ISA Slot Hard Drive Mount for Amiga 2000

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After building these purely because I wanted one myself, I now have a few available for sale. It's a hard drive mounting bracket that fits in an ISA slot and secures to the rear of the A2000 chassis. It's only as long as the ISA slot itself, so it will fit in line with some half-length Zorro cards such as the Buddha. Securing holes are provided for both 2.5" (old and new) and 3.5" hard drives, and drives can be fixed to either side of the card.

The card itself is purely mechanical - it doesn't provide any power connections, and no mounting points are provided for CF card adaptors.

I'm looking for £12 each for these plus standard postage, which is £4 to the UK, £5 to the rest of Europe, and £6 elsewhere. Tracking is available at extra cost. Payment by PayPal as gift or with a little extra towards fees. (I also accept Euro via PayPal if preferred to save on currency exchange fees).

Some photos (apologies for the poor quality):

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Inserted in line with a Buddha flash Zorro card:
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With a hard drive mounted on the rear of the card:
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Payment received from, and package posted to Nowee today. Thanks!

Edit: I should point out that I still have a few left (11 at the moment), but I'll be on holidays from the 15-25th February so I won't be able to ship any boards for a little while. I'll sort it out as soon as I'm back though!
 
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Okay, back home and feedback left for everyone who has ordered, thanks! I'm available again now to ship some more of these boards if anyone's interested.
 
Not expressing interest, but ...

Would it not make good sense to include a couple of "fingers" to draw +12V, +5V, and GND power from the ISA bus, mebbe terminate in a flying 4-pin molex socket ?
Should make internal cabling tidier - and make removing/fitting of cards in between it and PSU easier (esp for fault-tracing etc.)

I understand it would make construction more complex, but quite useful ... no ?
 
Yeah, you're right. In fact the original design I drew up had a footprint for a 4-pin header that could be used to power drives, but I dropped it from the design in the end because it made the board slightly too big to fit in line with my Buddha card. I guess just solder pads for wires would probably fit the existing board along the top edge... Maybe if there's demand for more of these boards I'll add them.
 
Hi gpudney,
Yep, I still have a couple left. I'm away for a few days though so I won't be able to sort it out until Tuesday. I'll PM with details once I'm back home.
 
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