Hi Toby, I'll try to post some photos in a week or 2. Rob has asked me to make some internal load boards for him so I can show more details while I'm at it. The bulb is the best option in my opinion and seems to work just fine without additional cooling in the cube.
-- Brian On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 6:43 AM, Toby Thain <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote: > On 2015-10-26 1:02 AM, Brian Archer wrote: > >> Even a 10W resistor will get really hot. I embed two 5W resistors into a >> pentium class CPU cooler for a good compromise on space/thermal concerns. >> You can see a pic on my site here: >> http://asterontech.com/Asterontech/next_adb_conversion.html >> >> > Hi Brian > > I did see your mod while looking around for info. > > I'd prefer not to mod the soundbox so my options seem to be your internal > backplane load board ( > http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3616&highlight=load+board > ) or maybe a small load board inline to the monitor cable? > > It looks like ambient cooling is sufficient for the version shown here? > > Thanks very much for the excellent info you've posted so far! > > --Toby > > Internal to the cube, I've found using a 5W appliance bulb to be the >> easiest. >> >> -- >> Brian Archer >> \ >> >