"New" Amiga 3000....

[stevee617]

Nooooooooooooooh! Don't do a "front case cutting" job! Keep the nice A3000 intact!
It's better to use a Buddha-Flash IDE controller or Tandem + Rear Mount CF-IDE adapter like this:

I agree, don't cut your case!  You can mount the SCSI card reader internally in the HD spot, although you wont be able to install a floppy drive in the location just forward of the HD mount.

I have been working on my A3K, although this is not its permanent spot, you can see the SCSI card reader in this photo. They work very well and it is very fast on a stock 3000.

[stevee617]

Thanks!
 
So, if I bought one of these and decided to mount it internally with a CF card, would the Amiga treat it like a hard drive or would I need to do a bunch of extra configuration to get it working as such?   Also, I can research this, but maybe you guys know -- what is the max hard drive size that the A3000's SCSI controller supports?

You just plug it in and go. You can set up the computer to used each one of those slots as LUNs. It's a great piece of hardware!!

[stevee617]

Disassembling the board isn't as bad as you think. It's pretty straight forward. I think doing it the way you describe isn't the proper way to desolder the battery. The solder is resting on the pad on the underside of the motherboard.

My soldering skills suck since I haven't soldered in so long. I had someone else who had more experience doing that replace the battery on mine. If you have the skills and feel comfortable doing it that way, go for it. What's the worst thing that could happen?

I just don't think I would do it that way.

[stevee617]

For Mech's card reader you need to enable LUNs on the 3000 or use a PCMCIA adapter for the CF card.

I didn't enable LUNs on mine when I first got it, but I could only use the PCMCIA card slot with a CF adapter.

After I got the battery repaired, LUNs were enable and it's works great. I am able to use all the slots.

If you want to run Shapeshifter or Fusion, you can put an SD card in the SD Card slot and use it as the MacHD.


Here is a shot of what she looks like right now.  I am trying to figure out a place to put the card reader. I may have to come up with some stand offs or something.

[stevee617]

They SCSI card readers are PCD-50b. Go to a4000t.com.