HP97 The journey begins

[teenix]

Hi all,

I have made a bit more progress on the Spice.

Image below shows the display connected to the CPU/Keyboard PCB assembly. The keys seem to feel ok in operation when fitted to the upper case half and the copper side restraining strips clip on nicely.

The project is at the mechanical stage where everything you measure looks like it will fit until you try it. The weakness of the Spice casing and plastic PCB locking tabs are a problem as they don't like being fiddled with and tend to break if the board has to be inserted and removed during development.

It is slow going temporarily living in a small caravan.

cheers

Tony