To add a reset switch to the SX, you need
to install a momentary contact pushbutton (normally open contacts) across
capacitor C45 (a 0.1uF) on the CPU board. That small capacitor is connected
to pin 2 of VG7, a 555 timer IC wired as a "one-shot" circuit. The other
component on that pin is a 1 Megohm resistor R23. The added switch goes
between pin 2 of the IC and ground (across the capacitor). Momentarily
grounding that line with the added switch triggers the one-shot. The
circuit holds long enough that all devices are properly reset. It's what
happens when the computer is powered up. That is the preferred way to do
it, although grounding the output side of that chip through one of the
ports will also work, if you can accept the risks involved.
As I said in the article, I suggest you install a 100
ohm resistor in one leg of the line to the switch, just in case you get the connections
wrong... it will do no harm, it just will not work. I'm at work right now,
so I can't peek inside my SX to locate the best mounting place for a
switch. I did install a drive select switch to my SX. It's a slide switch,
flush mounted inside the left side panel so it barely sticks out with
little chance to get accidently bumped or broken.
Ray Carlsen