Tiniest AROS-compatible mobo?

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The mini-ITX boards tend to be too tall to fit in the slope of the A1200 case. I have an EPIA board and a spare A1200 case here for the same idea... But gave up due to the board not fitting (heat sink and memory stick up too high) and the difficulty interfacing the A1200 keyboard with the ITX...

If you do try it, I suggest one of VIA's PicoITX boards. Then get a friend to build you a keyboard controller that can interface with USB or PS/2

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Butchering a laptop might be the most economic idea (ironically),  you can pick them up cheap on eBay... Cheaper with a broken screen (which you won't need)... Keyrah looks like it will do the job... Though I have no experience with one.

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I still think an old laptop is the way to go, but if you are set on a standard mobo then this should fit: http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=39

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Thanks for the link. I'll try making a model of the board from the dimensions on the site and try to fit it inside an A1200 case. I'll also post on freecycle for a laptop wth a broken screen, as I really can't afford to spend much on this project, and really don't want to wreck my MacBook.

Broken laptop is by a long shot the best idea. You'll really want something with a crappy BIOS (rather than the EFI based MacBook) as it's just more compatible with GRUB x

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No problem at all, if I can't do a good turn at Christmas when can I do one?

I'll dig it out later tonight once the little one has gone to bed and find out the model number and specs.

Finding the charger will be the greatest mission!

Maplin do "universal" charger, might be worth a shot.

@Nicholas that was a generous offer! I can't wait to see what Moto does with it

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BTW, AROS does boot now on some Intel Macs, so that MacBook could potentially be a nice AROS laptop (preferably in one piece IMHO )

I've managed to get AROS x86 booting on my first gen MacBook pro... But not on my latest generation MacBook Pro... I've not tried the x64 native version yet, that might work...

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While it's not Intel-based, this Mini-ITX motherboard doesn't even need a fan or heatsink and runs both Aros and AmigaOS4 http://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=hardware&pid=1

At £450 plus the cost of buying OS4... That is really going to sting, also Nicholas's PIII laptop is probably more powerful and free

@Moto have you factored in the cost of buying a broken A1200 or checking on Amibay for some leftover cases and keyboards from tower conversions (that's where I found an A1200 case and keyboard for my attempt at this project)

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Do you think a PIII will run UAE adequately under AROS? Oh god that sounds really ungrateful, but really if I'm going to grab some free hardware I should really check it's going to do what I need it to

I don't see why not, my first proper experience with UAE was DosUAE on a 200Mhz PII, back in 1999... I was totally blown away by the fact that it was easily 2 to 3 times faster than my real 040 Amiga (in CPU alone, chipset operations were infinitely faster, if need be)... And has built in RTG/AHI support... That is when I knew the Amiga was dead.

UAE in AROS on a PIII should rock (especially if it has a Nvidia gfx chip), and if you use Janus then it should be effectively seamless experience

As for the case, yeah I was planning on asking around for tower-conversion leftovers or dead A1200s. Hopefully I can find one as shiny and White as my lovely NOS A1200

There are plenty around