Amiga 1200 clone "Access" on sale!

Korodny · 09 April 2003, 21:37

The italian dealer Soft3 has a limited stock of Access motherboards for sale.

cv643d · 10 April 2003, 19:11

hmm... I would love to have one of those..

LaundroMat · 10 April 2003, 19:47

And it's not too costly either.

Unknown_K · 10 April 2003, 20:11

What kind of idiot design that form factor? Should have made it fit in an at or atx form factor and used the apropriate power supply.

Korodny · 10 April 2003, 20:46

@Unknown_k

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What kind of idiot design that form factor?

There must be some theory that using lots of swear words does make you look more clever. I can assure you, that's not the case

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Should have made it fit in an at or atx form factor and used the apropriate power supply.

The "Access" was targeted at "Kiosk" type systems (info terminals and the like). For such applications, size does matter.

The "Boxer" (originally developed by the same company) was meant to be a desktop motherboard. It would have been the big brother of the Access and would have met your requirements.

Unknown_K · 10 April 2003, 20:57

"Idiot" is not a swear word

Antiriad · 10 April 2003, 22:36

Getting away from the transatlantic slagging match...the thing looks v cool! Would be a lark to stick it in a tower! V compact!
Pity it doesnt look the slightest bit upgradeable...else i might be more interested

Djay · 10 April 2003, 22:37

ID 10 T error

Djay · 10 April 2003, 22:38

a quote for the website...

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It's near 100% Amiga 1200 compatible, since it uses the same AGA chipset, the same 3.1 Roms and a 68030 cpu.

ermm, near 100%... surely they mean 99.9% then....

Unknown_K · 10 April 2003, 23:51

I think they are assuming its compatible because of the chips used, not because it has been tested with alot of common amiga software.

Pyromania · 11 April 2003, 09:56

I tried to buy one of these, they are already sold out.

Echo · 11 April 2003, 12:52

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Originally posted by Unknown_K
What kind of idiot design that form factor? Should have made it fit in an at or atx form factor and used the apropriate power supply.

You know, you can fit standard A1200 boards in ATX cases

This is a nice design, would probably fit in one of those shuttle cases snugly, for a mini multimedia box type thing.

Either that or for a hybrid PC/Amiga case, without the thing having to be massive.

All sorts of ideas spring to mind

LaundroMat · 11 April 2003, 13:06

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Originally posted by Echo
You know, you can fit standard A1200 boards in ATX cases

What do you mean with this?

spiff · 11 April 2003, 13:48

and a 68030 cpu... wooaa. its a 3000 compatible as well

Echo · 11 April 2003, 16:37

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Originally posted by LaundroMat
What do you mean with this?

Well I haven't personally tried, but surely the 1200's motherboard is equal or smaller than an ATX PC motherboard. If it's not then I apologise and retract my statement.

Unknown_K · 11 April 2003, 18:43

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Originally posted by Echo
Well I haven't personally tried, but surely the 1200's motherboard is equal or smaller than an ATX PC motherboard. If it's not then I apologise and retract my statement.

Doesnt matter about size, the a1200 board was never built to fit into a STANDARD AT or ATX case (backplate is different, dont think the holes linup for mounting either), or built to use the power supplies found in those cases. All the tower cases I have seen have been either modified or built specifically for amiga 1200's.

cv643d · 12 April 2003, 19:11

These motherboards came in a small case which looks just like the small shuttle barebones cases that are all the rage nowdays, thats why the motherboard looks like it does.

Antiriad · 13 April 2003, 11:08

I asked the guys about what exapansion was available, as expected no room for an accelerator - but you can attach a 3.5" standard IDE hd to it.

I have to say, it does look quite amusing, especially as its a 030 with 2MB Chip and 8MB Fast Ram on it. The perfect Whdload spec.

ElectroBlaster · 07 May 2003, 19:24

Has anyone here bought one of these?

redblade · 17 August 2018, 01:21

*bump* Does any one have one? I would hate to know the price on ebay would be now. Also does anyone know what keyboard it supported? It says 5pin DIN.

https://web.archive.org/web/20030421...s/usato_3e.php

and

https://web.archive.org/web/19981206...ex/access.html

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cv643d Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 762	hmm... I would love to have one of those..

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Unknown_K Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio/USA Age: 55 Posts: 1,380	I think they are assuming its compatible because of the chips used, not because it has been tested with alot of common amiga software.

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cv643d Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 762	These motherboards came in a small case which looks just like the small shuttle barebones cases that are all the rage nowdays, thats why the motherboard looks like it does.

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Antiriad The Sacred Armour Of Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sussex, UK Age: 45 Posts: 1,141	I asked the guys about what exapansion was available, as expected no room for an accelerator - but you can attach a 3.5" standard IDE hd to it. I have to say, it does look quite amusing, especially as its a 030 with 2MB Chip and 8MB Fast Ram on it. The perfect Whdload spec.

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redblade Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Middle Earth Age: 40 Posts: 2,127	bump Does any one have one? I would hate to know the price on ebay would be now. Also does anyone know what keyboard it supported? It says 5pin DIN. https://web.archive.org/web/20030421...s/usato_3e.php and https://web.archive.org/web/19981206...ex/access.html

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