Yeah, we had another name for the Trackpoint back then ...

#19 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 - 06:59

" the super clever joy-button mouse " ?

#20 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 - 11:33

#21 Wed, 9 Jan 2013 - 05:52

Very nice. Try removing the door from the Zip.

Or just sharpie the dust door black.

Sorry to resurrect a weeks over thread. Just came back to admire your work again.

#22 Wed, 9 Jan 2013 - 14:20

No problem :beige:

I'm actually thinking about removing the front of the drive to get the zip to sit as far forward as possible. Then it will really match the floppy :approve:

#23 Wed, 9 Jan 2013 - 18:06

I've seen somewhere that that works