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OK, I swapped out the part for the HD-15 connector with a footprint for the actual Amphenol part I ordered, adjusted a things, and ordered a batch of both boards. It was relatively cheap to go from 5 to 20 boards, so I will likely have extras, assuming everything goes smoothly with these...

That explains it. I must have misread the post from earlier about the behavior.

The JLCPBC order of my very early design (no diode, HD-15 right angle connector. One thing I learned and will adjust before the final version is that apparently the HD15 templates in Eagle for the connectors are not universal (rookie mistake). I had to bend the two outer rows outward to fit...

I definitely have plenty of ugly cases, some with intact tabs. The feet are another story. The guy I bought them from handed me a bag of feet when I picked them up. I've had good luck with the ones with broken tabs using a liberal amount of hot glue inside the feet to keep them in place...

Yeah, it's actually coming back closer to my original idea of an adapter. Originally, I was trying to come up with a way to build a 2 PCB adapter (one with just the HDI-45 pins, then a bunch of wires connecting them to the HD-15 or DA-15 connector. That soldering job would have been a...

Where are you located? I have a couple DOS compatible cards and some dirty 6100s that I'm probably going to be selling soon.

I'm making both. The DOS Compatible card Y cable expects DA-15 input so I can't use a VGA connector (unless I build a VGA to DA-15 adapter). Given it simple enough to make the DA-15 version, this will be for people that have DOS Compatible cards or want to hook up to a vintage Mac CRT. I did...

As I've been testing my 3d printing design skills and test fitting some pieces, I'm starting to think that the 19mm pins may be perfect. With the shroud I printed, I think it will sit just right with the pins, and I will likely extend the area behind the DA-15 / HD-15 connector to provide just...

OK, I got my longer 2mm pitch header pins, as well as some round machine pin headers. The machine pin headers are a bit shorter, at about 11mm total length. The square pin headers are 19mm total length. I wasn't sure if the machine pin headers would be a good fit, because the closest...

Agreed on the 5 minimum. However, at JLCPCB's pricing, it's easier to swallow. And I've gotten into the habit of trying to build out enough I can give them to other Vintage Mac people at cost. Like what Colin did with the SE/30 reloaded board, but on a much smaller scale. It is nice to...

I was hoping you wouldn't notice that! Between the missing JST connectors and the green PCBs, I feel like I must have submitted the wrong order. I might have to design a full enclosure case for the internals and print it in blue filament! A thousand apoloigies! Unfortunately, I have 30 of...

So I followed up with JL3DP support and it sounds like the oil spray finish needed for transparent prints is on hold until after the Chinese New Year. So they should be back soon. Separately, I decided to see if I could print one with an Apple logo at PCBWay and so far they haven’t rejected...

Oh, man, clearly haven't tried that. Thanks for completing my feature request 4 years ahead of time! I'm a little frustrated that I never gave that a try. Better late than never finding it out, though!

@JDW has fantastic videos for recapping, but also covers reflowing the solder on the connectors most likely to have cold solder joints: Make sure you also watch the part about discharging the CRT before working on anything. Here: 1:04 I think some Mac Plus machines had bleeder resistors, but...

I think this is a pretty petty feature request, but I'll put it out there and maybe there's other options people can suggest. I use Basilisk II primarily to load software onto my images. It works fantastically, allowing me to install the version of the OS I want plus almost any software I need...

Another update on the restoration. I received my BlueSCSI v2 boards from JLCPCB and they look great, with one problem. Apparently I did something wrong when I tried to use a mix of my parts and their parts (the LEDs and the JST connector were out of stock, so I ordered some. I must have...

That's awesome information. I'll be looking at the board to see what I can manage to rescue. I'll do some digging on the 610 and see what there would make sense to pull from the board. It does make sense that the non-FPU, 35MHz CPUs probably aren't really sought after. I have a 68LC040 in my...

Yeah, I did go through the pizza boxes as well. They faired as poorly as the Centris/Quadra 6x0s I definitely plan to do what I can to salvage components. If anyone has a good source for the proprietary / no longer available chips so I can do my best to salvage anything worth taking a chance...

As I said, I think any concern here would be addressed with the case. It’s much easier to build multiple 3d printed options to increase / optimize surface areas for adherence to the case. Obviously, I’m not going to stop you from designing one with a horizontal connector, I just think there...

Another update on my progress. I've still got some case cleaning to do on the 6100s, but I've gone down a detour as I really want these to be usable for their future owners and I did not get any HDI-45 adapters for getting video out to a modern monitor. This has lead me to try my hand at PCB...