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X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« on: June 04, 2012, 09:57:24 AM »
Just a quick photo of my raspberry pi inside the X500 PLUS:



Keyboard works fine, there is so much space left inside that you could easily have 4-5 raspberries with a self powered hub with HDD and SSD etc...

You get the idea. ;)
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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2012, 10:46:43 AM »
Can you fit an A500 and an A590 inside, or is just ATX/ITX standard? Although I'm guessing the keyboard would be an issue. NVM :-)
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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2012, 02:55:47 PM »
I haven't tried an A500 board in it nor the A1200 but if I have time I'll give it a go. Are there adapters that allow you to connect a USB keyboard to the A500/1200? I thought there were?!
 

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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2012, 06:10:27 PM »
How big is an A500/A1200 motherboard (dimensions?)...
 

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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2012, 08:19:18 PM »
Not sure would have to get the old measuring tape out :-) There are adapters for the A1200 keyboard from memory but that's the wrong way round.
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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2012, 08:21:33 PM »
The case is 470mm wide by 325mm, so take off some for the case. Will measure the board tomorrow off to work now :(
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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2012, 08:27:32 PM »
OK thanks, let me know if you can...the A500/A1200 motherboards might fit then...new hacking potential! :)
 

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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2012, 08:58:05 PM »
A little OT but maybe will help you decide what color power light to use:

http://pouet.net/topic.php?which=5565&page=7#c411821

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Commodore Amiga -- a500 with red power light
Commodore Amiga -- a500 with red power light
Commodore Amiga -- a500 with green power light
Commodore Amiga -- a500 with green power light
Commodore Amiga -- a500 with green power light
 

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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2012, 09:59:38 PM »
Green and Orange (amber) I think were the ones most people like.
 

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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2012, 07:33:14 AM »
List of working SD Cards posted by OldAmigan over at amigaworld.net, very useful:

http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals#SD_cards

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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2012, 07:59:42 AM »
25.4 x 35.5 cm haven't included the A590 :-)
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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2012, 08:01:40 AM »
Thanks Lurch I'll check if it fits the X500Plus and report :)
 

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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2012, 02:02:40 PM »
Quote from: TheDaddy;695203
Just a quick photo of my raspberry pi inside the X500 PLUS:

Keyboard works fine, there is so much space left inside that you could easily have 4-5 raspberries with a self powered hub with HDD and SSD etc...

You get the idea. ;)


Cool.  Those Raspberry Pi boards are so small, I think you could put one in a real A500 case.  Without removing the A500 first.  There's a dual-boot solution!  :D
 

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Re: X500 PLUS and Raspberri pi
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2012, 03:10:01 PM »
Quote from: TheDaddy;695203

Keyboard works fine, there is so much space left inside that you could easily have 4-5 raspberries with a self powered hub with HDD and SSD etc...

You get the idea. ;)


4-5 Pi's??!?!?!?

you could have a nice little cluster going and have each one doing a designated task. Like one for a minecraft sever, one as a web server, one to do business and so on lol. You could just remote terminal each one and get it to do the tasks.

That sound awesome in it's self.