AMIGA 1200 INTERNAL CD?

[SamOS39]

Ive got an internal CD drive on my A1200D and i have to admit  its so useful having one!

And its so easy and cheap to do the hack aswell i just picked up a compaq laptop cd drive off ebay (less than £5) and hacked a hole in the side of my case and it all fits togather nice and snug!
Im also using one of those buffered ide adaptor/ interface things from amigakit and i supose u also need a copy of ide fix.
The HDD in mine is the normal 2.5" but because the cd drive is in there the was no way for me to mount it on to anything really so its pretty much loose inside and just rapped in anti static bubble wrap to stop it banging about and stop it from coming in contact with the mother board ..

mines a pretty sh*t hack but it does the job .. ive also got gaffa tape holding the cd drive in but u might want to do things a bit more pro than me

 :crazy:

[SamOS39]

lol so many questions ..   :crazy:

The standard A1200 PSU works fine and i never though of it before :roll:

I haven't added any fans and i don't see any need but i suppose it depends on what accelerator you are using and stuff like that. I only have an 8mb upgrade card but i only really use my miggy to make music and as a midi sequencer.
I use it for hours and ive never had any problems with it overheating.

For the power wires i actually made that myself (DIY) and it plugs straight into the FDD power.
But im sure you can get something from Maplin ..?

 :-)

[SamOS39]

Oh yes i forgot about that.
When i bought the laptop drive i found out that it came out of a mini ITX case so it was already fitted with the adapter.

They're cheap and easy to get on ebay

http://search.ebay.co.uk/laptop-cd-ide_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQmaxrecordsreturnedZ300

http://search.ebay.com/laptop-cd-ide_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQmaxrecordsreturnedZ300

[SamOS39]

@Donar

That is the nicest A1200 ive ever seen  :-o

[SamOS39]

Yes that one should work fine!
Have you got a buffered ide interface?
If not then i recomend the one im using
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=42&osCsid=93e0669c1dc56938cbcf1b0327419ef4