Guide: how to use a Prometheus PCI board in a Amiga 4000 Desktop case.

[Brian]

Look great! Would I've known it would fit I probably wouldn't have gone ridd of my Prom for cheap.

Suggestions:

Is it absolutley nessesary to cut the backplanes on the cards? Would it not be better to just simply remove them (or at the very least just bend them at 90 degrees)?

If you removed the backplanes from the cards you could perhaps use them at the back of the machine? With a soldering iron that backplane of the ehternetcard could reach to the back of the machine and a short monitor cable found with Voodoo2 cards could be used to extend the monitorcable to the back aswell.

Second, isn't there a more lowprofile ethernetcard that works with the prom so that the Voodoo3 heatsink get better airflow? Going with what I just said with removing the backplanes from the cards it would probably help a bit with the airflow also.

[Brian]

@red

I'm sure you can find other spacers to keep the cards apart even with the backplanes off... try it, I belive this could realy benefit from such a construktion.

Heat might not be a problem right away but it's still something to take into considderation, especialy in these hot Amigas that ain't know for their great airflow.

I thought the Prom could take other ethernet cards also. Lowprofile RTL8029AS cards might be hard to come by, I don't know, but I know they exist and it would be great for this.