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This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« on: July 02, 2004, 09:10:25 PM »
Guess what secret this A4000D holds? It's in a stock, unmodified case...



It plays Quake 2 fast, it's connected to the local network.. And..

It has a Prometheus inside:-)

Yup it was said it couldn't be done, yet I did it in an hour. This A4000D has a prommy using 2 PCI cards, a voodoo 3 and a 8029 ethernet, and still has 2 free un-obstructed zorro slots(plus a third free semi-obstructed zorro). Anyone want a do it yourself guide? Or should I sell a desktop kit? The case itself is 100% unmodified.
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2004, 09:13:43 PM »
Any pictures of the back of the case?
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2004, 09:14:22 PM »
Pictures, please! :)
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2004, 09:23:57 PM »
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Any pictures of the back of the case?


You ask you shall receive:-)

Please keep in mind this was a first attempt. I will refine it a little more.. I have an idea to get the ethernet connector on the back slot plate. The video card connector is the one on the card itself.



The bottom 2 zorro slots are empty and can use full size zorro boards. The third zorro slot from the bottom has the isa slot blocked, but could use a short zorro card like a kickflash.
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2004, 09:25:00 PM »
You should sell a desktop kit sounds good.shame my a4000 is going to be broken up and sold for spares it does work but memory sockets are broke which sometimes cause a problem on first switch on .

I have a briliant a3000 desktop that needs the expansion your 4000 has.
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2004, 09:29:15 PM »
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The bottom 2 zorro slots are empty and can use full size zorro boards. The third zorro slot from the bottom has the isa slot blocked, but could use a short zorro card like a kickflash.


So the video slot is free, as well?

Very interesting.... Any shots with the top of the case off, so we can see how it all fits together?  :-)  (You're just not going to stop until I get one of these for my other A4000, are you?  ;-)  )
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2004, 09:40:43 PM »
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So the video slot is free, as well?


Absolutely.

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Any shots with the top of the case off, so we can see how it all fits together?


Will do shortly. Needless to say I am very happy with the results. I'm really kind of suprised no one has done this before.

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just not going to stop until I get one of these for my other A4000, are you?


I wouldn't be a very good salesman if I was content to let stock sit on the self collecting dust, and not getting use in your computer now would I? :-D
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2004, 09:55:32 PM »
@Redrumloa

Too bad about your speakers.
I had those same speakers on the A1200 T i had in 2002.
They are very poor!
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2004, 09:58:49 PM »
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Too bad about your speakers.
 


LOL! Yes they suck :lol:

No worries, that is my 'testing' speakers. My main computer(s) have better speakers than that :-D
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2004, 10:00:08 PM »
Good!
Unless you like your speakers vibrating more than a dual shock pad!  :lol:
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2004, 10:12:06 PM »
Looking good.
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2004, 10:45:18 PM »
That's pretty neat.  How did you do it?  90 degree adapters on the PCI?  Smoke and mirrors?   :lol:  I anxiously await internal pics.
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2004, 11:28:07 PM »
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Smoke and mirrors?


Not quite, pretty easy really. Only one part of the conversion was a "hack" and I doesn't touch the case at all.

Here's a few pictures of the this first conversion.




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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2004, 11:33:23 PM »
The internals of your 4k seems to be very dusty... :)

Interesting solution of the problem, though... Did you buy those PCI cable extension thingies?
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Re: This Amiga 4000D has a secret:-D
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2004, 11:39:06 PM »
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The internals of your 4k seems to be very dusty... :)


It sure is:-) This A4k isn't my personal one, it's a recent purchase we use for testing.. Yes I do need to tear it down and give it a bath some day soon :lol:

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Did you buy those PCI cable extension thingies?


The right angle adapter is a direct off the shelf part.

The pci-flex cable was specially made, but is very close to an off the shelf part.
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