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Title: 664 expansion puzzle
Post by: Velociraptor on 11:31, 23 August 21
I've been quite busy so never got the expansion side of my CPCs sorted out.


I have a bit of a puzzle with what to do with my 664. I'd like it to look as neat and tidy as possible, which means using a dk'tronics ram expansion. However the 664 is different to the 464 so a dk'tronics expansion sticks out below the bottom of the 664 raising it off the worktop surface.


Additionally the speech expansion is great for adding speakers, but same problem.


I do have a multiface 2 so that could plug into the back of the 664, the ram and speech into that, and finally the USiFAC2 into the end of that but it's a bit messy.


Alternatively I could drop the original expansions and go for an X4 board and plug everything into that but it doesn't look as good.


Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this better?
Title: Re: 664 expansion puzzle
Post by: Bryce on 12:42, 23 August 21
You could make some sort of offset using 2 or 3cm of flat cable?

Bryce.
Title: Re: 664 expansion puzzle
Post by: Velociraptor on 12:45, 23 August 21
Yes, good thinking! If I get the right length of flat cable then the expansion will just sit on the desktop and While it won't quite be as good as being inserted into the back it'll be as close as I can get.
Title: Re: 664 expansion puzzle
Post by: Audronic on 13:48, 23 August 21
An Other Thought


Place a suitable full length piece of wood under the back of the keyboard (about 2 Inches Wide) to lift the whole keyboard at the back up ?


Just a thought


Keep Safe


Ray
Title: Re: 664 expansion puzzle
Post by: ComSoft6128 on 13:57, 23 August 21
Quote from: Bryce on 12:42, 23 August 21
You could make some sort of offset using 2 or 3cm of flat cable?

Bryce.


Yes that's probably best, I used this back in the day and it worked fine for years :)
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