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- Amiga 1200 3.5" Harddisk mounting
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- By Hans Luyten (LUYTEN@KUB.NL)
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- 1. remove the screws so you can lift the top of the A1200
- 2. gently remove the keyboard, the cable can be remove by softly lifting the
- top of the keyboard-plug on the motherboard.
- 3. release the shield in the top-left part and cut the little platform
- (see the IFF)
- 4. place the harddisk in the position as shown and mark the positions A and
- B for driling holes and mounting the Harddisk with screws. You will
- notice that the 3.5" FLOPPYdiskdrive is mounted the same way !
- 5. The IDE cable will go UNDER the harddisk to connector D.
- 6. The powersupply cable will go to position C.
- 7. remount the shield.
- 8. mount the harddisk (don't forget the cables!).
- 9. The keyboard cable will fit between the power and IDE cable and
- clock-boards (like the BaseBoard 1200 Clock Calendar) will still fit!
- 10.remount the keyboard (gently)
- 11.put your beloved A1200 together and gently screw the screws back
- (at first the might appear that the casing won't close, but I will!)
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- NOTE:
- - You COULD put something to isolate (a piece of plastic) under
- the harddisk. Be sure to use the right materials !!
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- - Use harddisks like the ST3290A (260Mb), ST3120A (100Mb),
- ST3144A (124Mb) or ST3096A (84Mb) from Seagate.
- These are slimline drives, cheap and reliable (other drives like
- QUANTUM don't work !! Conner drives however work and are faster).
- Some drive (like Western Digital) will be recognized AFTER a reset.
- Most drives get a LOT faster with extra FASTRam.
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- - NEVER use to much force when screwing !! You'll only damage you Amiga !!
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- - ALWAY test the drive before mounting !!
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- - Build your own 2.5"-3.5" IDE cable or BUY one (BUYing is the easiest
- and most reliable way!).
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- - Powercables are available in good PC-shops, or build your own.
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- - Be gently with the keyboardcable,.. it's very fragile.
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- - I DON'T take ANY responsibility on ANY damage !!
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- - This little doc is written after a build my own ST3290A in to my
- Amiga 1200, which works GREAT.
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- - Look also at the files: 3.5HDMount_A1200.IFF
- A1200_3.5IDECable.IFF
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