Lateral HD on A1200

[alexh]

Nice. I'd like to see how it all fixes together inside.

Lots of users including myself have their CF card connected to the IDE removable from outside.

My technique was to glue the 2.5" IDE->CF adapter to the top of the internal PCMCIA connector and then increase the height of the PCMCIA slot in the case using a series of fine files. This makes the slot much cleaner (and easier to do especially for a novice) than cutting a hole in the case with a Dremel or something.

[alexh]

So you have the IDE-CF adapter on top of the PCMCIA?

Yes. This is a picture of a user AVErsiv who used the same technique I do on an A600. http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/922/img7031r.jpg

But there isn't much room there

?? Never felt like a problem.

if you haven't got a Pcmcia card on, you have only the upper "wall" to guide the CF into.

Plus the receptacle sides & bottom of the CF card adapter.

I like what you've done though.

[alexh]

@kolla
That is not my A600 but I can answer your questions.

What's that wiring with the RF modulator and power?

That is the Kickstart switch. It is just a standard 3-pole, two way switch (+5v, 0v, A17) which switches the 1Mbyte 27C800 EPROM containing two kickstart images KS3.1 v40.63 & KS 1.3 (v34.5 with A600 IDE patch). It is the cheapest and easy to fit kickstart switcher there is taking up almost no room in the case.

And for completeness, which fast RAM card is that?

It is one of the remakes of LordVader's A608 (2008).