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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: redrumloa on December 08, 2003, 08:21:38 PM
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Yup I towered a A3000 once before with pretty decent(though a tad ametuerish) results. This time I am going to take that experience and try to improve upon it by towering an A4000. The biggest difference this time, and it is a HUGE difference, is that I have both a dremel *AND* a mig welder:-D
I'd like to hear from people who have taclked this themselves recently. Maybe I will document my project this time, would make an interesting Aminet upload.
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Orginal daughter-board, or exented (3rd party) one ?
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Kronos wrote:
Orginal daughter-board, or exented (3rd party) one ?
I have been debating this with myself. I think I am going to stick with the stock daughterboard, mediators are simply too expensive for my current budget :-( However I may very well pick up another Prometheus:-D
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Or you could try to get one of the 7xZ3-thingis, not much to gain
unless you got lots of cards (like mine ;-) , but makes the whole mess
much easier to handle (cards hanging upsidedown are not my kind of cake).
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Red,
I've got a Micronik Big Tower Amiga 4000 kit, i'd let you have for shipping costs. I have my flyer in a Megatower 4000 (which is a much better case) so I never dremeled my way to a fully assembled Micronik.
-Tig
PS Your other option is to buy the Megatower Toaster/Flyer system, and get it all assembled :)
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Hi Red,
take a look HERE (http://home.c2i.net/ghisdal/a4ktower)
I like it, because you can extract the Zorro cards, without problems. (the bottom of the case, is removable).
Ciao
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Tigger wrote:
Red,
I've got a Micronik Big Tower Amiga 4000 kit, i'd let you have for shipping costs. I have my flyer in a Megatower 4000 (which is a much better case) so I never dremeled my way to a fully assembled Micronik.
-Tig
That have the 7 slot daughterboard? I'm going to have to take you up on that offer:-) It was one of my old dreams to have a 7 slot daughterboard with a Prometheus on the top slot. That would give 6 available ZIII and 4 available PCI, none inline all available at once...
/me drools all over the floor!
I will be PM'ing you shortly!
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:-o :-o :-o I think a bigger power supply wouldnt go amiss as well! ;-) :-D
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Framiga wrote:
Hi Red,
take a look HERE (http://home.c2i.net/ghisdal/a4ktower)
I like it, because you can extract the Zorro cards, without problems. (the bottom of the case, is removable).
Ciao
Great site, cheers Framiga! Thanks:-)
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mikey2001 wrote:
:-o :-o :-o I think a bigger power supply wouldnt go amiss as well! ;-) :-D
Yup I will probably end up needing a 400W PS:-D Besdies having 10 slots fully occupied I intend to have more drives than you can shake a stick at. Let's see.. Stock IDE port, Catweasel/Buddha, Cyberstorm *** SCSI.. How many devices does that add up to? :-D
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Im would love to see pictures of this project when it is finished, it would look fantastic! :-D
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@Red
Fitting the Prometheus in the top slot would probraly make the PCI-cards
with the CPU-card(and offcourse the drivebays).
No chance with my RBM-tower and the CS-MK1....
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No chance with my RBM-tower and the CS-MK1....
Well that will be my goal. I am ready to go ultra custom:-)
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Hi Kronos
i'm thinking the same too.
Maybe if the first PCI is a low-profile . . .mhhh! i don't know.
Ciao
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Even so, heck how hard would a ~1 inch Zorro extender be to make? :-?
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Easy ....
This is what you need:
2 PC-AT-Slots (the 100 pin ones for Zorro are hardto get).
2 PC-AT-cards (or one DEAD!!!! Zorro)
Cut the connector of the card(s), cut the AT-slots in a way to allow it to be
glued to one 100 pin slot. Solder the whole mess on what you had cut of from
the cards.
Sounds horriblle ? That's the way I made an A570 CD-ROM to work in
the Turbo-slot of my 1st A2000 :-o
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Why towering?
It seems less space-effective to me.
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Why towering?
It seems less space-effective to me.
How do you fit 10 expansion cards, 2+ 3.5 floppy drives, 2+ 5&1/4 floppy drives, CDR, DVD, 3+ hard drives etc etc into a stock case :-?
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@Redrumloa:
Elbox sells Zorro risers, not sure if that will help you much...
It's strange... I had a desktop 4000, now I have an Escom one and I would prefer to have a desktop (well, now that I'll have a prometheus it wouldn't be possible) due to the size it eats...