Commodore 128 tower conversion project

[redrumloa]

I've been writing to Amiga.org updating on the project, but maybe I should be posting here instead or at least in parallel:-)

First thread:
http://www.amiga.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=43934&post_id=508991&order=0&viewmode=flat&pid=0&forum=4#forumpost508991

Current thread:
http://www.amiga.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=44246&forum=4

Things are coming together!!

[Andrew Wiskow]

Interesting project... 

I look forward to seeing photos of the end result! 

-Andrew

[redrumloa]

http://www.amiga.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=44714&forum=4

Progress continues!



I just finished the expansion port extension cable tonight.

[BigDumbDinosaur]

I just finished the expansion port extension cable tonight.

Tedious bit of soldering, eh?  <Grin>

[hydrophilic]

Wow that tower is HUGE -- it looks like it could hold 3 or 4 motherboards   I especially like the Commodore sticker.  Did you make that yourself?  Anyway, nice work!

[RobertB]

Wow that tower is HUGE -- it looks like it could hold 3 or 4 motherboards

Yeah, it looks like the size of an Amiga 3000T or my A1200 Tower.

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[Andrew Wiskow]

Is that 5¼" drive connected to the 128D motherboard?  Does it work?  I ask because it's not the standard 1571 drive mechanism.

-Andrew

[redrumloa]

Wow that tower is HUGE -- it looks like it could hold 3 or 4 motherboards   I especially like the Commodore sticker.  Did you make that yourself?  Anyway, nice work!

I bought the case badge off some guy on eBay in Germany. Thanks for the compliments:-)

BTW the case is indeed huge, but I still had to hack away at it and modify the 128D motherboard connectors to barely make it fit.




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[redrumloa]

Is that 5¼" drive connected to the 128D motherboard?  Does it work?  I ask because it's not the standard 1571 drive mechanism.

-Andrew

Actually it is indeed a standard 1571 from the same 128D I got the motherboard from. The faceplate is from a PC 5.25 drive and has been highly modified to fit the 1571 drive mechanism.

@all
One point I am happy with is the power supply.



Unlike other ATX power supply modifications, mine has real 9VAC. I even built a relay board to switch the 9VAC rail on and off with the power supply, by the front power switch.

[Andrew Wiskow]

Actually it is indeed a standard 1571 from the same 128D I got the motherboard from. The faceplate is from a PC 5.25 drive and has been highly modified to fit the 1571 drive mechanism.

Ahh... That makes sense...  If there was a way to get a different mech to work with a 1571/1571D controller, I would have liked to know about it.

-Andrew

[redrumloa]

Fabricating support rails for the SuperCPU 128 and RamLink.



Self explanatory:



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