Closed Hard Drive & CF Card Setup Service

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Hi!

I am now offering my services setting up CF cards and IDE HDD's for Amiga systems, to comply with Amibay's rules you will need to own original copies of any OS and Software you want me to install, you can either send your original copies to me with your CF or HDD or you can photograph them with your user name written on paper with the current date.

The current services I can offer are:

Setting up a standard Workbench 2.x/3.1/3.9 or Classic Workbench versions (GAAE up to CWBOS3.9)
Setting up Mediator or Picasso96 RTG* Drivers (for PicassoIV for example)

(*For Mediator only Voodoo 3 Card is available at standard resolutions, sound and network cards to be setup by the end user to their own specifications)

Installing custom Libraries for 060 & PPC Cards (Including Warp3D on Mediator/Voodoo 3)

Setting up PCMCIA drivers to use PCMCIA Card Readers.

Setting up large Disk support for HDD's over 4gb, partitioned to users requirements. (Your choice of FFS, SFS or PFS3)

I can do 2.5in & 3.5in real IDE HDDs and CF cards but I do not have the facility to prepare SCSI drives, sorry.

I can also supply 4gb CF Cards with IDE adapter & cable. All my adapters flash the HDD LED.

CF Adapters for big box Amiga's also available as above if you have an A4000/etc!

I will also give advice on which setup is most suitable for your own Amiga as it will depends of the specs of your machine :thumbsup:

Cost of my services:

My Standard Workbench install including Classic Workbench Packs is £10 + any postage costs.

My advanced installs such as for Mediator/RTG support is £15 + any postage costs.

I stock generic 4gb CF card's with IDE adapter & cable (see pic above) they cost £11.99 + P&P. (5 in stock)

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UK = £1.20, EU = £3.30 & Outside EU = £3.80 (sorry postage prices went up) :(


UK add £1.10 if you want recorded delivery, International add £5.50 if you want signed for shipping

The CF Kits are only available if taking a setup service.


Update 16/03/13

I'm offering a new service now too where I can offer you a backup of your CF card on DVD which you can restore at any time using WinImage.

This extra service is £5 (only available when you buy my setup service including the CF Card/Adapter) :smile:

Update 31/1/13

Now trialing 8gb (And Larger) CF Card Setup Service: (Currently out of stock but can be ordered, POA)

I have two brand new 8gb Kingston CF Cards, one was opened to test compatibility with the Amiga, the other obviously will be once I set it up. *Both sold but can order more on request as well as larger CF's - Ask for a quote (prices may vary as they are bought per order)*

These are normally POA(Special Order Only)* + P&P with your choice of A or B cable/adapter as per above. Setup is per above costs, if successful I can order more (they will be generic ones like the 4gb version and the price might be a little cheaper.)

Update 22/06/13

As of today I am trialing a new service in addition to my physical HDD & CF setup service I'm now offering a digital download service where I will prep for you and delivery an Image electrically.

For this to work I will need the exact size of your CF card in bytes, as my image has to be equal or smaller than your media, I will also deliver the software (shareware version of WinImage) for you to use to load this onto your CF. Other Image writing software might work for you i.e if you are not on Windows but is untested by me.

You can see my guide here for creating your CF from my Image:

https://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=39231

I will upload it to my web space for you to download, a 4gb CF image is approx 2gb once compressed. Bare in mind your download limits when using this service.

As an alternative I can burn the image/s to DVD and mail them (at extra cost of course)

Currently this is only available for 4gb CF cards, if your card is too small (i.e smaller then my smallest images) I cannot help sadly.

My electronic setup prices are the same as for real drives.

Please post in this thread if you want to take up my services, details and exact requirements can be discussed in PM :)

Thanks for reading & I hope I can help the community :thumbsup:

Steve.

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Feedback from satisfied customers :)

https://www.amibay.com/showpost.php?p=385629&postcount=34

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More feedback will be added soon!
 
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Hi Steve,
Are you able to setup a large hd with workbench 3.1 on and able to use the full disk, something like 80gig or 120gig, I can supply the disks for you, have tried but refuses to see the larger partitions, works ok in WINUEA.

Best regards
Dave
 
Hi Steve,
Are you able to setup a large hd with workbench 3.1 on and able to use the full disk, something like 80gig or 120gig, I can supply the disks for you, have tried but refuses to see the larger partitions, works ok in WINUEA.

Best regards
Dave

Yes I can, no problem :-)

Drop me a pm to discuss further.

Steve
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Great! I got my A1200 here and I want to get CWB3.9 on it and I have absolutely no clue on WinAUE especially when I have a Mac. I will be sending a pm, It's probably cheaper to send you photos and such an just get a CF card sent from you to Canada, at least those you can pop in a regular envelope and sent for next to nothing.
I will be sending a pm soon.
 
PM's replied :thumbsup:

@quarkx,

No problem! I can also supply the CF's if you need :thumbsup:
 
CF cards ready for quarkx & Akiko80, payment already rec from Akiko80 so will post tomorrow :thumbsup:

Cheers!

@Thread I'm waiting for a delivery of CF cards and cables so there might be a slight delay on any new orders!
 
Have you got a cheap source of CF cards Steve or are you just using ebay?
 
Have you got a cheap source of CF cards Steve or are you just using ebay?

I'm just using eBay at the moment, but if I get enough interest I will try to approach supliers directly, any bulk discounts will be passed on. Right now it's about £8 for the CF, cable and adapter. :)
 
Feedback done both siade for Akiko80's CF card - many thanks for your custom, enjoy :thumbsup:

@Thread I now have CF's back in stock but still waiting on IDE cables :Doh:
 
@ DonAmiga PM replied :thumbsup:

@Thread post #1 updated with some extra examples and customer feedback :)
 
@ Steve - cant access the customer feedback link at the end of your first thread mate - says I don't have enough privileges... you might want to check it out.
 
I have a 500+ Steve, and an old IDE Hdd, what options are available to me?

Hmm, old HDD's probably don't travel too well, maybe it's worth swapping to a CF based setup? You could go for a 1gb or 2gb CF if your setup does not support larger drives. I can supply smaller CF (special order) and power converter/IDE adapter :cool:

PM me if you want to talk further :thumbsup:

@ Steve - cant access the customer feedback link at the end of your first thread mate - says I don't have enough privileges... you might want to check it out.

Thanks I will check :thumbsup:
 
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