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Re: A4000T Yet more questions...
« on: October 30, 2005, 12:03:36 PM »
@ mdivancic

There is a dude selling drive rails here.

@ Failure

Ja, the A4000T is an Enlight case, but I have not been able to find a similar case from them (I wanted to get a new case because mine is in bad condition).
 

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Re: A4000T Yet more questions...
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2005, 02:20:13 PM »
As far as I know it did not, it shipped with that horrible 040 card. (I don't know about the genuine Commodore unit though)
In terms of 030, I can confirm that you can use an 030 card in it (I have used 030, 040, 060 and PPC cards in my A4000T and there hasn't been a problem that wasn't a result of my own stupidity)
 

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Re: A4000T Yet more questions...
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2005, 12:51:14 PM »
That must mean it is not the original 040 card, or it is a non-original heatsink on the 040, because the original 040 card with heatsink fits under the drive chassis.
No matter: at some stage you might get a PPC or a different CPU card and you will have problems with that drive chassis anyway. So here is a bit of good advice: cut the drive chassis. There is a cross-strut that is in the way, yes? Cut that out. It will also mean that you don't have to unscrew the drive chassis ever again just to have access to your CPU card. If you want to see how I have cut mine, PM me your email address and I'll send you some pics.
 

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Re: A4000T Yet more questions...
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2005, 06:39:34 PM »
Ja, you can take the drive chassis out altogether. You will still be able to mount the floppy, a CD/RW, and one HD in the horizontal bays, and just cover the vertical bays with the protection plate. And you still have the option of external SCSI devices...
 

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« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2005, 06:50:44 PM »
No he can't, because he doesn't have the right putty!
 

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Re: A4000T Yet more questions...
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2005, 10:52:28 PM »
@ Will-I-Am

PM me your email address and I'll send you pics of my cut drive chassis. It remains stable because I only cut the cross-strut. edit: I cut two, because I need access to the cpu card.
As for the battery, I have a picture in the photo album that shows what sort of battery pack to use and how to connect it and the best place to mount it.

Edit: as two people have asked about this drive chassis, I will put the picture in the photo album directly. The picture is here.