Mounting a scandoubler inside an 1200

[adolescent]

I bent up the RF shield inside a bit to clear the scan doubler, and then mounted the harddrive to the shield with double sided tape (not very strong stuff, made for carpet).  Everything is very secure.  The drive now sits circuit board up, but that's no problem.  And, since I left the RF shielding the FCC won't come knocking on my door.  ;-)

Mounting the VGA connector was a little more complicated in my case.  I had previously used the expansion port next to the joystick ports, but I wanted to use my Blizzard SCSI at the same time.  So, I desoldered the RF modulator from the motherboard, carved the hole open a bit more to fit the connector, and hot glued the VGA connector circuit board to the motherboard where the RF modulator was.  The result looks very good, and I no longer have wires hanging out of my machine.

[adolescent]

@Brian

The area where the audio plugs are doesn't have enough depth to mount the VGA connector.  There are circuits there and of course the keyboard connector.  The RF area is perfect fit, and is easy to remove without risk of damaging any other components (there's nothing near it really, just the power supply).  

I actually was scolded for "defacing a classic Amiga" on another forum when I brought up the idea.  Funny thing is, I would never use the RF modulator since the A1200 has color composite.  I am even thinking of adding an S-Video plug somewhere also.  But, I'll have to wait until I get a subway and see where there is room left.

[adolescent]

@Jeffmix

I wouldn't recommend this.  The quality of the Amiga composite is severely lacking.  I have a fairly good upscan converter (Viewsonic N5) and it's basicly unusable at anything above high-res / non laced.  Plus, a good upscan box will set you back just as much as a SD/FF.