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Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« on: March 27, 2010, 12:52:22 AM »
Hello:
It isn't working right by now because I don't have the floppy drive working and have to wait for the replacement, and I had some problems so I must reinstall the Workbench, but it worked, and it was reading the OS3.9 cd it had into. The 4 photo wasn't taked the same day, and the Amiga wasn't closed at all, but it fits perfect as you can see.
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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2010, 01:02:38 AM »
Here go some other photos:
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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2010, 01:06:40 AM »
As you see I have attached the power supply directly to the floppy drive connection, as it's (I bought it this way) out of order.
I have to wait to the replacement, when I will connect both of them
I have an A500 power supply, which is better to handle with both together.
The hard drive is a 4gb cf card which draws less power.
The accelerator in the photo is a Hawk Ram one, but I'm going to change it for a Blizzard 1260 that I bought in France for 211€. The thing is I have to wait for the floppy so I can install the software for it.
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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2010, 01:12:41 AM »
The difference with others it that is has the cd bezel made in the same plastic of the Amiga.
I bought a replacement trapdoor at Amigakit and cutted it.
I made a transfer sticker (the one you have at the keys) with the Compact Disc logo which I downloaded at Internet. I could have put any, as I found all of them, but I selected it because it's the same that appears at the Idefix program.
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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2010, 01:19:56 AM »
That is a reallly nice job.  Most of the other hacks of this nature I've seen the drive looks out of place, but this looks like it was meant to be there.  Fantastic.
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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2010, 01:40:46 AM »
The cd drive is a Samsung TS-L462:
General Features:
Black bezel
2 MB buffer
IDE/ATAPI interface
24x CD-R write speed
10x CD-RW re-write speed
8x DVD-ROM read speed
24x CD-ROM read speed
Automatic buffer underrun error protection technology
3.6 Mbps average data transfer rate
110 ms CD-ROM average access time
120 ms DVD-ROM average access time
 
The main thing it has to be IDE-Atapi interface.
 
Thanks for the comment. I did it the way I thought the Amiga people should have done at the time...
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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2010, 01:44:22 AM »
Here goes a better photo:
http://yfrog.com/7eabcd0005dj
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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2010, 02:11:12 AM »
Another thing I changed and that you can see wrong in any other internal cd rom project is that the cd bezzel faceplate is at the same angle of the Amiga. I got it because I made it to fit exactly.
I add a photo, but you can see it here:
http://yfrog.com/3dabcd0017wj
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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2010, 05:16:40 AM »
Really, I mean really nicely done job here. I would love to have the same on my A1200 :o.
I'm getting a slim cd drive also, but we'll see how that work's out :lol:.
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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2010, 06:31:44 AM »
Outstanding work my friend! Propably the most sophisticated CD-ROM hack I seen ever!
It looks like it was designed that way :)
Pitty I can't put one that way on my A1200 since the PicoPSU doesn't give the space to include one (not that it matters a lot for me hehe).

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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2010, 09:33:49 AM »
nice job....i fitted my cdrom just the way u did...i only need to look for the right paint for the bezel..mine is still grey
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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2010, 11:18:51 AM »
Very nice indeed.  It's a pity the CDROM drive couldn't be fitted such that it ejects out of the opposite side to the floppy disk.  I guess the CD Tray is too wide to fit there? My A1200 is boxed up at the moment (I'm paranoid about the dreaded yellow) so I can't measure that up to check.

But yes, very nice modification indeed.

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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2010, 02:09:56 PM »
There is a modification made like that:

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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2010, 02:29:48 PM »
Wow, yes that looks really good.  I think it looks better to have it mounted on the side like that one is.  It'd be even better again if a slot drive were used, though the case mod would be more complicated because it'd be much harder to cut the slot in the case and make it look neat.  With the standard tray drive your cut-out is largely masked by the tray itself.

Very nice.

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Re: Amiga 1200 Internal Cd Rom Drive
« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2010, 09:40:01 PM »
Yes, I have some other photos of it (I upload them).
What I don't like is that the Amiga as you know hasn't space for it in that side, so if you insist to make it, you have to glue some plastic pieces to hide the right part of the cd drive...
By the way, the Amiga opens backwards, so if the cd is at one side it is a problem. On the contrary, if you put it on the rear side, it fits perfect as you open it over it...
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