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A2000
« on: January 04, 2012, 09:44:34 PM »
Just a few more pics.  A2000 030@50mhz. Toaster card installed.

Enjoy.
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Re: A2000
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 10:02:29 PM »
Mechy sells a nice SCSI card reader (CF, SD, Momory Stick, PCMCIA) that would look perfect in that free floppy slot.  ;)
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Re: A2000
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2012, 10:07:03 PM »
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Mechy sells a nice SCSI card reader (CF, SD, Momory Stick, PCMCIA) that would look perfect in that free floppy slot.  ;)



I agree that would look nice. :)..
mmm.. I should have broke out the humpback mouse..ha
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Re: A2000
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2012, 10:35:51 PM »
I think it won't look good, because of the unusual size of the A2000 3,5' bay. On mine, the two bays are filled with classic Chinon drives (one FB-357 DD and one FB-357A HD), because anything else will leave an empty space in the bay. I can't support that.
Instead, i use a special 5,25' bay that offers house for a slim DVD (or in my case a slim bay for an internal 2,5' hard drive), one 3,5' bay (in my case a floppy drive combo with memory card slots and one USB port), and 2 more front USB ports.
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Re: A2000
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2012, 10:41:16 PM »
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Mechy sells a nice SCSI card reader (CF, SD, Momory Stick, PCMCIA) that would look perfect in that free floppy slot.  ;)


Surprised he doesn't keep his site linked to his sig. Here it is anyway:

http://a4000t.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65_79&products_id=180

...so, is there a bezel or other solution that would make this more attractive an an A2000 case?
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Re: A2000
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2012, 10:43:25 PM »
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Surprised he doesn't keep his site linked to his sig. Here it is anyway:

http://a4000t.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65_79&products_id=180

...so, is there a bezel or other solution that would make this more attractive an an A2000 case?


In the 5.25' bay with an adapter.
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Re: A2000
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2012, 10:51:47 PM »
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In the 5.25' bay with an adapter.

Actually, that sounds great - so long as the adapter was the same color, etc. I could care less about CD-ROM capability on my Amigas *IF* the SCSI CF/SD card reader actually works as advertised. Especially on a 68000/3.1/2091 system. Experience working with SCSI and my spidey-senses tell me it's too good to be true. I'm not even asking for removable on the fly USB-type support, but if you could use a CF or SD card as a vehicle to get information to and fro without a bunch of strange read/write errors all the time, well, guess I'd be surprised. And impressed. And would have to purchase...  lol
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Re: A2000
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2012, 12:00:37 AM »
About the only solution i can think of to replace tall drives is to glue some small plastic strips to the pcd-50b bezel to make up for the space.. not ideal but it works and looks ok when done right.

Nice looking 2000 there vlabguy!

Mech

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Surprised he doesn't keep his site linked to his sig. Here it is anyway:

http://a4000t.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65_79&products_id=180

...so, is there a bezel or other solution that would make this more attractive an an A2000 case?
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Re: A2000
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2012, 09:49:40 PM »
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About the only solution i can think of to replace tall drives is to glue some small plastic strips to the pcd-50b bezel to make up for the space.. not ideal but it works and looks ok when done right.

Nice looking 2000 there vlabguy!

Mech


Thanks Mech... The keyboard is brand new, which is nice.

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Re: A2000
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2012, 02:25:51 PM »
I have one and it works great in my A2000. Mine doesn't boot from CF and he sells one with a PCMCIA adapter that does boot CF attached to them. I assume its because the CF is a removable disk and not seen as an HD, but once installed in the PCMCIA adapter it is.
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Re: A2000
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2012, 03:09:18 PM »
The machine works great other than the floppy.. she spins but does not access a disk.  So I took the machine apart to take the floppy drive out to replace it and noticed it was quite dusty in there, perhaps a good cleaning??  Or is this typical of older floppy drives?  In order to get the floppy drive out I had to take the accelerator card out.. (see attached pic).. I could not find any markings on this card..anyone recognize it?

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Re: A2000
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2012, 04:33:12 PM »
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The machine works great other than the floppy.. she spins but does not access a disk.  So I took the machine apart to take the floppy drive out to replace it and noticed it was quite dusty in there, perhaps a good cleaning??  Or is this typical of older floppy drives?  In order to get the floppy drive out I had to take the accelerator card out.. (see attached pic).. I could not find any markings on this card..anyone recognize it?

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Re: A2000
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2012, 04:41:29 PM »
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I have one and it works great in my A2000. Mine doesn't boot from CF and he sells one with a PCMCIA adapter that does boot CF attached to them. I assume its because the CF is a removable disk and not seen as an HD, but once installed in the PCMCIA adapter it is.

They have the capability to boot off any slot, you just have to enable LUNS to use it. Happy to walk you through setup if you like. its quite easy.

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Re: A2000
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2012, 04:57:00 PM »
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Actually, that sounds great - so long as the adapter was the same color, etc. I could care less about CD-ROM capability on my Amigas *IF* the SCSI CF/SD card reader actually works as advertised. Especially on a 68000/3.1/2091 system. Experience working with SCSI and my spidey-senses tell me it's too good to be true. I'm not even asking for removable on the fly USB-type support, but if you could use a CF or SD card as a vehicle to get information to and fro without a bunch of strange read/write errors all the time, well, guess I'd be surprised. And impressed. And would have to purchase...  lol

I can't quite figure the AMIGA community out at times. I announced these card readers a good while back.Many of you have bought them and are using them now. It seems most make assumptions instead of reading the info or simply asking(save2600 did ask btw). Most seem afraid to email me for help and i am always just a email away either here or the store. I was slow getting info out,but for those who emailed me,we had their reader up and working on their amiga in 10 mins in most cases.SCSi isn't black magic,and these card readers are not voodoo,they do work. The biggest problem i see if people don't educate them on the basics of how scsi work,its very simple in most cases and a little knowledge goes along way.Some other cases they are using old badly implimented scsi controllers or old roms. This is not the fault of scsi,blame the maker of the card. What is worse i guess is the forums are filled with scsi MIS-Information. This gets repeated over the years.
Just so everyone knows, when you buy a card reader from me,i do stand behind it,and i will give person one on one help if you need it.

Sorry to hijack your thread!

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Re: A2000
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2012, 05:04:49 PM »
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Cool.. thanks..

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