Mikronik Tower - Worth it?

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I might just (fingers crossed) be able to get myself a Micronik Infinitiv II tower for about a quarter the price that I could get a Mirage 1200.

Does anyone have or use to have one of these towers?  Are they any good?  I haven't been able to find much info online.

AFAIK so far it's just just the bare tower with PSU (not sure of rating) and a PC keyboard interface.  No busboards or anything.

I have two key questions:

1)  Am I going to have space to one day get a Mediator and a bunch of PCI stuff in here?

2)  I don't particuarly want to have to use a PC keyboard.  Is there a way to get an A2k/3k/4k/etc keyboard to work with it instead?  Or even better convert my 1200 keyboard?

The guy I'm possibly buying it from doesn't seem to know much about Amigas anymore, and I suspect is just saying 'yes' to anything I ask so he can make the sale.

So I refer to the Amiga.org experts...

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It's an old shop display model, which currently has a 1200 set up in it, so I'm guessing that all the necessary adaptor parts are there.

I've arrange to go and check it out in person on Monday.  Anything in particular to look at?

BTW I though it was only the original Infinitiv that was all crappy plastic?

Micronik are deceased now aren't they?

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Well I've had a look at the wee beastie.  It's nice and sturdy and it looks very cool, but there ain't much room in there.

I found an old discussion thread on Yahoo Groups today.  One guy said that he had a Infinitiv II and that a Mediator fit inside fine.  Unfortunately he didn't say if he had any PCI cards though.

Apparently the real problem with the Infinitiv II is that not all accelerator cards will fit.  Apparently a Blizzard 1260 with the SCSI kit won't, which is another problem since I hope that one day I can get on of these too.

And it doesn't come with a PCMCIA adaptor (though everything else necessary seems to be there) so unless I can find one of those then that's one less port I can use.

Oh well, I think unless I can bargain the guy down significantly more I won't bother.  It would be nice as a temporary arrangement as I have many pieces of hardware strewn out ths side of the 1200, and the PSU would be nice.  And it does look cool.

But then I'd have to put up with a PC keyboard...

Ultimately it sounds like the Mirage/Mediator combo is the best and most compatible way to go, and I'll have to find an A4000 keyboard somewhere.
 
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