A500T project! - what ive done this weekend : )

[SamOS39]

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All the pictures are in order but im thinking of starting a project website  ;-)

It isnt finished obviously there are loads more things that need doing .. though next thing i need to do is mount that back panel properly  :lol: duck tape is securing it at the moment though  :crazy:

I havent wired it up yet. Plus the mother board in the pictures is a fualty one i had kicking around, i was just using it for reference  :-)

[Krusher]

This is one major project  :-o

And I saw you cut yourself so this project already claimed it's first victim  :-P

[monami]

i think you need a sheet of perspex across the back. cut holes needed for the outputs...

[SamOS39]

i always end up cutting myself on those cases grr :roll:

[A6000]

Thanks for the pictures, makes me feel more confident of being able to install a 1200 in an ATX miditower case.

Just need to find a pair of chainmail gloves first!.

[SamOS39]

yeh, angle grinders are pretty scary  :-D

just make sure your wearing eye protection  :-o

[weirdami]

@SamOS39

The proper old english is "ii".  :lol:

[SamOS39]

oops didnt notice that hehe must be tired :-)

[trekiej]

Cool project.  I look toward seeing it finished.
 :-)

[arnljot]

Is there such a thing as a zorro adaptor for the A500?

If so, this can be a towered a500 with 2.04 ROM, soft kicked to 3.1, with a RTG card and sound card, 030 accellerator? Or am I having a dizzy fever fantasy here?

[Floid]

This is barely a tip, but for what it's worth...  the sort of cases that go for <$20 from Newegg (et al) are now very thin and could almost be worked on with snips.  Might be something to consider if embarking on a tower project versus using surplus, depending what tools are on hand.

Also, nice work!

[zipper]

arnljot wrote:
Is there such a thing as a zorro adaptor for the A500?

If so, this can be a towered a500 with 2.04 ROM, soft kicked to 3.1, with a RTG card and sound card, 030 accellerator? Or am I having a dizzy fever fantasy here?

Micronik has done it (and a couple of others, too):

Micronik A500 Classic Mini Tower

[rkauer]

 And there is a hack on Aminet describing how to use a Zorro II card on any A500.

[SamOS39]

cheers!

yes, i plan on actually making a busboard using schematics off aminet..
ive even got some old isa sockets to cut up now  :-)
.. but this is a seperate part of the project.

at the moment my aim is to get the back panel properly mounted, the PSU wired up to the main board
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34416
and get a floppy drive in there.

oh yes and i need to make (or buy) a keyboard interface  
THEN i can start work on the prototype of the new bus expansion board with 4x 50mhz 030's giving you a wopping 200mhz, ram expansion, ide interface, zorro2/isa/pci slots :insane:

[pyrre]

4x 50mhz 030's giving you a wopping 200mhz

How are you planning on doing that?