Thanks Gizmo350,
Nice pics, I guess kipper2k's external CF card adapter won't work because you are using the FastATA MkIV board?
I also have a FastATA MkIV, but have not installed it yet. What kind of performance difference do you think you get by using it, instead of the stock A1200 IDE with kipper2k's external CF adapter board? I wonder if anyone has done any benchmarks to measure the performance difference?
I think I will try to find a white colored slim DVD drive, but otherwise will probably try to duplicate your setup exactly in regards to the drive location and the USB port locations.
I also wonder how the speed of the Blizzard A1260's SCSI controller compares to the FastATA MkIV? I can't remember if I can boot from the A1260's SCSI controller, or not. I have only used my SCSI controller so far to connect to external ZIP and JAZ drives, which works very well.
Is your slim DVD drive held in place with anything? What keeps if from moving, or getting pushed inside the A1200 case when you press the eject button on the drive?
Anyway, nice system and good work on your case modifications. I hope that I can do as well when I do mine. Making straight cuts in the plastic might be a challenge. How did you make yours, what tools did you use?
Edit: I have also seen some users who have placed their slim CD/DVD drive at the side of the A1200 case opposite from the floppy drive, instead of out the back of the case. I might look for pictures of how that was done, as I would prefer the drive to eject to the side of the case, instead of out the rear of the case, where I usually have a monitor sitting. I just have to remember who did that kind of slim CD/DVD installation and search for their pictures in another thread. I wonder if anyone has done a slot loading CD/DVD in their A1200 case? That would be an easier case mod than cutting out for an entire CD/DVD door and matching the size of the opening to the size of the drive door exactly.
