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Final Assembly

A project log for MCM/70 Reproduction

I am making a full sized MCM/70 reproduction, a Canadian personal computer from 1974.

michael-gardiMichael Gardi 01/21/2023 at 02:540 Comments

With all the pieces done it was time to put it all together, but first I did one final check of the integrated electronics.

All good. Next:

Then:

I positioned the Top Panel in place being careful not to the pull or pinch any of the wires.

The tape deck was wired to the following pins:

Tape Sensor ModuleRaspberry PiDescription
5V5VPower
GNDGNDGround
Hall Effect Sensor 1GPIO17Data Pin
Hall Effect Sensor 2GPIO27Data Pin

I did a little cable management as well.

Finally, I reprinted the right hand side of the Back Panel with a cutout for the PI power, HDMI, and A/V Jack and attached it.

And  that's it. The hardware is done!

I still have some software stuff to do like setting up the system to auto boot into the MCM/70 Emulator and integrating the tape deck sensors with the emulator, but this is a pretty big milestone for the project.

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