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Offline RetrofanTopic starter

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Lateral HD on A1200
« on: September 12, 2010, 07:05:54 PM »
Hi:
As I don't have friends to show my improvements with the Amiga, I want to show an small but nice one I've just done: To put the HD compact flash aside the Amiga.
Why? I had always the Amiga opened, to use the Compact flash HD with WinUAE, and to change between different CF Hard Drives I have. Finally, putting the HD aside with an slot on the Amiga, I can close the Amiga with all the screws (I had to search for them).
So this was the chance to try the internal cd rom I installed months ago. As you can see it opens and closes perfect, and the HD on it's side I believe is great.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iKiBfZt0wc
 
What do you think?
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2010, 07:58:22 PM »
Nice:-)
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2010, 10:49:58 PM »
To the ones that didn't answer: haven't you thought putting it outside like this? Don't you like it?
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2010, 11:09:58 PM »
Hi,
Nice setup. I want to install a CDROM in my 1200 like you did. I have already installed a removable CF card on my A4000 (on the back, in the unused "expansion slot" so it wouldn't use up a Zorro slot)
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2010, 08:09:36 AM »
Nice. I'd like to see how it all fixes together inside.

Lots of users including myself have their CF card connected to the IDE removable from outside.

My technique was to glue the 2.5" IDE->CF adapter to the top of the internal PCMCIA connector and then increase the height of the PCMCIA slot in the case using a series of fine files. This makes the slot much cleaner (and easier to do especially for a novice) than cutting a hole in the case with a Dremel or something.
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2010, 11:40:02 AM »
So you have the IDE-CF adapter on top of the PCMCIA? But there isn't much room there, and if you haven't got a Pcmcia card on, you have only the upper "wall" to guide the CF into. In mine it's like connecting the card to the pcmcia slot.
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2010, 11:42:00 AM »
One more.
The Ide-Cf is holded with a screw at the lower part, to the sheilding, and with double side tape and a glued rubber to get it higher at the top part.
To make the slot I only used a drill to make holes along it and a chinese file to give it the right measurements.
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2010, 11:51:55 AM »
Hi Retrofan, :)

That has to be one of the neatest solutions I've ever seen on a standard A1200 case, congratulations one some very nice work and ideas there... :D
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2010, 06:24:14 PM »
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So you have the IDE-CF adapter on top of the PCMCIA?
Yes. This is a picture of a user AVErsiv who used the same technique I do on an A600. http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/922/img7031r.jpg

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But there isn't much room there
?? Never felt like a problem.

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if you haven't got a Pcmcia card on, you have only the upper "wall" to guide the CF into.
Plus the receptacle sides & bottom of the CF card adapter.

I like what you've done though.
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2010, 06:42:02 PM »
Yes, it has to be easier that way. I prefer mine because I can take the card from above and below, and over the Pcmcía card you'll have to take it by it's sides, but it isn't a real problem...
 
I've seen too the Ide-cf in the trapdoor under the floppy drive, but I will need that place for the Indivision Aga connection whenever it will be for sale again...
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2010, 07:07:17 PM »
@retrofan
Great setup :)

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http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/922/img7031r.jpg

What's that wiring with the RF modulator and power? And for completeness, which fast RAM card is that? :)
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2010, 07:21:46 PM »
@kolla
That is not my A600 but I can answer your questions.

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What's that wiring with the RF modulator and power?
That is the Kickstart switch. It is just a standard 3-pole, two way switch (+5v, 0v, A17) which switches the 1Mbyte 27C800 EPROM containing two kickstart images KS3.1 v40.63 & KS 1.3 (v34.5 with A600 IDE patch). It is the cheapest and easy to fit kickstart switcher there is taking up almost no room in the case.

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And for completeness, which fast RAM card is that? :)
It is one of the remakes of LordVader's A608 (2008).
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2010, 12:59:30 AM »
Hi:
I have a dude: I made the Amikit conversion to a real Amiga;... is there a difference between my windows (icons options up in the window) and the normal Dopus installation (shown in the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iKiBfZt0wc) ???
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2010, 01:12:54 AM »
I mean this on top of the window:
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Re: Lateral HD on A1200
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2010, 01:34:34 AM »
I want to add something, and I don't mean your're answering right now, but I love this web because now it's half past one AM (tomorrow's holiday here) and there are fifteen people watching it...
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