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A600GS & A1200NG / Re: A600GS Alternative Case
« Last post by Twiggy on July 13, 2025, 07:55:05 AM »
The back plate is rattling because it is not tall and wide enough to fit the grooves in the top and bottom parts of the case. I don't know if it is on purpose because of the case moulding variations / orangepi+daughter board placement variations or who knows why. I personally installed passive dual side heatsink and made a custom back side metal grill so the hot air can escape. If you need any help regarding modeling or making custom parts, let me know. CAD/CAM is what I do. I would consider helping you design what you need for free.

Sounds interesting. What does your A600GS custom back plate look like?
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A600GS & A1200NG / Re: AmiBench help and suggestions
« Last post by Twiggy on July 13, 2025, 07:53:14 AM »
What would the steps be for restoring an Amibench that no longer launches correctly?

It gets as far as the splash screen, then crashes/goes back to the system menu when it gets to the Workbench-like screen.

I've tried using the Restore options with no luck

Edit: Rattled through some more Advanced Re-install/upgrade options. Seems to have got all back to how it originally was. Now to re-install stuff again!
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A600GS & A1200NG / Re: A600GS Alternative Case
« Last post by E5150 on July 13, 2025, 02:55:18 AM »
That's a great idea, I might do the same.

If you mean the weights idea here is one cheap and easy solution. Go to hardware store and buy two galvanised steel perforated plates 80x40x2mm. Two of them give perfect weight increase to A600GS, they fit in the middle of the bottom part of the case and they won't rust. Then isolate them with electrical tape or put some isolator between the bottom of the daughter board and those plates. The plates are easily fixed to the bottom of the case with a glue gun and can be easily removed without any damage. 15 minutes of work :)

Good luck :D
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A600GS & A1200NG / Re: A600GS Alternative Case
« Last post by THX-1138 on July 13, 2025, 02:26:29 AM »
That's a great idea, I might do the same.
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A600GS & A1200NG / Re: A600GS Alternative Case
« Last post by E5150 on July 13, 2025, 12:06:40 AM »
I think the case is "ok" ... I did some rework with tape to prevent the metal plates from rumbling around and hold the audio jack in place ...

I already started to design a case with integrated 3,5" Floppy drive but it´s far from complete  ::)

I think A600GS case is very well designed, very well molded, quality plastic etc. I would not change it :) I just made some modifications and I installed two 2mm insulated metal plates to act as weights underneath the daughter board and now is very stable on the desk and cable movement does not move the device anymore.
 
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A600GS & A1200NG / Re: A600GS Alternative Case
« Last post by SkulleateR on July 12, 2025, 11:52:22 PM »
I think the case is "ok" ... I did some rework with tape to prevent the metal plates from rumbling around and hold the audio jack in place ...

I already started to design a case with integrated 3,5" Floppy drive but it´s far from complete  ::)
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A600GS & A1200NG / Re: A600GS Alternative Case
« Last post by E5150 on July 12, 2025, 11:26:01 PM »
The back plate is rattling because it is not tall and wide enough to fit the grooves in the top and bottom parts of the case. I don't know if it is on purpose because of the case moulding variations / orangepi+daughter board placement variations or who knows why. I personally installed passive dual side heatsink and made a custom back side metal grill so the hot air can escape. If you need any help regarding modeling or making custom parts, let me know. CAD/CAM is what I do. I would consider helping you design what you need for free.
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A600GS & A1200NG / Re: List of working/non working Apps on AmiBench
« Last post by Twiggy on July 12, 2025, 09:52:04 PM »
Definitely not Shapeshifter! I've completely borked my AmiBench install, to the point where doing a Replace To Inbuilt Defaults does nothing!

Even rolling out the Advanced update of the system lha does nothing. A bit frustrating!
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Sorry for the problems described by the previous speaker, yes indeed the early versions had a electrical bug and the firmware had it's child illnesses, but that has changed.

I got my ZZ9000 from a production batch last year with latest firmware 1.13. and for me it was a true easy plug'n'play experience. Installed the card, P96, Genesis on my A4000T and all works in less than halfe an hour. RTG inclusive native put through and automatic flickerxing like a charm, 256MB autoconfig RAM expansion, Ethernet not the fastest but ok for Amiga needs and much faster than with a dialup modem. The only problem which still exists is the USB port, couldn't get any memory stick to work, at least not automounting partitions.

Can't tell about the Sound expansion, as I don't have it.

For me it was the best deal for my old A4000T, solved 3 problems out of the box for me:
1. Native put through and flickerfixing, finally could retire my CRT
2. Lack of RAM, 256MB is a nice addition
3. LAN connection, modem retired

About, the problem described updating the firmware by the previous speaker:
Upating is done very easy by copying the new BOOT.bin to the SD card, NEVER EVER TRY TO DO THIS ON A WINDOWS SYSTEM, as Windows screws up the file, it obviously doesn't like when you copy a file named "BOOT.bin" into the root of any drive. So best to download and copy the new firmware updates on a Linux system.
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Amiga Magazines / Old Amiga Future Issue 149 in german & english now online
« Last post by AndreasM on July 12, 2025, 01:41:36 PM »
Since today you can read the Amiga Future issue 149 online on our webpage.

In irregular intervals we provide older issues of the Amiga Future for free online.

The PDF versions (in HQ) are available in our online shop

Read the german mags online: https://www.amigafuture.de/app.php/kb/index?c=10
Read the english mags online: https://www.amigafuture.de/app.php/kb/index?c=65

https://www.amigafuture.de
https://www.amigashop.org
http://www.apc-tcp.de
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