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Offline ognix

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Re: A600 MOBO in a A500 Case
« on: October 22, 2010, 04:34:07 PM »
It's a good job indeed, very well done.
Maybe it could be more interesting to place an A1200 in a A500 case.
If you're asking why, it think about the bigger case would permit more reliable placing of an internal slim CD-ROM/DVD (I know someone already did in stock A1200, but it's full), and better cooling of processor boards.

With this keeping your Amiga away from "PC towering", in an original Amiga case anyway!  :)
 

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Re: A600 MOBO in a A500 Case
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2010, 04:50:29 PM »
That's a nice "natural" approach!  :)

PC tower cases "culture" suffers mostly from the common beleif "the bigger, the better".  :D
10 years ago and more, it was ok because of the various mass storage options, CD/DVD/ZIP/Jaz, etc. and the numerous ISA/PCI/AGP boards you had to put inside.
Nowadays it's almost useless, since the strong integration of peripherals and the standardized mass storage solutions (maybe 2 DVD units for on-the-fly CD _legal_ copying, and solid state memories).

It maybe useful for cooling... or for placing an A4000 mobo with a Mediator or similar! :)  (I always dislike the A4000 case: coming from the Commodore PC line).