Mikronik Tower - Worth it?

[xyth]

Well I've had a look at the wee beastie.  It's nice and sturdy and it looks very cool, but there ain't much room in there.

I found an old discussion thread on Yahoo Groups today.  One guy said that he had a Infinitiv II and that a Mediator fit inside fine.  Unfortunately he didn't say if he had any PCI cards though.

Apparently the real problem with the Infinitiv II is that not all accelerator cards will fit.  Apparently a Blizzard 1260 with the SCSI kit won't, which is another problem since I hope that one day I can get on of these too.

And it doesn't come with a PCMCIA adaptor (though everything else necessary seems to be there) so unless I can find one of those then that's one less port I can use.

Oh well, I think unless I can bargain the guy down significantly more I won't bother.  It would be nice as a temporary arrangement as I have many pieces of hardware strewn out ths side of the 1200, and the PSU would be nice.  And it does look cool.

But then I'd have to put up with a PC keyboard...

Ultimately it sounds like the Mirage/Mediator combo is the best and most compatible way to go, and I'll have to find an A4000 keyboard somewhere.
 
Damn NZ dollar! It's great if you're buying local but try and get anything imported...

[lempkee]

Infinitiv towers works with mediator , u dont need to cut anything.

but the tower is small , and as far as i can tell , this tower you are about to buy is a METAL case with some bits and pieces which is plastic , unlike the other model which are fully 100% PLASTIC , please check the tower before u buy , if its a plastic one...STAY AWAY!  if its the metal one...buy ...but u might regret it.

if i was to buy a new tower now (which i might)
then i would buy an elbox tower/mirage , due to the sharkppc/mediator combo , it basically wont fit in any of the towers i have now.

anyway SAY NO TO PLASTIC .
Say MAYBE to Metal

Say YEAH if it meets your needs, but i would recommend you to buy something that will last...namely an elbox tower.


cheers

[lempkee]

sorry i forgot to mention ,

infinitiv towers have a case incluced where you put your a1200 keyboard inside , so yes you can use your orginal keyboard.


anyway its crap , the cable will give u nightmares in the long run.

i have an elbox keyboard adapter , it supports cdtv,a2000,a3000,a4000 and cd32 keyboards + pc keyboards...




pps:i aint a elbox hype , just that i am very confident in the stuff they made (mostly all)

cheers

[lempkee]

well ermm i had a blizzard 060 with scsi controller and i had it inside my infintiv tower,
i had the plastic model,  what i did was... i added some more levels to my tower (u could build it to infinty , iirc i built 4 more levels on the tower..., (ie more drive bays etc)

the blizz 060 is one of the slim'st cards u can find so i dont see where you found this info , but if it will fit with mediator + 060 + scsi , thats another thing, i never tried that...

my old tower is now in denmark and probably thrown away 2+ years ago i sacked the inifitiv... and i dont miss it....pLASTIc CraP


cheers

[Dr_Righteous]

Well, maybe if you layered the case with Bond-o it'd make it stronger! *snicker*

[Acill]

I use the A3000 version of the mirage. I have to say its a beast! Well built and totaly solid. I wanted a Micronik tower for a long time, but when I got to see one I never got it. Save your money and get the mirage. Its well worth it.