I NEED an Amiga classic laptop!

[kvasir]

Hello all. I have been dwelling on the possiblilty of an Amiga laptop at my rather boring 10-hour shift job, and was wondering what all would be needed. I have an Amiga 600 which has been banged  up pretty badly, though the mobo works fine. I recall there was a website somebody wrote on how to do this, but I rarely have time to google it. (And I think I have enough time for this project), anyway, I have a few 's about what I would need. I know I'll need a ntsc/pal scandoubler, a mouse adapter, and a keyboard adapeter, as well as an old laptop with the pcmcia slot in the right location. (I know a vintage computer shop in Madison that can provide a junk laptop, I'll just have to give them a call when I know what I need) I believe I'll need laptop specific pinouts for the lcd display inputs, ps/2 or serial mouse (Touchpad/ joustick thingy stuck in the middle of "ghyb" keys, trackball, etc...) and the power supply specs of the laptop. Also, I'll probably want an external floppy drive for the Ami, I think Amigakit still sells those, even in HD. Plus alot of solder and profanity-proof company when I'm putting this thing together. :-D Unfortunatly, I think I'll need 3.1 roms and an apollo 030 to make the system usable beyond  its stock os 2.1 1mb chipram config. I think Amigakit also sells 3.1 roms and the 3.9 cd, though I'm guessing I'll also need an adapter for the ide cd-rom. A wireless pcmcia card would be nice, too. Anyway, I guess what I'm asking is perhaps a list of feasable laptop models that would work for this, and any other hints/ advise on such a project? (not a coincidence I'm planning this around tax return time. :-D) I've been using UAE + winXP for my portable Amiga needs, but it somehow lacks the same charm as original Amiga hardware. (OK, I  have issues) Plus I like to be a bit quirky. (I've run UAE on my laptop while running pc-task win95 on my 1200 when I've had LOTS of free time...) Any advise would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

[kvasir]

wow. didn't think I'd get this kind of response, thanks for the advise, all! :-) Anyway, it was suzzane that I first heard of, and thats one link of the links I was looking for. :-D Lots to consider... I'll probably charge up the 'ol digital camera, and upload pics to my site, link 'em here as I go on this little project. Thinking I'm going to stick to an older laptop case, seems a bit easier to deal with. Also, I remember something on either Amigakit or Software hut that converts the a600 clockport into an A1200 compatible  one. I was wondering if this would would work with the old M-tek 68030 accelerator I have lying around from before my 1260 upgrade? That might work better than an apollo accelerator. Also thinking of slapping a Graffiti card in there for playing Doom, Gloom, etc.... Anyway, this is all on  hold until I get my tax refund. (Lots of money back... newborn baby this year!) Anyway, g2g to work now... Need to pay for all my  Amiga stuff somehow...

[kvasir]

@alexh

Yeah, unfortunatly the a600 is a bit limitid gfx wise. If I can find a big enough case, I could possibly rig an old graffiti card in there somehow. though I don't think there's rtg drivers for it. Though I kinda liked the old magicwb style, would stick with that after a 3.1 rom upgrade. Not sure about heat issues with the 020/030, though. I think a cpu fan might work, if it would drain the battery. Could rig a thermocouple to it, though. I suppose a cd32 would work better, but I would need to come accross one somehow, and I would actually rather keep that as is, for my tv. :-D electronics aren't really a big issue (I got a cold heat soldering iron for x-mas, and have been dying for a chance to use it :-D) Though it could be frustrating enough to have to buy a dictionary of cuss-words to enhance my preferred technical stress relieve method... The only concern I have are the pinouts for the lcd panel, mouse, and keyboard so I can rig them up to a scandoubler/coclinco etc... The power supply can probably be easily figured out with a multimeter. Also, if the laptop has a cd-rom installed already, (probably IDE) the only adapter I know of that works converts the 2.5" ide port into 1 2.5" for the hd, and 2 3.5" for hdd's and cdroms, etc... the wiring to convert it back could be rough.... Also, need a boing ball sticker for the case, and a nice no-smoking style transparent sticker for whatever windows logo might already be on the case. I already have a winxp laptop with uae installed, but I don't really like it too much. It's useful, but seems kind of kludgy to me. (Not that an a600 wouldn't be, but its certainly different :-D)

[kvasir]

Actually, I've been looking for older laptop cases. I know this guy in Madison, who refurbishes old computers, and gets alot of older laptops, with the pcmcia slot in the right spot. The only thing I'm really worried about is proprietary connections for the lcd display, keyboard, etc... Though I'm thinking playing with a multimeter and a soldering iron might get me around to that. If he gets one in with a fried mobo, I can probably get it for 20 bucks or so.