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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Tahoe on March 27, 2006, 01:23:46 PM

Title: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: Tahoe on March 27, 2006, 01:23:46 PM: I have this waaaaay beautiful and wonderful A3000T which I want to use as my main machine but I've run in a bit of a snag. The machine has no 5.25" drive rails, none nope nada.
I figure there is nowhere I can buy these rails from, as they look very custom. (buying replacement rails for my A4000T was a breeze)

What I need is pictures of the rails, from all angles next to a ruler if possible. This way I might be able to reconstruct them.... This for both the upper aswell as both lower bays...

Anyone willing to help?
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: Crusher on March 27, 2006, 03:01:36 PM: I can help you. :-)

For the moment I´m at work, but when I get home I´ll take pictures and measurements of everything you want.
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: prowler on March 27, 2006, 03:15:17 PM: I don't have a digital camera but I grabbed myself some plastic HD rails from some old servers that were being decommisioned where I work. I have no idea what is supposed to be used in the 5.25" slots but they seem to do the job. What I would like though is some of the those 3.5" rails for my 3000T :)
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: Tahoe on March 27, 2006, 03:30:31 PM: Quote

Crusher wrote:
I can help you. :-)

For the moment I´m at work, but when I get home I´ll take pictures and measurements of everything you want.

Thanx, I will be most gratefull! I did try other ways but none seemed to work properly...
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: Chain on March 28, 2006, 01:18:10 PM: Post pics here please!!

i dont have rails too, and never able to find something similar form peecee
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: Crusher on March 31, 2006, 08:28:05 PM: Sorry that I haven´t posted them yet, been really busy. But here goes.

Bottom (http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/2860/bottomside4mx.jpg)
CDromTray (http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/8061/cdromtray4ju.jpg)
CDromTrayHeight (http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/4599/cdromtrayheight8se.jpg)
CDromTrayLength (http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/9149/cdromtraylength7qb.jpg)
FacesZorro (http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/3493/faceszorro8zu.jpg)
HDTrayHeight (http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/1714/hdtrayheight5wf.jpg)
HDTrayLength (http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/3676/hdtraylength9il.jpg)
HDTray (http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/5729/hdtray2zk.jpg)
HDTrayWidth (http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/6979/hdtraywidth8mm.jpg)
LengthOfPlate (http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/3276/lengthofplate8fu.jpg)
LengthOfPlate2 (http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/6452/lengthofplate21lh.jpg)
LengthOfPlate3 (http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/3413/lengthofplate39ih.jpg)
OuterLength (http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/971/outerlength409mm1jb.jpg)
SlideStop (http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/6181/slidestop8ho.jpg)
Top (http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/1232/upperside1hd.jpg)

I´ll post pictures of the slides(those you put on the cdrom´s) as soon as I find them. Tell me if there is anything more you want pictures of. Hope these help a bit. :-)
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: Lemmink on March 31, 2006, 09:49:05 PM: Quote

I´ll post pictures of the slides(those you put on the cdrom´s) as soon as I find them.

Well I guess those were the parts Tahoes wanted pictures from. I was lucky and found a couple of those 5.25" rails in a bag of assembly stuff for our streamers at work.
The slits where the fixig brackest grab in had to be widened a little bit though. So those rails were some kind of industry standard, but I guess you have to look at way old Servers or Mainframes to find some of those.

Here is a picture of those 3.5" floppyrails:

http://home.joice.net/j100513/scans/temp/3.5-rail.JPG

I leave the honor to Crusher to take Pictures from the 5.25" rails as he allready did so much work :-D
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: tonyvdb on March 31, 2006, 09:56:29 PM: I have some extra rails for the 3000T I have to see how many I still have and I am not at home right now if your realy intrested in the real thing I can send them to you but I live in Canada.
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: Tahoe on April 01, 2006, 12:26:05 PM: I would be hugely grateful, and ofcourse I would cover all expenses!
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: Tahoe on April 01, 2006, 12:31:40 PM: Quote

Crusher wrote:
Sorry that I haven´t posted them yet, been really busy. But here goes.

Hey, no worries! I really appreciate you taking the time to make them!

Quote

I´ll post pictures of the slides(those you put on the cdrom´s) as soon as I find them. Tell me if there is anything more you want pictures of. Hope these help a bit. :-)

Yes, please! Thanx very much! Lemmink was kind enough to post a floppy rail so that is no longer needed...
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: tonyvdb on April 01, 2006, 06:02:54 PM: Hmmmm, I have looked around and I can't find them at this moment. If I do find then I will let you know.

Sorry
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: TjLaZer on April 01, 2006, 06:27:54 PM: I have a set of new drive rails. 100 Euro! What? Sorry no sale!!! ;) j/k
Title: Re: Need help from a 3000T owner
Post by: Crusher on April 07, 2006, 12:24:05 PM: Good news, I found the rails. :-)
Approx 200-300KB big pics.
Here goes:

Rail1 (http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7067/rail16kf.jpg)
Rail1b (http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4258/rail1b4ez.jpg)
Rail2 on cdrom (http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6747/rail2oncdrom8ij.jpg)

Notice that Rail1 and Rail1b is the same rail and Rail2 is mirrored. Hope this helps and ofcourse if you want me to take anymore pictures, just tell me. :-)