My uA1 MicroAmigaOne Project =D

[fitzsteve]

Hey Guys n Girls

Since my new MiniITX case arrived today I thought I'd share with you a few pics of the initial install. There still a lot to do like routing cables and getting the USB/LED's connected, but I have made some progress

So this is what an AmigaOne looks like:

It has a 750mhz IBM PPC processor which is overclocked to 800mhz, 512mb Ram and built in Radeon 7000 with 32mb Dedicated VRam

As some of you know I bought an Antec ISK 100

This is the awesome case which will house my uA1:

First thing to do was strip down the case and install the Motherboard, this case is about as small as MiniITX come and it was really tough to squeeze into the Antec, it only just fit in through the opening.

Here she is installed in the case:

Next job is to hook up the Hard Drive, its a Laptop drive for now but I want to use a SSD to keep the temps as low as possible, plus it should be much faster too

Finally here is a quick shot of her connected and booting up for the first time

As you can see there are a lot of cables to try and route inside this small case, I'll have to plan carefully how I hook up the USB, etc.

To give an idea of what this little fella can do I made a couple of Video's for my YouTube page:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3758p1THNg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWnPP6B7t3Q

Thaks for looking, I'll update the post as my project is updated. More pics to come one I have the cables routed and have fitted a smaller H/S as with the H/S now I wont be able to close the case oh:

Steve.

 

[cosmicfrog]

Great
but wot a lot of wires hehehheheheh

 

[johnim]

spaghetti

 

[Witcher1979]

Awesome m8. Will be lots of fun getting those wires away from that fan hehe.

Good luck m8

 

[jvdbossc]

Ah some tie wrap and it will be fine. You could also cut some connectors if you are fanatic about it.. Do not forget to cut tie wrap close enough it is safer for future upgrades..

 

[salaxi54]

A nice setup indeed! I was wondering about these machines; is it performance-wise alike the equivalent Mhz SAMs? Not talking about the graphics section, which obviously has to do depending on the card fitted.
My feeling is that these μA1 units should be nicer and more dependable (?) than the SAM. Either having a G3 or a G4 cpu, i'd feel much better than what they serve as cuckoo-doodle PPC nowadays. Just my thinking, dunno if it actually stands..

 

[fitzsteve]

Thanks guys!

Time for a little update already

I done some slight cable house keeping (will have at it again soon)

But for now I routed them round the outsides and hooked up two of the front USB ports, I had to move the connectors round in the connector block as the pinouts are not standard on the uA1:

I still need to hook up the LED's, I need a slightly longer IDE cable as the HDD LED is under where I feed the cable and its pretty tight. I didn't fit the Power LED yet as the manual dosen't say which side is + and - lol oh:

As you can see I also removed the CPU Fan, this way the case closes and the Case Fan is directly over the CPU. I've tested for 1hr this evening and it dosen't even get slightly hot

Here's how she looks all setup:

Sadly I found this TV has died today, so I'll be on the look out for a new one

Thanks for looking

Steve.

 

[LTAC]

Good work!
It cannot be smaller

 

[2E1 BZU]

Shoe horned into that sweet case!
Like it mate!

 

[fitzsteve]

Thanks guys

Well I replaced my JVC TV with my Test Bed set, it'll have to do for now till I get a nice new 19-20in screen

Oh and I hooked up the LED's for HDD/Power, easy stuff I know but was the last thing to do...

 

[cosmicfrog]

My lovely JVC

apart from that

 

[fitzsteve]

My lovely JVC

apart from that

Thanks mate

Sad about the JVC, hopefully I can find thst Toshina cheap

 

[Chewieshmoo]

Very cool and interesting! Such a small machine with the heart of Amiga!
Great work!

 

[Adix]

Great setup wow congratulation fitzsteve

 

[fitzsteve]

Very cool and interesting! Such a small machine with the heart of Amiga!
Great work!

Great setup wow congratulation fitzsteve

Thanks guys

 

[SkydivinGirl]

I just noticed this thread today. Great work! It looks like a great little system.

Heather

 

[fitzsteve]

I just noticed this thread today. Great work! It looks like a great little system.

Heather

Thanks Heather

I didn't know much about NG Amiga's so took a little bit of a gamble with this but really pleased as its far surpassed my expectations, really pleased and can't wait to show it off at Retr0 Replay

Also I bought a new screen yesterday that will be using with this and my Games Consoles/A1200:

Cheers!
Steve.

 

[Justin]

whilst this is indeed a cool thing, in what possible way is it "retro"?

2007/2008 machine running a new OS? in a new case, running on a new telly! tee hee the oldest part of this system is it's user (only messing wiv ya Stevey-baby)


i think i'll bring my i7 to retro while we're at it

 

[fitzsteve]

whilst this is indeed a cool thing, in what possible way is it "retro"?

2007/2008 machine running a new OS? in a new case, running on a new telly! tee hee the oldest part of this system is it's user (only messing wiv ya Stevey-baby)


i think i'll bring my i7 to retro while we're at it

Aren't you bringing some Laptop A1200 abomination?

You know what they say about people in glass houses

 

[Justin]

nope i'm not, in fact i'm not taking any machines.

although at least the abomination has some retro parts

whilst this is indeed a cool thing, in what possible way is it "retro"?

2007/2008 machine running a new OS? in a new case, running on a new telly! tee hee the oldest part of this system is it's user (only messing wiv ya Stevey-baby)


i think i'll bring my i7 to retro while we're at it

Aren't you bringing some Laptop A1200 abomination?

You know what they say about people in glass houses