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Towerizing a 2000
« on: January 19, 2009, 12:14:22 PM »
Anyone ever towerize a 2000? I saw a link about it on a site, but the link was dead.
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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2009, 12:16:33 PM »
the result is a BIG UGLY tower... I had a BOMAC A2000T... almost 32kg weight!
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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2009, 01:00:53 PM »
Why on earth would you towerize a 2000?
It's original Desktop case has ample room for any upgrades you may want and is so strong you could use it to prop up your car while you changed a wheel.
If you're desperate for space, just tip it on it's side.  :-)

I can't believe it would be for aesthetic reasons, the case would have to be huge, and probably beige.

Still, if you do decide to go ahead, please post plenty of pics, it's always entertaining to watch.
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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2009, 01:51:43 PM »
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r0jaws wrote:
Why on earth would you towerize a 2000?
It's original Desktop case has ample room for any upgrades you may want and is so strong you could use it to prop up your car while you changed a wheel.
If you're desperate for space, just tip it on it's side.  :-)




Origonal case was damaged.
In my case, I bought an A2000 missing the top cover.



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I can't believe it would be for aesthetic reasons, the case would have to be huge, and probably beige.
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Whats wrong with beige??




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Still, if you do decide to go ahead, please post plenty of pics, it's always entertaining to watch.
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Sorry, I don't mean to Hi-Jack this thread ...

But I have 11 bay PC AT tower case that I started hacking
the A2000 MoBo into. For health reason plus I already have
2 A3000d's and 2 A2000d's I'd like to offer this hack to
someone interested in finishing it.
If anyone is interested .... PMail or EMail me.
I guess I could do spme pics if necessary.

Mel
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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2009, 02:13:48 PM »
Back when I worked at an Amiga store, I did a tower conversion for a customer... using the already mentioned Bomac tower. This guy was a heavy Toaster user, and needed more drive bays. What we usually did for those folk was to convert a PC minitower case into an external drive box, but this guy wanted it all in one case.
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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2009, 02:39:38 PM »
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Back when I worked at an Amiga store, I did a tower conversion for a customer... using the already mentioned Bomac tower. This guy was a heavy Toaster user, and needed more drive bays. What we usually did for those folk was to convert a PC minitower case into an external drive box, but this guy wanted it all in one case.



You worked at 'Slipped Disk' ??

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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2009, 03:46:18 PM »
All my WinTel PC's have been big ugly towers, but beauty is in the eyes of the beholder :-) I like lots of room for lots of drives and goodies :-D

I have several old tower cases that I might be able to adapt. I will most definately post pics if I do it.

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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2009, 05:26:34 PM »
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You worked at 'Slipped Disk' ??
Mel


No, I worked at BetterMousetrap in Flint. I bought my 1000 from Slipped Disk though... and a lot of software from "The Edge Connector" in Clio.
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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2009, 01:22:03 AM »
LOL!

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If you're desperate for space, just tip it on it's side.  :-)


I'd say, the only thing to worry about if you put it on its side is to remove the factory installed battery, because if it leaks, it'll probably leak onto your CPU card (or if flipped the other way around, the drives), unlike when it's flat. In that case it leaks onto the motherboard which is usually easier to replace/fix than a CPU card.

Cheers for more big box Amiga projects!

Now you can plug in there almost *every* SCSI drive-type device in there :-)
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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2009, 01:38:13 AM »
My battery is outa there... I've got some monster old tower cases, so I could have a Mega A2000!

I've got a spare old dead A2000 I can use for working out mounting the motherboard.

Whoo hoo! The ultimate Two Aught!
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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2009, 02:03:28 AM »
Well done sir! Recycle them leaky batteries!
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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2009, 02:16:26 AM »
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Anyone ever towerize a 2000? I saw a link about it on a site, but the link was dead.


I'd like to do the same.

For the others, the reason for doing this is:  drive bays.

Instead of a tower, I was going to see if I could cannibalize some drive mounting brackets from another case and graft them onto the 2000 case somehow, then create my own case cover out of plexy and/or high quality plywood.

Too many projects, not enough time.

brian
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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2009, 03:04:32 AM »
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For the others, the reason for doing this is:  drive bays.
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Yep. Drive bays. Lotsa goodies :-D
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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2009, 03:08:05 AM »
Yeah, you could have a ZIP drive, a couple of CD/DVD ROMs/writers, a SuperDrive, an Optical Drive, a tape drive, a CF card reader or two and of course many many hard drives :-) All SCSI of course (but not necessary).

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Re: Towerizing a 2000
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2009, 02:06:24 PM »
I put an Amiga 2000 in a tower back in the day.  See posts:

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=644

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=646

I found a old pc tower that was big enough to put the whole Amiga 2000 chassis inside and in doing that didn't have to cut any new holes for ports.  Worked really well.  Still got it out in the garage.
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