flaviosr wrote:
Hi to all!!!
- Hi!
Quickly (more or less): :-)
* I was thinking about using the standard IDE channel of my A1200 with a standard IDE CD-ROM; :-D
- OK, it's a common hack;
* some limits in the type of CD-ROM (I mean may I also use a DVD-ROM, DVD-burner or whatever else)?
- Wathever you like (or afford to); :-D
* the IDE channel accept two units, right?
- Yup, even four with this tiny
hack;
* the most important question: is it possible to use a single cable in the standard A1200 (not towered) for two units (the internal HD and an "external" standard CD-ROM) using the same cable for data and power for both units?
-Don't EVER TRY THIS! The internal IDE port have not enough current (Àmperes) to drive more than a standard notebook IDE HD. Use an external PSU (could be a PC-AT one putted togheter in the CD/CDRW/DVD/DVD-RW case for better looking.
* I was thinking in modifying the left side of the A1200 applying a simple port replicator... a 4pin standard power connector and the standard IDE data cable connector... and then a standard external CD-ROM in a plastic case! :-)
- I saw a guy who "make" a sidecar with a tiny barebone, put a PC-AT PSU in it, FOUR (!) IDE devices (there is a hack on Aminet to do this), plus hacking the PSU to deliver power to Amiga, too.
Bye and thank you
- It's what we are here for. :-D
