I've been writing to Amiga.org updating on the project, but maybe I should be posting here instead or at least in parallel:-)
First thread:
http://www.amiga.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=43934&post_id=508991&order=0&viewmode=flat&pid=0&forum=4#forumpost508991 (http://www.amiga.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=43934&post_id=508991&order=0&viewmode=flat&pid=0&forum=4#forumpost508991)
Current thread:
http://www.amiga.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=44246&forum=4
Things are coming together!!
Interesting project... :)
I look forward to seeing photos of the end result! :)
-Andrew
http://www.amiga.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=44714&forum=4 (http://www.amiga.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=44714&forum=4)
Progress continues!
(http://i27.tinypic.com/21or6h0.jpg)
I just finished the expansion port extension cable tonight.
(http://i30.tinypic.com/1o61i9.jpg)
Quote from: redrumloa on April 16, 2008, 01:46 PM
I just finished the expansion port extension cable tonight.
Tedious bit of soldering, eh? <Grin>
Wow that tower is HUGE -- it looks like it could hold 3 or 4 motherboards :) I especially like the Commodore sticker. Did you make that yourself? Anyway, nice work!
Quote from: hydrophilic on April 17, 2008, 09:30 AMWow that tower is HUGE -- it looks like it could hold 3 or 4 motherboards :)
Yeah, it looks like the size of an Amiga 3000T or my A1200 Tower.
Bulky, heavy monsters!
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/
Is that 5¼" drive connected to the 128D motherboard? Does it work? I ask because it's not the standard 1571 drive mechanism.
-Andrew
Quote from: hydrophilic on April 17, 2008, 09:30 AM
Wow that tower is HUGE -- it looks like it could hold 3 or 4 motherboards :) I especially like the Commodore sticker. Did you make that yourself? Anyway, nice work!
I bought the case badge off some guy on eBay in Germany. Thanks for the compliments:-)
BTW the case is indeed huge, but I still had to hack away at it and modify the 128D motherboard connectors to barely make it fit.
(http://i27.tinypic.com/14vqm9e.jpg)
and
(http://i27.tinypic.com/fbgbaf.jpg)
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on April 17, 2008, 03:45 PM
Is that 5¼" drive connected to the 128D motherboard? Does it work? I ask because it's not the standard 1571 drive mechanism.
-Andrew
Actually it is indeed a standard 1571 from the same 128D I got the motherboard from. The
faceplate is from a PC 5.25 drive and has been highly modified to fit the 1571 drive mechanism.
@all
One point I am happy with is the power supply.
(http://i28.tinypic.com/1fiw77.jpg)
Unlike other ATX power supply modifications, mine has real 9VAC. I even built a relay board to switch the 9VAC rail on and off with the power supply, by the front power switch.
Quote from: redrumloa on April 18, 2008, 02:48 AMActually it is indeed a standard 1571 from the same 128D I got the motherboard from. The faceplate is from a PC 5.25 drive and has been highly modified to fit the 1571 drive mechanism.
Ahh... That makes sense... If there was a way to get a different mech to work with a 1571/1571D controller, I would have liked to know about it.
-Andrew
Fabricating support rails for the SuperCPU 128 and RamLink.
(http://i28.tinypic.com/1448lk7.jpg)
Self explanatory:
(http://i27.tinypic.com/21oar08.jpg)
and
(http://i25.tinypic.com/2z7fj1l.jpg)