a1200 in an a600 case

[salaxi54]

@Merlin: Ok thanks! I always thought the A600 was a narrower ribbon! Just now had the pc keyboard adapters side by side to compare, and can verify they have the same width. Is it probable that the two computers have different keyboard controller circuitry? If not, then what's the use of companies selling adapters specifically for each one? hmmmm!

 

[rkauer]

They have the same ribbon, but the leftmost contacts are swapped. You need to do a thought hack around the keyboard controller to make it work.

 

[Geraldine]

WOW! :wooha:
What an achievement James. :respect:

If Commodore had brought this out instead, they might still be here. :roll:

 

[Zetr0]

Ahhhh another late night insomniac..... it was getting lonely around here

 

[status]

A jaw dropping thread indeed!

Job well done

 

[Geraldine]

Ahhhh another late night insomniac..... it was getting lonely around here

I didnt mean to stay up so late Z, but I could stop reading about this amazing project

 

[jimbob005]

@Merlin: Ok thanks! I always thought the A600 was a narrower ribbon! Just now had the pc keyboard adapters side by side to compare, and can verify they have the same width. Is it probable that the two computers have different keyboard controller circuitry? If not, then what's the use of companies selling adapters specifically for each one? hmmmm!

the a600 has 1 less than the a1200

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James, i was trying to understand what you did with the keyboard part. I mean, did you get to use a "chopped-down" A1200 keyboard and maintain the ribbon cable, or have you found a way to attach the A600 keyboard to the mobo? Awesome job, nevertheless!

i used the a600 keyboard .. but the a600 has one less pin on it and when you attach it it dont work the key lines are messed up the line asdfg becomes qwerty so i had to mod the keyboard chip on the a1200 board

thanks james

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@James

errrr.... my friend..... A1200 motherboard its not gonna fit in an A600 chassis....

Quoted for truth 'teh Lulz'.




So when are you going PPC and putting MorphOS and AmigaOS4 on it then?

PS

if you donate a ppc to me and i WILL get it in there

thanks james

 

[FoX]

i used the a600 keyboard .. but the a600 has one less pin on it and when you attach it it dont work the key lines are messed up the line asdfg becomes qwerty so i had to mod the keyboard chip on the a1200 board

Could you please describe us exactly what you did to the keyboard chip ? Which pin you solder where ?

 

[jimbob005]

i used the a600 keyboard .. but the a600 has one less pin on it and when you attach it it dont work the key lines are messed up the line asdfg becomes qwerty so i had to mod the keyboard chip on the a1200 board

Could you please describe us exactly what you did to the keyboard chip ? Which pin you solder where ?

i will get it out tomorrow and get a good pic and try and show you how

why and you doing one???

james

 

[FoX]

Barely... I own an a600 and just bought 2x a1200 broken mobos off evilbay, with an empty 1200 case. So I need a way to try the 1200s after repairing them.

 

[FoX]

jimbob005, any news ?

 

[Elron Nightshade]

A1200 Slim edition

 

[dj.echo]

the migi of Dreams

the migi of Dreams

if you build it they will come

the da vinci of motherboards

angels & demons of hackery
i bow down to your godliness

i think we should all get together build from the ground up the new amiga THE AMI-BAY O1NE redo the aga chipset with 8meg chipram, 4gig fastram, 1ter hhd ,graphic card just for the 3d insink with the aga , dL dvd rw monster i will wake up now and have my corn flakes dreaming of such things will melt my brain

 

[Eamoe]

Discovered this thread just now... AMAZING! When looking at the pics with the casing top flipped over, I thought "if you try to close this computer, you'll end up with a 1 inch gap at the seam"! I really wonder how all this pile of stuff inside can fit so close.

Very nice job!

 

[stuo666]

Thats one incredible Amiga

Im Going off the rails on a crazy train

 

[Skellionz]

:nuts: :interested:

lol

 

[Rakeim132]

Certainly extreme... but bloody brilliant. I like the final look: clean and tidy. Well done !

I suppose when you start such a project (i.e. cutting the 1200 mod), you obviously pass the point of no return :you HAVE TO make it work...

For the floppy replacement, why not an HxC Floppy Emulator ?
http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/

oh:

 

[Rakeim132]

What is the slim CD (or DVD?) rom you have used ?
Did you add the IDE adapter ? Looks nice too...

 

[DyLucke]

Awesome work, a lot of rewiring there. Does the zorro wiring have any impact on the Blizzard performance?

By the way, i'm thinking about what could this mod have looked like using the ACA instead a full-lenght Blizzard board.

Would it have fit in the lateral? Maybe not by a centimeter or so. Maybe short enough to allow it to surpass the case. On the other hand fitting the ACA in the actual selected position above the floppy drive, it would allow more space into the case, and probably the CF wouldn't need to be set in the actual place.

However, AWESOME mod.

 

[cosmicfrog]

Found this pic today

Hope you like it james

Oh and thanks harrison Pics seem to be working now, well for me at any rate