My new A4000 =)

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23rd June 2011, 13:26
fitzsteve

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23rd June 2011, 13:38
z3spacial

Steve,

You must have a very understanding wife, alot of cash and alot of time - I'm in constant awe of your collections and setups and have been enjoying your many posts, photos and projects since I joined AmiBay - would love to know your secret.....:p
23rd June 2011, 13:51
fitzsteve

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Originally Posted by z3spacial

Steve,

You must have a very understanding wife, alot of cash and alot of time - I'm in constant awe of your collections and setups and have been enjoying your many posts, photos and projects since I joined AmiBay - would love to know your secret.....:p

Hi!

Glad you've enjoyed the posts, it makes it all worth while when you get this sort of feedback :thumbsup:

Truth is the Wife 'tolerates' it :shhh:

When I first got into Amiga's I sold all my retr0 gaming stuff to fund it and since then I've kind of been trading up so the monthly outlay hasn't been too bad!

As you probably guessed I don't get out too much with the 3Dimensional people and I don't smoke/gamble/etc so this is my main hobby.

Anyway I hope to keep you all included in my Amiga journey although its going to slow down a lot now unless I find a job soon! :coffee:

And besides, some might say I have enough :thumbsup:

Steve.
23rd June 2011, 15:19
merlinkv

@Steve

Hi my friend :)

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I've used it before with CF cards via Blizzard PPC SCSI so it should work for you but IIRC one CF adapter didn't work so I had to try another.

I have IDE-SCSI Bridges in all my setups and works great with one exception.

Under OS 4.x... CF-IDE Adapter+IDE-SCSI cannot works fine on my A4K's PPC...

As you know, I have....

SCSI ID1 => CF's to boot with different 3.x

SCSI ID2 => HDD to Boot under 4.0 (still fighting with 4.1 Classic and my FastATA MK-V :()

Not tested my new BPPC 603+ but I think must be the same.....

Best wishes
24th June 2011, 06:28
Skellionz

Steve you can only use one at a time!
24th June 2011, 08:47
fitzsteve

@MerlinKV, thanks for the info my friend. Yeah it sux about OS4.1 compatibility - I've bought 4 un-supported PCI cards now and given up!

I have a Dual boot system working with OS3.9 on BPPC SCSI and OS4.1 on Native IDE, I kept my Voodoo 3 as the shared card for both :dry:

@Skellionz

I have three letters for you:

LAN :D
24th June 2011, 12:01
merlinkv

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@Skellionz

I have three letters for you:

LAN :-D

GByte LAN...... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Six computers, 5 File Servers, 3 Consoles, ....... at the same time.... :D

And as all people here... a lot of years and money to collect all....... :( :)
1st July 2011, 19:46
fitzsteve

Just a very little update, I got some new toys this week that I have been playing with, useful to all my USB setups :)

I got an ICY Box external HDD enclosure which has a nice new 20gb ATA HDD inside, of course its also perfect for prepping up disks in WinUAE.

I've set this one up with a couple of SFS partitions to share between my Amiga's, on my Deneb its pulling 5.7mb/sec which I thought was pretty impressive :cool:

In the pics below its on the Thylacine in this A4000 so only USB1.1, I got a little Powered USB1.1 Hub of eBay for peanuts and its working a treat plus ideal as the Thylacine only has 1 USB port...

At some point I'd like a Deneb for this A4000 too :D

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1728.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1731.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1729.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1730.jpg
1st July 2011, 19:59
mfilos

Awesome setupz. I envy with pride :D

Time to keep only da towerz and donate zee Desktop to da Marios
1st July 2011, 20:05
fitzsteve

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Originally Posted by mfilos

Awesome setupz. I envy with pride :D

Time to keep only da towerz and donate zee Desktop to da Marios

Sorry my friend but this is my Babe :p

Thanks for the kind words as always, I think once I have funds for another Deneb this A4000 will be complete :o

Oh and Zetr0 said he will help me with a tri-colour LED so it will be Red for SCSI and Yellow for IDE activity :bowdown:

Hope to share some pics after we make this Mod :thumbsup:
1st July 2011, 20:45
mfilos

Awesome idea :D Share da pr0n immediately \o/
1st July 2011, 21:07
SkydivinGirl

Very nice job on the A4000D. :) Looks great!

Heather
1st July 2011, 21:28
fitzsteve

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Originally Posted by mfilos

Awesome idea :D Share da pr0n immediately \o/

Ofc!!!

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Originally Posted by SkydivinGirl

Very nice job on the A4000D. :) Looks great!

Heather

Thanks Heather :thumbsup:
7th July 2011, 18:42
fitzsteve

Hi!

I got a nice addition to this project to share with ya'll!

Its a CDRW with built in USB Card reader :)

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMAG0081.jpg

Its quite a large unit, but I managed to fit it inside by raising the HDD to the upper part of the bracket (else I couldn't push the drive all the way into the bay)

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMAG0079.jpg

As you can see, still some room for the 060 to breath :D

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMAG0080.jpg

The USB connector fits a 5pin header and will be ideal if I get a Deneb for this machine, for now I used a converter to standard USB - A connector and ran the cable outside to my Hub as the Thylacine has no internal headers.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMAG0090.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMAG0098.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMAG0091.jpg

And all back together and working :)

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMAG0092.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMAG0096.jpg

I'm really pleased with this unit, its an ideal solution for this setup :thumbsup:

Steve.
7th July 2011, 18:46
DonAmiga

Cool Steve, where did you get it :thumbsup:
7th July 2011, 18:56
fitzsteve

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Originally Posted by DonAmiga

Cool Steve, where did you get it :thumbsup:

Thanks mate, I got it from eBay, was liquidation stock so picked it up el-cheapo too :D

Someone ninja'd the rest though after I put a link in the what did you buy thread :ninja:
7th July 2011, 20:40
mfilos

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Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Someone ninja'd the rest though after I put a link in the what did you buy thread :ninja:

LOL I wonder who he is! :ninja:
1st September 2011, 12:09
fitzsteve

Hey peeps,

Got some updates to this project! Been having a bit of a switch around since getting the A4000T (sadly the Elbox Tower has to go) so using some of the bits here...

First change is I swapped out the PicassoIV for my CV64/3D, since I have a PicassoIV in my A4000T I decided to take a different route with this project for now, of course if I ever find a CVPPC for the Tower the Picasso might find its way back here :whistle:

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1960.jpg

And reinstall my Toccata and DenebUSB :cool:

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1961.jpg

Since I have lots of Ram in the A4000T I decided to use the Fastlane Z3 in this project, and since this is Buster 9 I'm not limited to 1 DMA master I can have the Fastlane Z3 and Deneb running in DMA mode!

Also happy to see no conflict with the CSMkII/SCSI or CV64/3D which can be a known issue in this configuration!

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1962.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1963.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1975.jpg

I also decided to switch the CDROM for a shorter DVD drive and also replaced the tall HD Floppy with a new FDD and USB Reader, plus custom adapters via USB2 Hub going into the Deneb.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1966.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1968.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1969.jpg

As you can see everything is working! (Not expected on the first attempt but it did!)

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1972.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1964.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1971.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1974.jpg

Only thing left to do is find a new home for the SCSI-IDE bridge :Doh:

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1970.jpg

Off to work on the A4000T now :coffee:
1st September 2011, 12:31
Kawazu

You have to much spare time and money =)
1st September 2011, 12:39
SpodSpod

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Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Only thing left to do is find a new home for the SCSI-IDE bridge :Doh:

Yeah, in my A3000 :ninja:
1st September 2011, 12:42
fitzsteve

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Originally Posted by Kawazu

You have to much spare time and money =)

Only one day a week to play with the Miggy's now :(

Damn new job!

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Originally Posted by SpodSpod

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Only thing left to do is find a new home for the SCSI-IDE bridge :Doh:

Yeah, in my A3000 :ninja:

:D
1st September 2011, 21:45
merlinkv

Hi Steve,

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Damn new job!

Glad to hear about your new job my friend :thumbsup:

The new setup looks great....... :)

.... waiting for more pics :D

Best wishes

Pablo
2nd September 2011, 11:11
grahamit

congrats on the new job:thumbsup:
2nd September 2011, 11:46
fitzsteve

Thanks guys!

Shame I wont have as much time to mess with the Miggy's!

I did manage to get USB (Deneb) & Sound (Concierto) up and running in the A4000T so that will be due an update, maybe Sunday!

Steve.
3rd September 2011, 21:05
fitzsteve

Hey peeps,

I thought I'd share a few more pics with ya'll, just an idea of how it will be setup when done :)

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1977.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1978.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1979.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...e/IMG_1980.jpg
3rd September 2011, 21:13
Tomse

nice nice nice :-)
3rd September 2011, 21:18
johnim

great system mate

poor little miggy on top of the giant
3rd September 2011, 21:34
mjnurney

nice tower stevie :-)

great to hear about the job too !!! brilliant news :-):-):-):-):-):-)
3rd September 2011, 22:32
fitzsteve

Thanks guys! Posted these pics in the wrong thread tho lol, so if you see them again its not dejavu! :p

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