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Macintosh SE M5010 HD Bracket

Posted by: BadGoldEagle on 2016-08-19 10:07:49 Hi there, Thanks to Bibilit, I am now the proud owner of an SE with two floppy drives. It works great, but I think it would be even better if it was equipped with a SCSI2SD.  Because of the two FDDs, conventional HDs won't fit properly. See Vectronics' pic of their HD-equipped M5010. But what about an Apple bracket + SCSI2SD ? Unfortunately, I don't have a spare HD/Empty bracket on hand to try. Do you know if it fits? I started working on a bespoke M5010 SCSI2SD bracket. But perhaps this work is useless...

Posted by: omidimo on 2016-08-19 11:36:32 This bracket helps keeping the board from touching any bare metal and it has worked for me. I bet you could just velcro it on top of it will be just fine.

Posted by: BadGoldEagle on 2016-08-19 14:03:29 Yeah that could work. But I'm afraid it might fall off even with Velcro. I'm trying to replicate the lower part of the HD bracket : two tabs that slide into the FDD housing at one end, held up at the other (rear side) by two screws. I can't really use metal, or can I ?  I finished the design, but since I don't have a proper bracket at the moment (left it at my parent's house), the dimensions are not right. At all. Dang it, should have remembered! I think I will re-use the design from your link. At least for the securing the SCSI2SD to the bracket part.

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