A1200 little trapdoor on the back

Akira · 13 June 2008, 21:31

For some reason my A1200 didn't come with the little trapdoor on the back that most every other A1200 has. I guess the previous owner lost it, or forgot to give it to me (and I never paid attention)

Now I need to put my VGA output for the scandoubler and I would need this to dremel it and put the lead there (My DCE came with a connector for a tower case. Woops!)

What other options are there to do this? Certainly I dont have a dremel and my skills for this sort of thing SUCK!

Opinions welcome

DDNI · 13 June 2008, 22:28

You could do what I did. Get a vga pci backplane, bend to size and shape. Hot glue it in place. Attach the sd/ff video port to it.

Yoto · 13 June 2008, 23:11

You can try to contact Amigakit and see if they have a spare, most often they do.
You really dont need a dremel to open a hole into plastic, you can draw the guidelines with a permanent pen and use your soldering iron to cut thru it, just make sure the tip is very thin. After opening the hole you can use a small wood sander for the finishing touch.

rare_j · 13 June 2008, 23:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

You could do what I did. Get a vga pci backplane, bend to size and shape. Hot glue it in place. Attach the sd/ff video port to it.

That's exacty what I did. I was lucky enough to find a backplane that already had a vga-sized hole cut in it. Probably for a serial port or something.

Akira · 14 June 2008, 00:37

I might go the backplane way. Any pics?
I really don't feel like dealing with Amigakit to get something I will destroy.

DDNI · 14 June 2008, 11:12

Pics?

yes I will take a couple later.

alexh · 14 June 2008, 12:17

You can buy DB15 blanking plates in lots of places, or if you have some old gfx cards you just take the nuts out from either side of the VGA connector and the plate comes loose.

http://www.mycableshop.com/Itemdesc....LATE15&eq=&Tp=

Some metal cutters (or a lot of bending) to cut it to size of the trapdoor, and some epoxy glue to keep it in place.

Might even be worth buying an old gfx card off ebay for one?

Zetr0 · 14 June 2008, 13:12

@Akira

if you want one i can post ya, PM me your deets.... i may even cut it down to size for you (if i get time later)

13 June 2008, 21:31	#1
Akira Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: # Posts: 12,584	A1200 little trapdoor on the back For some reason my A1200 didn't come with the little trapdoor on the back that most every other A1200 has. I guess the previous owner lost it, or forgot to give it to me (and I never paid attention) Now I need to put my VGA output for the scandoubler and I would need this to dremel it and put the lead there (My DCE came with a connector for a tower case. Woops!) What other options are there to do this? Certainly I dont have a dremel and my skills for this sort of thing SUCK! Opinions welcome

13 June 2008, 22:28	#2
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,535	You could do what I did. Get a vga pci backplane, bend to size and shape. Hot glue it in place. Attach the sd/ff video port to it. __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

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Yoto 1 Potato to Spam´em all! Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lost in a Wine Country Age: 37 Posts: 570	You can try to contact Amigakit and see if they have a spare, most often they do. You really dont need a dremel to open a hole into plastic, you can draw the guidelines with a permanent pen and use your soldering iron to cut thru it, just make sure the tip is very thin. After opening the hole you can use a small wood sander for the finishing touch. Last edited by Yoto; 13 June 2008 at 23:33.

14 June 2008, 11:12	#6
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Age: 38 Posts: 4,535	Pics? yes I will take a couple later. __________________ A1200D Blizzard 1230 MKIV 50Mhz 32mb RAM, 4GB HDD, CWB Full. AmigaOne X1000 AmigaOS.net The home of AmigaOS Twitter @AllanU74 _/-\| \|\/\| \| (-, \|-\_

14 June 2008, 12:17	#7
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 10,516	You can buy DB15 blanking plates in lots of places, or if you have some old gfx cards you just take the nuts out from either side of the VGA connector and the plate comes loose. http://www.mycableshop.com/Itemdesc....LATE15&eq=&Tp= Some metal cutters (or a lot of bending) to cut it to size of the trapdoor, and some epoxy glue to keep it in place. Might even be worth buying an old gfx card off ebay for one? __________________ Thalion Webshrine Last edited by alexh; 14 June 2008 at 13:31.

14 June 2008, 00:37	#5
Akira Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: # Posts: 12,584	I might go the backplane way. Any pics? I really don't feel like dealing with Amigakit to get something I will destroy.

14 June 2008, 13:12	#8
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 38 Posts: 9,185	@Akira if you want one i can post ya, PM me your deets.... i may even cut it down to size for you (if i get time later) __________________ Luscious Linkie Time:- www.AmiBay.com Old Skooler

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