AMIGA 1200 INTERNAL CD?

[nasty]

I've seen afew off these amigas floating about and I thought it would be about time I made my own version. so since christmas is sneaking up on us again which means royal mail will be screwing everything up. I'm asking for you guys and gals help on compiling a list of needed parts? just so they should all arrived together:

Goal of system:

Amiga 1200 desktop with internal cd and 2.5 hdd

[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:

[nasty]

thank you SamOS39. Did you have to change the psu or is the standard 1200 psu fine?  

afew more questions I thought off:

If you can use the standard power supply how is the cd powered?

I'm guessing even with a slim line drive you can't cut the cradle to slip under the drive?

is there any need to add afew small fans into the case?

[amiga92570]

did you find a cable or buy a cd to ide adapter?

[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 ..?

 :-)

[Darrin]

I've been thinking about adding one to my A3000D for ages.  It could easily be fitted by cutting a slot above the floppy drives and (bodge job suggestion #1) using blu-tac or similar to stick it to the top of the floppies.

It's just a case of finding an adapter to change the laptop IDE connector on the CD into a standard internal desktop IDE connector with power port.

[amiga92570]

I have about a dozen laptop cd's. I wrote amigakit to ask about a cable to adapt them to IDE 40pin. They said they would check into it.

[Donar]

I made a "support" stand for the CD-Rom out of an L shaped aluminium thingie, and also reseated the HDD. Be aware that you do not only get a slim CD drive, but also a connector that gives you a 3,5 IDE, and Floppy power connector for it. Just use any (long enough) Y Floppy Power Kable to power your CD-Rom from the Floppy power connector.

Maybe have a look at my signature for some ideas how to do/place things. (Sorry it's all german, but the photos should be "readable" for everyone.

Have fun while building it  :-D

[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

[nasty]

@thread

This kind of connector?

@Donar

Thats a nice machine you have there and thank you for the link (couldnt find a bowing smiley so heres a :-D instead

EDIT:
Thank you SamOS39 for the links:-)

[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

[nasty]

Yea i've got afew of them lying about somewhere, but to save time I'll order a new one :-)

[amiga4001]

I did this hack and it worked out fine.
I made an aluminium bracket to mount the 2.5 harddisk on.
I put the cdrom on the leftside off the amiga1200.
I also had to add an extra powerplug for the cdrom for reliability reasons.
I am also using an AT psu to power it.
Maybe because it also has a blizzard 030 and an internal FF inside which pulls too many amps out off the psu.
picture is here:
http://romeo.messageboard.nl/8931/album_pic.php?pic_id=20
I also mounted an delfina clockport soundcard but couldn't get it to work properly.
But maybe a subway will still fit there??
Ooh I also tried the CF cardtrick for the harddisk but that wouldn't work with the cdrom.

[HopperJF]

amiga4001 wrote:

I am also using an AT psu to power it.

I was just about to say, if you are using internal CD HD with an accelerator a Goliath PSU might be a good investment