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Re: How big is the Amiga 2000
« on: November 13, 2003, 04:14:19 PM »
@mikeymike

WTF ??????

An A500 is as far from AT as one could get.

AT only offers a hole for the KBD-connector, the A500 will need a full row.

AT is deeper than wide, the A500 is wider than deep.
AT offers 8 slots, in a right angle to the mobo, the A500 has 2, inline
with the mobo ....

Back to the topic:

Yes an A2000 can fit in a big-tower, but it does require some work.
(had mine converted for several years)

You may have to move the PSU, to keep the video-slot accesible, and
you may need to sacrifiy some of the 5.25" drive-bays (depending on the case).

The board is 42cm wide (thats a bit more than full-size AT),and 36 cm
deep (standard AT-size).

Another problem will be the slots, as the Z2-slots have various ports
below them,and as the Turbo- and Video-slot use non-standard
(plain) brackets.

I simply removed the backside of the tower, and replaced it with the
one from the A2000.
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else
 

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Re: How big is the Amiga 2000
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2003, 04:26:16 PM »
@unit

Well maybe it would fit, but where would you place your drives and the PSU ?

Most PSUs are to wide to have them side by side with the mobo, so
you would need to be moved to the top of the case.

The A2000 would also kill ALL 5.25" bays in such a case, unless it
is a ultrawide model with atleast 5cm room left ofthe bays.
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Re: How big is the Amiga 2000
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2003, 01:44:35 PM »
Hmmm....
Back in the days when I had my A2000 towered, I used to have it in a
rather leight-weight standard (cheap) beige box, and only the lowest
of 5 (or was it 6 ??) drive-bays was blocked.

It's layout was somewhat similar to the older version of the RBM Towerhawk
 (the one with the slide-down door). Main difference was that the power-switch
(a real one since it was pre-ATX-case) was below the 5.25-bays right of the
3.5 bays, while the RBM has it at the top.

Now fitting an A2000 in the RBM-case would mean that you would loose
either 2 or 3 of the 5.25-bays.
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else