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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: SaMiga on October 21, 2010, 10:18:31 PM
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A600HD in a A500 Cabinet
I had an A500 rev5 already limped slightly with yellow, green and red boot screens once in a while.
I pulled the motherboard out and put an A600 motherboard i had in spare, with a Kick 2.05 rev. 37,350 in.
Customized the expansion trap door a little so I could use the PCMCIA slot, and put a CF card reader on the back, and also put the joy stick ports on the back where i think they belonged.
I kept the A500 disk drive, but put a green LED on that indicates when the drive is active, although i can not fail to hear it;)
Then I made a hardware hack I found online for A500 keyboard to A600 MOBO, so it could run on the motherboard.
It worked, also the Reset (Ctrl+A+A) keys and the numeric keypad works.
'Power' and 'Drive' LEDs is connected to the motherboard, so the 'Drive' flashes when ide port running.
So it all ended up with an alternative solution with A500/A600 HD.
Link -> http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=3340
More pictures in my gallery
Link -> http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?u=5970
Reg .SDH.
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I put an A4000 motherboard into an A500 once. It was too ugly for pictures.
Nice roomy cases, though, the A500s have.
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Yep Tone007..
Lots of space for further prOn ;)
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Hmmm... I agree, It's a well done hack but... I don't see the point on that kind of hacks...
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Hmmm... I agree, It's a well done hack but... I don't see the point on that kind of hacks...
Whatching this gallery is clear (at least imho) a mini pc mounted on the a600 case (very nice hack) and the a600 motherboard on the a500 spare case.
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Nice work!
@ferix surly the point is to have fun?
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Whatching this gallery is clear (at least imho) a mini pc mounted on the a600 case (very nice hack) and the a600 motherboard on the a500 spare case.
Yeah..
I Know.
I still have 2 fully functinal A600 in its original, and 1 mobo from the mini pc hack,
but i think it has a memory problem, since it sometimes boots up with green screen, so
i chopped up a ugly a600 that i got for free, because the previous owner gave it a nasty satin black paint job.
in my world Amiga is beige.
Cheers SD-H
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Hmmm... I agree, It's a well done hack but... I don't see the point on that kind of hacks...
@ SaMiga
A nice idea and a great piece of work... :)
@ ferix
The point is, to be creative and make use of what limited hardware is available to us Amiga users and have fun & enjoy doing it... :)
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@ SaMiga
A nice idea and a great piece of work... :)
@ ferix
The point is, to be creative and make use of what limited hardware is available to us Amiga users and have fun & enjoy doing it... :)
It was fun, and somehow keeping things alive with alternative solutions is also fun.
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1* Amiga 500
1* Amiga 600 in A500 Case
2* Amiga 600
1* Amiga 2000
1* Amstrad CPC6128
1* ZX Spectrum 48k.
1* Amiga Emubox i A600 Case
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Hmmm... I agree, It's a well done hack but... I don't see the point on that kind of hacks...
- It's a nice way to get a full keyboard on an A600.
- It's a cheap way to get IDE+PCMCIA on an A500.
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Ok, let me explain myself...
From my personal point of view, this is like trying to fit an enzo ferrari chassis into a testarossa body... both are very good cars, why to ruin them?
I understand you would want to put a better (even) turbo on them, or to change the wheels... or simply pimp them up... but not to turn them into a mess...
Do you see my point?
But, if It's funny for you, It's ok for me ;)
What I really hate are modern computers into retro ones, like a peecee mobo into an amiga case (I know there are some) or into a zx spectrum or C64...
God!!! Keep It retro!!! :P
As for me, I'll try to keep pimping up my amigas :P
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Nice tidy work SaMiga. Well done
@ferix
What I really hate are modern computers into retro ones, like a peecee mobo into an amiga case (I know there are some) or into a zx spectrum or C64...
God!!! Keep It retro!!! :P
You're just not going to like my Dual CPU Pentium III transplanted into a Commodore PET Model 4016 case are you? I lovingly call it my PETium; where retro meets vintage.
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Well done. A superb mod and it looks good too.
Good choice of test games too... (o:
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@xPhilx
Sure I won't... but I'll take a look at the pictures ;)
As I said, I admit there are good hacks, even when I don't like them.
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Ok, let me explain myself...
From my personal point of view, this is like trying to fit an enzo ferrari chassis into a testarossa body... both are very good cars, why to ruin them?
I understand you would want to put a better (even) turbo on them, or to change the wheels... or simply pimp them up... but not to turn them into a mess...
Do you see my point?
But, if It's funny for you, It's ok for me ;)
What I really hate are modern computers into retro ones, like a peecee mobo into an amiga case (I know there are some) or into a zx spectrum or C64...
God!!! Keep It retro!!! :P
As for me, I'll try to keep pimping up my amigas :P
Explanation noted and then discarded ... :)
Still don't see your point ! what is it your trying to say... :confused:
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From my personal point of view, this is like trying to fit an enzo ferrari chassis into a testarossa body.
In 1995-ish I had a car phone in my 1979 Chevy Monza. Old meets new, baby! :afro:
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It's a good job indeed, very well done.
Maybe it could be more interesting to place an A1200 in a A500 case.
If you're asking why, it think about the bigger case would permit more reliable placing of an internal slim CD-ROM/DVD (I know someone already did in stock A1200, but it's full), and better cooling of processor boards.
With this keeping your Amiga away from "PC towering", in an original Amiga case anyway! :)
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With this keeping your Amiga away from "PC towering", in an original Amiga case anyway! :)
I could never bring myself to put an A1200 in a PC case, they're far too big and awkward to reasonably place anywhere, thats why I ended up making my own custom tower out of wood, less than half the depth and fits neatly under any desk... :)
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That's a nice "natural" approach! :)
PC tower cases "culture" suffers mostly from the common beleif "the bigger, the better". :D
10 years ago and more, it was ok because of the various mass storage options, CD/DVD/ZIP/Jaz, etc. and the numerous ISA/PCI/AGP boards you had to put inside.
Nowadays it's almost useless, since the strong integration of peripherals and the standardized mass storage solutions (maybe 2 DVD units for on-the-fly CD _legal_ copying, and solid state memories).
It maybe useful for cooling... or for placing an A4000 mobo with a Mediator or similar! :) (I always dislike the A4000 case: coming from the Commodore PC line).
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I really love that! Very neat :)
Like others have said, it's all about being creative and using ingenuity to make something interesting and different. Ingenuity and creativity are the two main reasons for me getting back into Amigas!
Well done
:)
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In 1995-ish I had a car phone in my 1979 Chevy Monza. Old meets new, baby! :afro:
Precisely!!! :) Like a CF card used as a hard disk in a 17 year old or more computer - very cool!
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It's a nice hack. Plenty of room for an A600 accelerator as well.