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Offline amiman99

Re: Options to re-use an IDE DVD drive on my 1200
« on: September 16, 2013, 03:15:38 AM »
You may need something like this 44 to 40 pin IDE cable  http://www.ebay.com/itm/44-pin-to-44-40-pin-IDE-Laptop-to-3-5-HDD-Cable-3-Connectors-/221222622023?pt=US_Drive_Cables_dapters&hash=item3381e55347

The cable is not exactly right length, but you get the idea.

Also, if the drive is power hungry, like some high speed CDROM drives, you may have problems booting with CDROM disc in drive.

I did that and it worked only if you boot A1200 w/o CD disk, or use external power supply.

You may also need IDEFix software as your CD driver.
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A500 KS 2.1, 1MB Chip, 68000
A600 KS 3.1, 2MB Chip, ACA630 32MB RAM
A1000 KS 1.3, 8MB RAM
A1200 KS 3.1, Blizzard IV 50MHz 64MB RAM
A2000 KS 2.1, 68030 25MHz, 6MB RAM
A3000 KS 3.1, 68030 25MHz, 16MB RAM
A4000 KS 3.0, 68040 25MHz, 16MB RAM
CDTV KS 3.1, 4MB RAM
CD32
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Offline amiman99

Re: Options to re-use an IDE DVD drive on my 1200
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2013, 03:37:29 AM »
If you are good with your hand, you can do this:
http://eab.abime.net/hardware-mods/48042-my-take-a1200-slim-cdrom-mod.html

This is the way I did it few years back.
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A500 KS 2.1, 1MB Chip, 68000
A600 KS 3.1, 2MB Chip, ACA630 32MB RAM
A1000 KS 1.3, 8MB RAM
A1200 KS 3.1, Blizzard IV 50MHz 64MB RAM
A2000 KS 2.1, 68030 25MHz, 6MB RAM
A3000 KS 3.1, 68030 25MHz, 16MB RAM
A4000 KS 3.0, 68040 25MHz, 16MB RAM
CDTV KS 3.1, 4MB RAM
CD32
(AROS BOX) Dead :(
 
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