Amiga 1200 in a 19" rack I just purchased $60AUS

[tasmanian guy]

I just won an ebay auction on ebay for an Amiga 1200 in a 19" rack.
 
It has no keyboard, but it does have a floppy drive.
 
I will require a keyboard to ps2 adaptor
I will also require an Amiga mouse (does a usb to ps2 adaptor work with the optical mouse?)
I have a 120 gig 2.5" hard drive here, can I use the full capacity?
I will also need an accelerator or a ram expansion board at some stage later on (happy to be patient on that one).
 
The last Amiga 1200 I had, had 2 x 40 meg hard drives.....ah those were the days.
 
I paid $60AUS for it and hopefully that is a good price (though postage is going to be double that).

[mingle]

Okay, don't rub it in!

I was meant to bid on that, but I was feeding babies and completely forgot! My high bid would've been a bit more than $60 too :-(

I can't see how postage would be much more than $50 though...

Mike.

[tasmanian guy]

Okay, don't rub it in!
 
I was meant to bid on that, but I was feeding babies and completely forgot! My high bid would've been a bit more than $60 too :-(
 
I can't see how postage would be much more than $50 though...
 
Mike.

Well I was prepared to pay up to $77 as my max bid.
 
Anyway postage is going to be around $66.00 due to the size of it to Hobart.
 
Now I have to get some keyboard adaptors, a mouse, etc
 
I have a 120 gig 2.5" ide hard drive here, but I may go the compact flash route.
 
It will probably end up costing me over $500 all up to get it where I want it to be eg accelerator, compact flash, keyboard, mouse, etc. but should be fun doing it and can do it over time.
 
You probably already have a few Amiga's anyway, I've only got Amiga Forever at the moment and wanted a "real one" :-)
 
I'll let you know how it all goes....hopefully it arrives safe and well!

[gertsy]

Well done.  Good get..

[HammerD]

I just won an ebay auction on ebay for an Amiga 1200 in a 19" rack.
 
It has no keyboard, but it does have a floppy drive.
 
I will require a keyboard to ps2 adaptor
I will also require an Amiga mouse (does a usb to ps2 adaptor work with the optical mouse?)
I have a 120 gig 2.5" hard drive here, can I use the full capacity?
I will also need an accelerator or a ram expansion board at some stage later on (happy to be patient on that one).
 
The last Amiga 1200 I had, had 2 x 40 meg hard drives.....ah those were the days.
 
I paid $60AUS for it and hopefully that is a good price (though postage is going to be double that).

Not bad, got a photo of it?

[hardlink]

Not bad, got a photo of it?

I would guess it is one of the Scala units, but I can't seem to find a picture right now. Plus, I have found references to both A1200 and CD32 Scala rackmount systems. I'm not far from Reston, Virginia where SCALA U.S. was based in Amiga days, and I know someone who worked there in the day, I'll try to find out more.

[zipper]

Eyetech did also rack mount A1200 systems:
http://web.archive.org/web/20030117194141/http://www.eyetech.co.uk/PRODPIX/EZR_PRES.JPG
Another example of modified A1200:
http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/bundles/magicbox.html

[tasmanian guy]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300400814322&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
 
is the item with photos.

[hardlink]

Interesting, can't say I recognize that one. Maybe an individual hardware hacker with a really good machine shop in the basement?

[tasmanian guy]

Interesting, can't say I recognize that one. Maybe an individual hardware hacker with a really good machine shop in the basement?

Yeah I haven't heard back from the seller yet.  But hopefully will have it later on next week, once I get his details of where it has to be picked up from by courier.

[J-Golden]

I've seen those slide boxes empty, but bugger me, I never thought of something as simple and WAY cool as that!!!!

[mingle]

@tasmanian guy,

Wish I did have loads of Amigas! :-) I have an old A500 and the CD32...

I really want an A3000, but they seem to be as rare as hens' teeth at the moment!

Cheers,

Mike.

P.S. My high-bid was going to be $110! :-)

[tasmanian guy]

@tasmanian guy,
 
Wish I did have loads of Amigas! :-) I have an old A500 and the CD32...
 
I really want an A3000, but they seem to be as rare as hens' teeth at the moment!
 
Cheers,
 
Mike.
 
P.S. My high-bid was going to be $110! :-)

In that case I am glad you did not bid! :rtfm:
I tried to get a CD32 from Analogic, but gave up on that idea!  
 
I think now I'll put around $500 in this Amiga all up and also get the fpga arcade board (minimig with AGA) once it is available and working nicely.  What specs are your Amiga 500 and CD32 (any addons?).
 
I am heading over to Melbourne in April (hopefully) may look around for some more Amiga stuff that I can bring back.

[mingle]

My A500 is a KS1.3 machine and just has the usual 512K extra RAM. The CD32 is stock-standard.

If you're still after a CD32 when you're over here, just let me know! :-)

Cheers,

Mike.

[johnklos]

I never knew anyone made rackmount kits for Amiga 1200s. I thought I was the only one:

http://www.ziaspace.com/~john/lilith/

Neat!