put a pc motherboard in an amiga case, help please.

turrican3 · 29 November 2013, 04:20

i would like to try to put a pc mb in an amiga case, i need your help to know how it could be done. i htink about icaros or winuae, i don't know, yet.
Does icaros emulate well ecs and aga cchipset, is it transparently integrated ??? Could i use a laptop motherboard ??
I think someone did it before but don't remember where i saw that...
which case to use amiga 1200 amiga 500 ??? the easiest, the better.
My goal : no posibility to see that's not an amiga running inside !!!!

.
It seems difficult but surely doable.
Please give me advices,
thank you.

Bamiga2002 · 29 November 2013, 08:58

Rape! Blasphemy! Infidel!

OK done ranting now, someone able to help make this abomination happen for turrican3?

supaduper · 29 November 2013, 09:09

I would go for the Laptop mobo you sugested, one with HDMI (VGA will prob be there as well), and full sized K/board using one of the USB ports,internal DVDrom, ect the list is infinite,
Please just do not do the` Fairy Lights` like some modders do

Good Luck

turrican3 · 29 November 2013, 21:06

is there a way to read amiga floppy disk from a pc ????
by the past there was a pci card but i don't remember the name.

29 November 2013, 21:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by turrican3

is there a way to read amiga floppy disk from a pc ????
by the past there was a pci card but i don't remember the name.

Except for the eviction of legitimate owner

and need of a liquid cooling solution...

Maybe you are referring to the Catweasel Mk4 but it doesn't help you for running directly the game since emulators require a disk image format, however.
You could put the adf on a HD floppy and run from it. For the disk solution, you can still use CF/SD card as hard disk via a 3.5' --> 2.5' plug.

But it is much more sense to put a Raspberry Pi or similar on it than a full motherboard, imho.

ElectroBlaster · 02 December 2013, 18:26

If you must have something more powerfull than a Pi then look for a Thin-ITX, low-profile board.

Or

Check out Odroid! Basically a quad-core pc board that runs linux, is really small and will fit anywhere.

Friend of mine has one and loves it

http://www.hardkernel.com/main/produ...=G137510300620

Combine that with a Keyrah and your set! You could even get away from cutting an amiga case up, so if you get bored of it all you can put a proper amiga back into it

Tiago · 02 December 2013, 19:00

I did put an PC laptop inside an Amiga 1200 case,

The post about it with photos is here:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=65008

Turran · 03 December 2013, 12:31

I'm thinking of putting a HP SFF (Small form factor) inside an A2000 case. The whole machine will fit, but I do not want to cut the case, so I was thinking of getting extenders from the ports on the HP SFF to the back of the amiga.

Anyone knows of a kit or seperate cables? Network, VGA, Audio & USB should be enough..

For example, male VGA contact into computer, going to a female in a bracket.

29 November 2013, 04:20	#1
turrican3 Moon 1969 = amiga 1985 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: belgium Age: 48 Posts: 3,913	put a pc motherboard in an amiga case, help please. i would like to try to put a pc mb in an amiga case, i need your help to know how it could be done. i htink about icaros or winuae, i don't know, yet. Does icaros emulate well ecs and aga cchipset, is it transparently integrated ??? Could i use a laptop motherboard ?? I think someone did it before but don't remember where i saw that... which case to use amiga 1200 amiga 500 ??? the easiest, the better. My goal : no posibility to see that's not an amiga running inside !!!! . It seems difficult but surely doable. Please give me advices, thank you.

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29 November 2013, 08:58	#2
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Rape! Blasphemy! Infidel! OK done ranting now, someone able to help make this abomination happen for turrican3?

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supaduper Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Krypton Posts: 1,221	I would go for the Laptop mobo you sugested, one with HDMI (VGA will prob be there as well), and full sized K/board using one of the USB ports,internal DVDrom, ect the list is infinite, Please just do not do the` Fairy Lights` like some modders do Good Luck

29 November 2013, 21:06	#4
turrican3 Moon 1969 = amiga 1985 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: belgium Age: 48 Posts: 3,913	is there a way to read amiga floppy disk from a pc ???? by the past there was a pci card but i don't remember the name.

02 December 2013, 18:26	#6
ElectroBlaster Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Exeter, Devon, UK Age: 49 Posts: 1,711	If you must have something more powerfull than a Pi then look for a Thin-ITX, low-profile board. Or Check out Odroid! Basically a quad-core pc board that runs linux, is really small and will fit anywhere. Friend of mine has one and loves it http://www.hardkernel.com/main/produ...=G137510300620 Combine that with a Keyrah and your set! You could even get away from cutting an amiga case up, so if you get bored of it all you can put a proper amiga back into it

02 December 2013, 19:00	#7
Tiago Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Estoril/Portugal Age: 47 Posts: 115	I did put an PC laptop inside an Amiga 1200 case, The post about it with photos is here: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=65008

03 December 2013, 12:31	#8
Turran Moderator Join Date: May 2012 Location: Stockholm / Sweden Age: 49 Posts: 1,575	I'm thinking of putting a HP SFF (Small form factor) inside an A2000 case. The whole machine will fit, but I do not want to cut the case, so I was thinking of getting extenders from the ports on the HP SFF to the back of the amiga. Anyone knows of a kit or seperate cables? Network, VGA, Audio & USB should be enough.. For example, male VGA contact into computer, going to a female in a bracket.

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