Guy's here's my new project. restoring a 2000 that I bought, as you can see I have fitted a large LCD display for my Gotek drive. But it was not easy. The only easy part was making the hole in the front to fit the LCD (I use my hot soldering iron). The hard part was removing the small LCD driver board. You see it had to be moved because the LCD is held in place by four plastic standoffs with nuts (Standoffs glued to the back of the case front) , and you need excess to one of the nuts (For easy remove).. The driver board was in the way.. But after sucking the holes of solder. I damaged the board (Some of the cores got pulled out), so I bought another LCD and rocked the driver board back and forth till the header pins broke.. Phew, Now I was able to remove all the pins.. I have now soldered a female header in place, so the driver board can be easy removed from the LCD display if needed...
I have also made a hole for a On/Off switch at the front, and it works great turning the computer off and on from the front, as for wring up the LCD to the Gotek. I have made the harness.. But I have to solder (2) 4.7k Pull up resisters, so I'll solder them under the driver board (At the four pin header), so it will be neat and tidy.. Plus that 2 pin header with a jumper on it.. Well I had to solder that to the the other side of the driver board because it might touch the metal part of the case, and I was able to get a eBay seller to make me a special 3D printed 2000 Gotek mounting plate without the OLED hole (He sells them with the OLED hole) .. Because I won't be fitting one, as they are too small, so You see it's coming along nicely. My 2000 (Recapped) will have a GVP accelerator with 13MB ram (running at 38MHz), SCSICD v6, 8MB ram board (I'm just waiting for the rest of the ram chips to arrive), and a Gotek with HcX firmware (You have to pay a one time price of just 10 euros for the boot-loader).. After that all updates are free, and it supports the LCD, and a sound board too (I have to build it though).. Have I missed anything else.. Oh yeah... I have a fixer fixer that has the Amber chip... I AM bringing my 2000 into the 21st century (It'll out last me)....
I have also made a hole for a On/Off switch at the front, and it works great turning the computer off and on from the front, as for wring up the LCD to the Gotek. I have made the harness.. But I have to solder (2) 4.7k Pull up resisters, so I'll solder them under the driver board (At the four pin header), so it will be neat and tidy.. Plus that 2 pin header with a jumper on it.. Well I had to solder that to the the other side of the driver board because it might touch the metal part of the case, and I was able to get a eBay seller to make me a special 3D printed 2000 Gotek mounting plate without the OLED hole (He sells them with the OLED hole) .. Because I won't be fitting one, as they are too small, so You see it's coming along nicely. My 2000 (Recapped) will have a GVP accelerator with 13MB ram (running at 38MHz), SCSICD v6, 8MB ram board (I'm just waiting for the rest of the ram chips to arrive), and a Gotek with HcX firmware (You have to pay a one time price of just 10 euros for the boot-loader).. After that all updates are free, and it supports the LCD, and a sound board too (I have to build it though).. Have I missed anything else.. Oh yeah... I have a fixer fixer that has the Amber chip... I AM bringing my 2000 into the 21st century (It'll out last me)....
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