A600/1200 PCMCIA slot activity LED hack?

[mingle]

Hi,

Does anyone know if it's possible to add an LED to indicate activity on the PCMCIA port on the A600 & A1200?

I'm thinking specifically when using CF card - it would be handy to be able to see when the card was being accessed.

Is it possible and, more importanmtly, is it something a moderately experienced soldered could handle?

Cheers,

Mike.

[Matt_H]

Clicky clicky.

[mingle]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the link - now all I have to do is steel myself and prepare to hack my A1200!

Cheers,

Mike.

[weirdami]

There's pictures in the gallery with that sort of thing happened.

[alexh]

Just use the RF output of your A600 and you'll see the PCMCIA activity on the screen as it goes B&W :-)

[mingle]

Given that I've never tackled SMC soldering before, any tips?

How tough are surface-mount components? Can they stand a lot of bad-soldering and over-heating?

Would I be better of using normal resistors/transistors?

Cheers,

Mike.

[djbase]

Where you want to add the light? A600 or A1200?

[Hodgkinson]

I did the hack, too...

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2288

Hodgkinson.

[alexh]

Nice mod.