Yet another A1200 Tower project

indigolemon · 23 April 2017, 20:19

So - as I've discovered over the last four months - getting back into the Amiga scene, but this time round being an Adult with disposable income, is quite good fun!

I already owned a lot of kit, but back when I was buying it there wasn't a lot of spare cash around for me to get exactly what I wanted. This time round however

The current specs:

Power Tower
Rev 2B A1200 (recapped, all fixes carried out)
Blizzard 1260
Mediator TX Black
Corsair 400W Power Supply
SB128 Sound Card
Realtek FastEthernet NIC
Radeon 9250 Pro
Indivision AGA Mk2
VGA Switchbox
iiyama 19" LCD

I'm sure I've forgotten bits and pieces, but this is all boring text, so here's the nice bit. Pictures:

Finally, a screengrab of my new 1280x1024 workbench

I'll be updating this as I go - as I still have a few plans in the pipeline. Not least of which is a colour change for the rather yellowing Tower!

Any tips/comments/abuse are more than welcome

seb132 · 24 April 2017, 05:36

I've never been à fond of this ugly piece of plastic tower but you did yourself a great setup! Congrats!
I also appreciate the funding ability that being a mature adult give me now, compared to the old times... haha
Have fun!
Where do you display games? Switch?

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Thelemorf · 24 April 2017, 08:47

Nice build!

Jope · 24 April 2017, 09:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by seb132

I've never been à fond of this ugly piece of plastic tower but you did yourself a great setup!

Well at least it isn't the fully plastic Micronik Infinitiv case.

indigolemon · 24 April 2017, 10:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by seb132

I've never been à fond of this ugly piece of plastic tower but you did yourself a great setup! Congrats!
I also appreciate the funding ability that being a mature adult give me now, compared to the old times... haha
Have fun!
Where do you display games? Switch?

Yeah, I have a VGA switch box on the desk so can flip to the Indivision at the click of a button

Makes things nice and simple.

It's definitely not a pretty tower, that's for sure. It doesn't help that the plastics have very clearly aged, and on top of that it survived a flood in my parents house so the base plate is rather rusty in places. It was just high enough off the ground that none of the electronics inside were affected! I was really very very lucky there.

dannyp1 · 24 April 2017, 21:22

What model Corsair power supply are you using?

indigolemon · 15 May 2017, 23:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by dannyp1

What model Corsair power supply are you using?

Sorry that took so long, it's a CMPSU-400CX

indigolemon · 08 August 2017, 16:42

Finally go round to doing it, Tower (fascia) is now very much black!

kgc210 · 15 August 2017, 16:15

Looks like you got a good finish on there!
What did you use plasti-kote or something else?

indigolemon · 15 August 2017, 16:40

I used Vinyl Dye - comes in a tin like this:

The solvents in the tin soften the surface of the plastic, and allow the dye to impregnate the material. This makes it a lot more hard wearing that paint, as the first mm or so is actually black. It does mean that even though it is touch dry in ten minutes, you are best to leave it a good few hours to properly harden up again.

I've since swapped in my black zip drive, and added a case badge Daedalus kindly gave me - just the LEDs to sort out so I can see them from above now!

Magic · 15 August 2017, 17:29

Very Nice!

indigolemon · 16 January 2018, 13:36

Bye bye beige! Finally got round to wrapping the outer shell in vinyl

Also fitted a Spider II - USB is a lot more handy than I expected, specially for setting up CF cards

Magic · 16 January 2018, 19:05

It looks very nice to me!

indigolemon · 16 January 2018, 22:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magic

It looks very nice to me!

Thanks!

Quite chuffed with it.

rare_j · 17 January 2018, 02:40

Really nicely done. Congrats.

bugsymalone666 · 22 January 2018, 15:40

Looks kinda cool, I'm curious though, is this a standard case or did you get a custom rear panel made?

I'm just looking at building a LianLi cased A500 and one problem I found was the rear case doesnt quite give enough space for all the ports!

indigolemon · 22 January 2018, 20:57

It was a kit sold by Power Computing, see here: http://www.amigahistory.plus.com/powercom.html

Really, it's just a standard ATX tower with a custom backplate, and some extra holes in the plate that holds the motherboard so it can accept the A1200 mainboard.

puppypc · 23 January 2018, 03:42

there's also someone on amibay who sells them, or at least there was a year ago.

indigolemon · 23 January 2018, 12:39

Yeah, I've seen that post too - would be the way I'd go if this tower hadn't been salvageable. Guy did a good job getting them laser cut

LuMan · 06 March 2018, 15:55

Very nice

I've got the same tower, but mine looks totally naff now!! I bought it back in the 90s and it's rarely even attacked with a duster....

23 April 2017, 20:19	#1
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	Yet another A1200 Tower project So - as I've discovered over the last four months - getting back into the Amiga scene, but this time round being an Adult with disposable income, is quite good fun! I already owned a lot of kit, but back when I was buying it there wasn't a lot of spare cash around for me to get exactly what I wanted. This time round however The current specs: Power Tower Rev 2B A1200 (recapped, all fixes carried out) Blizzard 1260 Mediator TX Black Corsair 400W Power Supply SB128 Sound Card Realtek FastEthernet NIC Radeon 9250 Pro Indivision AGA Mk2 VGA Switchbox iiyama 19" LCD I'm sure I've forgotten bits and pieces, but this is all boring text, so here's the nice bit. Pictures: Finally, a screengrab of my new 1280x1024 workbench I'll be updating this as I go - as I still have a few plans in the pipeline. Not least of which is a colour change for the rather yellowing Tower! Any tips/comments/abuse are more than welcome

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24 April 2017, 05:36	#2
seb132 French in Australia Join Date: May 2012 Location: Gold Coast Age: 52 Posts: 507	I've never been à fond of this ugly piece of plastic tower but you did yourself a great setup! Congrats! I also appreciate the funding ability that being a mature adult give me now, compared to the old times... haha Have fun! Where do you display games? Switch? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

24 April 2017, 08:47	#3
Thelemorf Registered User Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Boden/Sweden Posts: 17	Nice build!

24 April 2017, 21:22	#6
dannyp1 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Michigan USA Posts: 168	What model Corsair power supply are you using?

08 August 2017, 16:42	#8
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	Finally go round to doing it, Tower (fascia) is now very much black!

15 August 2017, 16:15	#9
kgc210 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Stoke-On-Trent, England Posts: 450	Looks like you got a good finish on there! What did you use plasti-kote or something else?

15 August 2017, 16:40	#10
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	I used Vinyl Dye - comes in a tin like this: The solvents in the tin soften the surface of the plastic, and allow the dye to impregnate the material. This makes it a lot more hard wearing that paint, as the first mm or so is actually black. It does mean that even though it is touch dry in ten minutes, you are best to leave it a good few hours to properly harden up again. I've since swapped in my black zip drive, and added a case badge Daedalus kindly gave me - just the LEDs to sort out so I can see them from above now!

15 August 2017, 17:29	#11
Magic Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 359	Very Nice!

16 January 2018, 13:36	#12
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	Bye bye beige! Finally got round to wrapping the outer shell in vinyl Also fitted a Spider II - USB is a lot more handy than I expected, specially for setting up CF cards

16 January 2018, 19:05	#13
Magic Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 359	It looks very nice to me!

17 January 2018, 02:40	#15
rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	Really nicely done. Congrats.

22 January 2018, 15:40	#16
bugsymalone666 Amiga baby yeah! Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Basingstoke Posts: 108	Looks kinda cool, I'm curious though, is this a standard case or did you get a custom rear panel made? I'm just looking at building a LianLi cased A500 and one problem I found was the rear case doesnt quite give enough space for all the ports!

22 January 2018, 20:57	#17
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	It was a kit sold by Power Computing, see here: http://www.amigahistory.plus.com/powercom.html Really, it's just a standard ATX tower with a custom backplate, and some extra holes in the plate that holds the motherboard so it can accept the A1200 mainboard.

23 January 2018, 03:42	#18
puppypc Registered User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Greensboro, NC USA Age: 32 Posts: 116	there's also someone on amibay who sells them, or at least there was a year ago.

23 January 2018, 12:39	#19
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	Yeah, I've seen that post too - would be the way I'd go if this tower hadn't been salvageable. Guy did a good job getting them laser cut

06 March 2018, 15:55	#20
LuMan Amigan - an' lovin' it!! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Nottingham, UK Age: 55 Posts: 557	Very nice I've got the same tower, but mine looks totally naff now!! I bought it back in the 90s and it's rarely even attacked with a duster....

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