Towered 1200 PCMCIA question

[theTAO]

I asked a PCMCIA question here a couple weeks ago and had good success, so am trying it again. :-)

I have a 1200 in a Power Tower, and now have all the networking hardware, too, and am in the process of setting it up.  What bothers me is the PCMCIA adapter that I got from my local Amiga dealer.  Since the 1200 is mounted vertically in the tower and the PCMCIA connector faces down into the bottom of the case, you need a right-angle thingy to attach the card...and that's exactly what I have.  It's just a female connector soldered to a bit of circuit board, with a male connector on the other end, making a right angle.  The result is that the PCMCIA card lays on the inside-bottom of the case, which I find dumb.  I own only 1 PCMCIA card and don't plan on buying more, but assumed the adapter would include a short cable and a special slot bracket so the PCMCIA card could be inserted and removed from the back of the tower case.  I assume what I have is an Elbox connector...does anybody else make them, and do the designs vary?

Maybe it's done like this so as to not interfere with a Zorro or PCI backplane?  I have neither, so this is not currently an issue.  It feels like a kludge, which was exactly the reason I moved my 1200 from a homemade desktop case to a tower a few years ago. :-/

Todd

[Matt_H]

Sorry, that's how they're designed. Kind of annoying, but I don't think anyone anticipated owning multiple PCMCIA peripherals when the adaptors were designed.

I use a CompactFlash -> PCMCIA adaptor to get photos from my digital camera. Swapping that card back and forth is a real nightmare.

There are PCMCIA adaptors for PCI slots, but there aren't any Amiga drivers.

[theTAO]

Damn, I kinda figured that would be the case.  Thanks for the definitive answer.  If I can find a metal PCI backplane with integrated 10Base-T connector, maybe I rig up something to make it seem like the Ethernet is integrated onto the motherboard.. ;-)

Todd

[Radfoo]

Eyetech used to sell the one you want. Unfortunatly they sold lots of camera thingies with it too. Not cheap - but then they never are.

***Edit***
This is what you want, sounds like you would need your existing adapter as well.
***Edit***

[theTAO]

@Radfoo

> This is what you want

Hmm, that would work...but as I'm doing ethernet, I'd rather the cables stay in the back of the Amiga.  Type II cards being only 5mm high, I wanted to put the "slot" right in the lowest Zorro/PCI opening. :-)  Right now, though, I've compromised and wondering if anybody ever made a slot cover with a built-in 10Base-T connector, just like those extra USB connectors with a ribbon cable that connect to most PC motherboards. :-)

Todd