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Re: Custom Amiga tower cases
« Reply #14 from previous page: February 07, 2004, 04:05:59 AM »
@ Red

Hi, thank you for considering this. In another thread I mentioned a fictitional case that
could house an A500 Mb, A600 Mb,A2000Mb and a A3000 Mb. Just pick one cool design and they will come.
With multi hole mounting, spacers, and cable kits, you could make it happen and make many happy.

Happy hunting,
Chris

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Re: Custom Amiga tower cases
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2004, 04:45:07 AM »
With or without PSU doesn't make much difference
The size of the case almost guarantees you will be stuck paying dimensional weight
 

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Re: Custom Amiga tower cases
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2004, 09:23:03 AM »
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I didn't know if there was really a need or demand for the A3000 and A2000 Amigas.


You're kidding, right? The only tower solution available to me, an A3000 owner, was the Mirage3000, which REQUIRES the Mediator (unless one plans on re-tooling the backplate). No one's heard a peep about the Chameleon tower case in years and the Micronik tower is history.

Having at least ONE other available tower would have probably saved me somewhere in the neighborhood of $300-400 USD.

I've still got at least 2-3 A2000's and one more A3000 I'd like to get towered one of these years, but not anytime real soon.

Some things to consider when designing an A3000 case: the height of the desktop case with and without an accelerator installed (which will impact where drive bays will go), with and without a mediator (affects width of the tower, much like the prior consideration, as well as how the card slot backplate is arranged).

Is it possible to submit some larger pics of the Noblesse case designs? Like a nice sized front, side, interior and back shot? The image on your page doesn't really give one a sense of how it's laid out.
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Re: Custom Amiga tower cases
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2004, 07:15:19 PM »
You wish is my command stand by.
I have lots of pictures and will be posting them today. I just have to finish a couple of projects and then I will post the pages on-line.

Check here I will post a message announcing the pictures and a link when they are ready.

yea case design was a bitch. These cases have a completely custom backplane. The new 17 inch A1200 cases had to be designed so that the top comes off completely so it is easier to plug in the accelerator with a mediator installed.

but after you see these pictures you will see that these are possibly the easiest cases ever made for the Amiga when it comes to installation and maintenance. Both sides can be removed Individually with thumb screws. The top is held on with regular screws and can be removed for ease of installation.

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Re: Custom Amiga tower cases
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2004, 10:36:10 PM »
I am quite anxious to get started on the buildup of this system.  I've got all pieces but the case and its associated parts.  

It will be an Amiga 1200 (new old stock mobo) with a Blizzard '060 66MHz accelerator, Blizzard SCSI, 40x SCSI CD-ROM, 2GB HD, 32MB FAST RAM, LinkSys PCMCIA ethernet.  

Maybe Mediator 1200 SX one day.  Main use:  demo watching.

(Tho I gotta say - I have an A2000 as well, and wouldn't want to change its case - classic!)

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Re: Custom Amiga tower cases
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2004, 08:11:32 AM »
Like I promised Here is the link for my cases page and some pictures. I got alot more I will post them when time is available.
I just edited and posted a hundred pictures enjoy
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Re: Custom Amiga tower cases
« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2004, 08:53:38 AM »
Nicely done... thank you. :)
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Re: Custom Amiga tower cases
« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2004, 09:08:42 AM »
The link on the company´s site says that they are working on a tower solution for A3000 and A4000 too. I wrote an email to their contact addy telling that I´m waiting for that solution :)