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CheffoJeffo:
If I were to make swappable panels (which I am not planning anytime soon), I think I would follow Paige's suggestion of using Jamma fingerboards and edge connectors.

Cheers.

NoOne=NBA=:
Whatever you use, remember that you will only have ONE hand to disconnect it with.
Molex connectors, and such don't work very well.

You really need something that wall mounts, and has the cable coming out of it--which is why I chose Cat5 cables.
Alternately, the "spring pin" connectors are a workable, but really expensive, solution.

I was using 9-pin (Atari/Sega style) pigtail connectors on my original CP's, and they were a pain in the butt to connect/disconnect because you had to balance the CP perfectly, so that you could reach in with both hands to work with them.
They would have worked OK if I'd mounted the male connectors into the back wall of the CP box though.

MustardTent:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on May 19, 2005, 12:04:19 pm ---Whatever you use, remember that you will only have ONE hand to disconnect it with.
Molex connectors, and such don't work very well.

[snip]

I was using 9-pin (Atari/Sega style) pigtail connectors on my original CP's, and they were a pain in the butt to connect/disconnect because you had to balance the CP perfectly, so that you could reach in with both hands to work with them.
They would have worked OK if I'd mounted the male connectors into the back wall of the CP box though.

--- End quote ---

An excellent point.  It does, however, assume that your disconnects are built into the cabinet, and that they don't have any slack.  I realize it's probably a cleaner approach, but don't discount a bundle of wires with some type of connecter at the end with about a foot of slack.  That way, you can unclip the CP, pull it out, grab the wire, uncouple it, and you're set for another CP.

I understand that this may not be the most preferable approach, however.

NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: pkurby1 on May 19, 2005, 01:15:42 pm ---don't discount a bundle of wires with some type of connecter at the end with about a foot of slack.
--- End quote ---

ChadTower:
The counter argument is that the rj45 (for cat5/5e/6) connectors wear out much faster than the heavier, molex style connectors.

They are, however, cheap and easy to replace if they start to wear out.

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