Amiga 1200 in an Amiga500 case

[Ryu]

I remeber some time ago reading about a guy who had fitten an A1200 motherboard into an A500, I also remember seeing some pics of it. However now I try to find those images and articles and I cant, do any of you remember who this guy is, or indeed is the original guy still about. Oh and any URL's will be much appreciated. Im concidering doing a bit of moding :-)

[nyteschayde]

Sorry as this isn't going to do much other than confirm that I have also seen what you are describing. As a matter of fact, for a very short period of time there was a   company selling a kit that allowed you to do the same. I think the company was a bit of a grey market area as they didn't last very long.

I'll look around myself and see what I can come up with.

[xaccrocheur]

...And just why would you do that ?

Because assuming you actually have a 1200 case, it's something like two times *smaller* than a 500, witch happens 2 be pretty BIG in fact.

That reminds me that I'm still looking for a good A1200 HardWare website, the like of the
A4K HWare guide

pX

[cycloid]

it's mine i think


it's in the images section of the site... though the picture was broken last time i checked.

http://amiga.org/gallery/photo.php?lid=873


there's one here

http://www.cycloid.biz/junk/amiga3.jpg

cyc

[Ryu]

@xaccrocheur

That is the exact reason why I want to do it, because the A500 case is BIGGER. You can fit a lot more stuff inside it :-)

[Ryu]

@cycloid

YES thats it :-). Have you got a website dedicated on how you went about doing it? or could you possibly give me a quick run through of how you got it like that?

Thanks in advance

[ikir]

Useless? :-?

[amigamad]

i was thinking of trying this i have 2 a500,s one is ok and the other is working but is made of various parts  the one made of parts i was thinking of using and keeping the board and keyboard as spares but i also have a ppc mac case that looks like an amiga 1000 so i will use the mac case because it would be a bit difrent. :-)

[cycloid]

@Ryu

There's a few comment posts on the image's page in the gallery, that's the current state of info, if you have a specific question post it in there (so we can keep all the relevant info in one place) ... like i said elsewhere i dont really have time at the moment to go into it in great detail / make a site. but if you keep on at me i'll eventually get around to it! :-)

[vortexau]

Actually, a more useful case swap for an A1200 (or even an A500, for that matter) would be to install the motherboard + psu + fd + HD inside a C128D Case!
The whole rear connector-strip area would have to be cut open, and either
(a) an A500 PSU stripped down and installed, or
(b) a slim-line AT PSU installed.
Possibly an A2000 Keyboard could be used.

Look up the C128D on a Site.

The C128 motherboard was fitted to the standard C128, and to the C128D which is a semi-transportable with a separate keyboard!
The C128 is remarkedably similar to the A500 in design!
The C128D resembles the A1000 in appearance, only wider!

[Indoro]

AACK!  What a painful thought!

While it may be an interesting thought, the Commodore 128D (from Europe) is an extreme rarity,a nd the Commodore 128DCR (US Model, metal case) is almost as rare (with a keyboard). These systems usually sell for well over $250-300 US. I can't imagine anyone butchering one, unless it's dead, Jim.

vortexau wrote:
Actually, a more useful case swap for an A1200 (or even an A500, for that matter) would be to install the motherboard + psu + fd + HD inside a C128D Case!
The whole rear connector-strip area would have to be cut open, and either
(a) an A500 PSU stripped down and installed, or
(b) a slim-line AT PSU installed.
Possibly an A2000 Keyboard could be used.

Look up the C128D on a Site.

The C128 motherboard was fitted to the standard C128, and to the C128D which is a semi-transportable with a separate keyboard!
The C128 is remarkedably similar to the A500 in design!
The C128D resembles the A1000 in appearance, only wider!

[vortexau]

Dead C128Ds do exist! Mine has a knackered 1571 drive ..... last time I used it I had to resort to the good old 20+ y.o. Datasette.
It is a fact that I have no C128-mode applications on casette tape!!

Its worth looking out for a Dead C128D ..... the case is really well designed. The original model has a pop-out carry handle and a recess to stash the keyboard into. All you need then, for here-to-there, is a monitor, cables, and AC.

In Australia the C128D originally sold for $980AU (1985-6).

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"The C128D"

C128D Internals


"The C128"

The US version C128DCR lacked the transportability-features. C128D models feature THREE CPUs: CSG 8502, Z-80, and 6502. That last one is for the 1751 drive!

[prowler]

Hrmm, now that's something I never thought of doing.

I have an old C128D which currently doesn't work (black screen when turned on) which I doubt I could find anywhere to get it fixed and my 1200 which is currently gathering dust.

Could be fun, or extremely frustrating. Still, it would look good sitting next to my 3000T