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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: motorollin on March 02, 2006, 11:28:30 AM

Title: A1200 in an A1000 case?!
Post by: motorollin on March 02, 2006, 11:28:30 AM
I love my D-Box tower. But I've been looking at some A1000 pics and I love them more :-)

Has anyone ever built an A1200 in to an A1000 case? I would be particularly interested to hear how this would work with a PCI bus (Mediator in my case).

I've never seen an A1000 in real life so I have no idea if the case would be big enough to cram in A1200 mobo, 060, hard drive, CD-ROM, floppy, Mediator, PCI card.......  :crazy:

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moto
Title: Re: A1200 in an A1000 case?!
Post by: motorollin on March 02, 2006, 11:38:28 AM
Just found this (http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=A45BC&DOY=2m3) which might help to fit the PCI card in - it re-angles the PCI slot by 90 degrees so the card lays flat. Obviously it will cover the rest of the slots but I only use it for my Voodoo anyway.

Next question - where can I find a broken A1000 as a host :-D

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moto
Title: Re: A1200 in an A1000 case?!
Post by: dEfEndEr on March 02, 2006, 11:56:09 AM
The A1000 really isn't tall enough to do much with.

I have enough trouble myself getting things inside my A2000 case, as the PSU sites only just over an inch away from the CPU, and having fitted a Mega Chip, I have had to raise my VXL-30 and it almost touches the PSU/drive mounts.

But ask on eBay, i've seen dead 2000's go for a £5 + P&P (didn't manage to get rid of mine thou, so it had to go to the bin)
Title: Re: A1200 in an A1000 case?!
Post by: motorollin on March 02, 2006, 12:28:57 PM
Please don't kill me, but I don't really like the A2000 case :nervous: To me it looks like an old 286 PC.

Does anyone have the internal dimensions for an A1000? I am wondering whether the keyboard hide-away could be utilised. Maybe a mini-itx PSU could go under there so the A1000's internal PSU could be removed, which should free up some space.

I really want to get my hands on a broken A1000 so I can see for myself how big it is!

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moto
Title: Re: A1200 in an A1000 case?!
Post by: InTheSand on March 03, 2006, 09:19:04 AM
Quote

dEfEndEr wrote:
didn't manage to get rid of mine thou, so it had to go to the bin


You binned a 2000?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!  :-(

Shouldn't be allowed, even if the machine is dead!

 - Ali
Title: Re: A1200 in an A1000 case?!
Post by: motorollin on March 03, 2006, 09:25:54 AM
Agreed - it can always be used for parts. Still looking for the internal dimensions of the A1000 case...

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moto
Title: Re: A1200 in an A1000 case?!
Post by: gizmomelb on March 05, 2006, 01:28:46 PM
internal dimensions are roughly:

5.5cm tall
43cm wide
30cm deep
Title: Re: A1200 in an A1000 case?!
Post by: motorollin on March 05, 2006, 02:39:51 PM
Cool! Thanks. I'm going to make something out of card to represent that size and see if everything will fit.

Cheers

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moto