My custom A1200D PPC :)

[mfilos]

I thought of posting here also my 1200D PPC mod since I've been working it for quite some time and just recently thought of finishing it since all hardware was on a drawer waiting to be modded
My first will was putting as much as I can inside the desktop shell being as much beautiful, functional and securely I could!
Fitting inside A1200 Desktop shell the following...
- Blizzard PPC, 060@60MHz/603+@330MHz (thanks to Stanislaw),
- Blizzard Vision RTG Card,
- Elbox FastATA mkIII IDE controller,
- Subway USB controller,
- Indivision 1200 SD/FF
- UMON monitor AGA/RTG monitor switcher,
- PicoPSU 120W,
- Hard Drive
...clearly isn't an easy job, especially if you got similar experience (due to different clip-on pcb layers, much cabling and inefficient air flow for cooling)
Of course many people have done that in the past, but wanted to be able to have a more stable system with as much airflow as I could without sacrificing all the hardware I wanted to put inside in the first place
Since I'm a bit of a perfectionist, I asked the help of one close friend of mine that happens to be an electronic type of guy (Chris) who likes modding like me, but never used to have nor known much stuff about Amigas...

Let's cut to the chase then...

We started from the hard stuff, which meant putting PicoPSU (including Ian Stedman's ATX connector) inside the case. Since there aren't many spots available of putting them, I chose the place where the normal Power connector, TV Modulator and Composite connector exist as the best option. These connectors had to leave so away they went quickly!
Our only issue, was a capacitor that existed behind the Composite connector...


No harm done! Away he went carefully (with heat shrink tube) behind the 23pin RGB connector when it was attached with hot glue.

That way we were very comfortable in attaching Ian's connector (with some insulation base underneath pcb not to have connection with mobo parts)... Some low quality photos shot from my Blackberry that night follow:


You must have seen the blue connectors hehe. There are just 6 triple connectors which were soldered in a pcb to power supply anything needed (floppy, mobo in the floppy connector for extra power supply, fans for BVision, fans for the case etc). The first triple connector holds the Output that comes from PicoPSU. The other 5 triple connectors are Inputs (for devices) with +5V,GND and +12V to be able to get whatever power supply we want. The PCB of course was insulated with another PCB underneath and hot glue, and the whole PCB with connectors was hot glued in the case without disturbing the upper shell in closing.

For information, we putted it that way (along with the strapped cables) so that it doesn't disturb not even by mistake, keyboard's flat ribbon cable since I wanted to be totally free.

I discovered that after connecting PicoPSU's power cables underneath mobo (in old power connectors place)... that it was leaving me a really nice empty spot!!! Time for more hackery... and what a hackery! Kinda difficult to find exactly what I want for the job ... Well, after many hours of research... EUREKA!!!


Of course I removed the metal frame and also cut the plastic brackets. Dremel was used to trim it enough for my taste. One problem was that since the insulation was pretty thick, I couldn't bend the cable as much as I wanted... That's why I removed some insulation at specific spots that I wanted, moved the cable where I wanted, and glued it with Hot glue :O Some photos presented bellow:


Nice huh? Clearly, the connector sits ONLY to mobo's pcb and not to the rest shell (making that way, the removal of the mobo easily in case some hackeries will be needed lol).

to be continued...

[mfilos]

...continued...

If you were observing, you should have saw 2 more stuff in the pictures.

1. One black thick heat shrink tube strapped to the wires of PicoPSU... through it, some cables go to U12 chip soldered and safely glued with hot glue... Looks familiar?
Yep, it's DJBase's S-VHS adaptor that I simply insulated with some heat shrink tube for safety

And just for the external satisfactory...

(I haven't figured it out yet what I'll put in old's TV Modulator hole but I'll find something, or I'll close it beautifully in the future)

2. Ok, the first connector goes where the old Power Connector was... the second one where does it head to???

Time for the next hackery...
Right from BPPC I made a square hole to host the second double USB header along with a hole to host the button that will make the switching of between RTG/AGA through UMON! I have to confess that this was the most time consuming and hard hack in this project for it to be exactly in the size needed for the USB header. Crazy cutting with Dremel and lot of patience. In the end... It was awesome!!!


As the previous header, some insulation was cut to be able to bend the wire since being thick. Don't worry I'll insulate it later on. The black button in the right side is the Power switch (Push-on switch).

Since you saw UMON's switch... that just gives +5V to UMON (bypassing the horrible default switch with the double color LED of UMON) you ought to see the hacked and naked UMON into the expansion slot


Yep, it resides along with the power connector and the push-on Power button.
Note: You can't see it clearly, but if you look carefully, you'll see the necessary cutting in the metal plate that holds the floppy drive into position, so non of the wires that pass underneath the floppy will interfere

Continuing, i present one picture of UMON connected with the Indivision through the total custom connection inside the heat shrink tube. The truth was that the selected mod pretty time consuming since the VGA connectors of Indivision and UMON were huge and horrible inside the case so they had to be removed! Thats why we checked with a multimeter which cable goes to where carefully... cutted the connectors and connected one-by-one the ribbon cables with heatgun and heat shrink tube per connection! In the end, we tested the cabling with multimeter again and once we were sure of our work... we also included a small pcb just to hold the connections inside the external heat shrink tube. That's what the result was...

It also made it more easy to sit on mobo with hot glue!


Next, I added BVision it's own ribbon that followed Indivision's ribbon path (Yeah I know I'm a fan of Zorro LOL)...


Let's see if the floppy with the rest cabling fits???

Oh yeah, they fit like a glove

You can get a panoramic view with everything on (except of my CF to IDE 44pin female angled adaptor that will sit on top of FastATA, and the upper shell with the fans).


Also one more photo (although a little blurry) with the back side of the case with all the custom mods.



to be continued

[mfilos]

...continued...

The only thing that's left, is to cut with the Dremel the metal frame of the keyboard which touches 3 spots without being able to sit firmly in the predefined place...
1. Kickstart ROM (the lower one) sine it got lot higher with the double Kickstart sockets to be able to fit with BVision and Indivision.
Note: I already changed the sockets with better/more expensive ones which instead of flat pinned, they're round pinned with gold sockets, that apart from quality are half milimeter thiner that the old ones... something that fitted just fine for my use!
2. Lower Part of Subway USB (some capacitors)
3. One mini heatsing that resided on one chip that gets really hot on BPPC.

I'll update you with extra information, and some last photos and videos once I got the case closed and Boot in 3.9, 4.0 and MOS that already run just fine in my 16GB CF card :P

Just for info, I present 3 updated Photos from miggy in use...

16GB CF Card in CF2IDE 44pin angled adapter (on top of FastATA):


Cybergraphx4 Boot Pic :P


OS 3.9 + AfAOS 4.6...


For those who wonder how on earth the upper shell gonna close...

As I said earlier... keyboard touches kickstart roms and the lower part of Subway (some capacitors) making unable to sit firmly in the prefefined position. Not to mention... that also touches one mini heatsink that I've putted on top of a chip that gets really hot on BPPC.
Today was Dremel's day... (Ι gave it a first spin also since I got a new original one hehe)
Here are the results:




I thought it was fine and fits perfectly and securely
One thing that always bothered me was the floppy holster which always made my Memory Simms not being able to fit (excpet from one hyper slim that I got). So we also cut here to be just fine:



At last!!! lower shell is ready (changed also the 2 fans in BVision with 2x4cm, 14db which simply are totally silent), also both Memory Simms are mounted without any issues, and of course my beloved mini heatsink mounted as it should be (persistence huh?) lol.



Lastly, here's the keyboard mounted and connected without absolutely no problem!!! Upper shell was tested and everything close perfectly. I must supply it though with 2 more silent fans which you'll see in a next update... That's all for now



I'm waiting for your comments... Especially yours, my friend Zetr0! I hope the pr0n was ok for your taste

[8bitbubsy]

The most sophisticated modded A1200 I've ever seen... This is amazing work, I can't imagine fitting those parts better.

Just... TOO GOOD!!

[Kitty]

This is the best mod I have seen ever, Zetr0 will be proud

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by Kitty

This is the best mod I have seen ever, Zetr0 will be proud

Actually I think Zetr0 will make a mess in his pants......

[8bitbubsy]

I just have to say it again.. This is the finest A1200 upgrade I've ever seen! Also, I've not seen an Amiga 1200 as beastly as this one.. Grr

[mfilos]

Thanks for the kind words peepz :P
Tbh it I couldn't believe how much time, just writing all this stuff, would require!
I really want to thank Stedy and DJBase for the neat hardware they produce for many of us and the help from many folks and especially my friend Keropi for the advise and support
I have in mind some more changes I wanna do (like probably trying my BPPC's SCSI via ACard to CF solution) but I'll keep ya posted when i'll have news and more sexy pics...

Cheers

[rkauer]

Originally Posted by mfilos

<SNIP>
And just for the external satisfactory...

(I haven't figured it out yet what I'll put in old's TV Modulator hole but I'll find something, or I'll close it beautifully in the future)BIG <SNIP>

A suggestion? Catch a small vertical fan from a laptop and install it there to blow air away from the case.

[mfilos]

Hmmm haven't saw how these are tbh, but since I have a dead laptop for parts, I might as well check it out my friend, thanks!

Atm, where you see the copper mini heatsinks (which were putted extra) I have putted verticaly, a 2,5cm fan blowing air to the heatsinks since they get ULTRA hot.
I wonder if it's such a normal issue for these 2 parts (dunno how they're called) to get so extremely hot, but since I didn't like the idea of having parts that get too hot, I figured this solution.

I really want to achieve the quiter the better, that's why I putted 2x4cm fans on BVision that are only 14db doing a 4CFM which is more than ok.
Next step is removing the annoying BPPC's mini fan. I need suggestions though...
1. Keep the black default heatsink and just put a 4cm fan on it... or,
2. Remove the black default heatsink and put a new one only for PPC with it's own fan. (Like the latest DCE BPPC models)

Keep in mind that PPC CPU is clocked at 330MHz (thanks to Stanislaw), so I really DON'T want to fry him :P


What do u think it's the best scenario for cooling down the PPC? Of course, Dremeling the trapdoor etc etc etc... it's a next job that will be well thought for aesthetic reasons

Cheers

[rkauer]

A guy used a video card fan installed at the side of the card and used a plastic tunnel to force air into the Apollo 040 CPU.

May be a good idea?

[wXR]

This is completely amazing. The "perfect" A1200 mod? I guess the only thing I would have done differently myself is making the CF slot accessible from the side of the Amiga.

Tell me mfilos, how does it work with the keyboard and case on? Any stability issues? Have you really pushed the PPC and 060 to the max to check?

Also can someone tell me how that SVIDEO mod works? Does it output whatever is going through UMON to both?

[mfilos]

Originally Posted by wXR

This is completely amazing. The "perfect" A1200 mod? I guess the only thing I would have done differently myself is making the CF slot accessible from the side of the Amiga.

I thought of doing that don't worry. The CF slot is not in a permanent place :P I have many CD to IDE adapters (40, 44, Female, Male etc) and will use the best when I'll figure out 100% what I'm gonna do - since I have in mind the replacement of FastATA with ACard-->CF2IDE-->CF... so we'll have to wait and see

Originally Posted by wXR

Tell me mfilos, how does it work with the keyboard and case on? Any stability issues? Have you really pushed the PPC and 060 to the max to check?
Also can someone tell me how that SVIDEO mod works? Does it output whatever is going through UMON to both?

I haven't closed the keyboard operating for much time since I haven't finished with the cooling of the case and the PPC CPU yet. Everything closes and works like a charm, but by the end of the week I'll have all the cooling issues sorted out
So far, I putted an 3cm fan into blowing air to the mini copper Heatsinks of PicoPSU and they are soooooo cool now!

About the S-Video adapter... It works like a charm in every TV, LCD/TV that I tried, and just works on the Native modes. Don't expect RTG graphics through S-Video

[wXR]

Originally Posted by mfilos

I thought of doing that don't worry. The CF slot is not in a permanent place :P I have many CD to IDE adapters (40, 44, Female, Male etc) and will use the best when I'll figure out 100% what I'm gonna do - since I have in mind the replacement of FastATA with ACard-->CF2IDE-->CF... so we'll have to wait and see

Awesome! SD seems to be gaining ground against CF in the marketplace (thanks to Apple and other adoptions), and from what I understand from another EAB thread that I can't find, the advantage of using SD is that it doesn't have hardware in the card itself to act as a drive natively, so it's up to the bridge... Presumably more testing goes into the bridges than into using the CF cards as IDE devices, so maybe that's a better way to go, for compatibility's sake?

SCSI -> ACard -> SD bridge

Man, this stuff is so cool. :-)

I haven't closed the keyboard operating for much time since I haven't finished with the cooling of the case and the PPC CPU yet. Everything closes and works like a charm, but by the end of the week I'll have all the cooling issues sorted out
So far, I putted an 3cm fan into blowing air to the mini copper Heatsinks of PicoPSU and they are soooooo cool now!

Really, so there was a lot of heat generated by the PicoPSU itself... I would have been more worried about the BPPC

About the S-Video adapter... It works like a charm in every TV, LCD/TV that I tried, and just works on the Native modes. Don't expect RTG graphics through S-Video

Ah okay -- so through the VGA port you can get RTG *or* native modes with the UMON switch, but with the SVIDEO port only native? I've seen super hires modes being filtered through SVIDEO on certain laptops, so that's why I ask.

[Jope]

Originally Posted by wXR

Presumably more testing goes into the bridges than into using the CF cards as IDE devices, so maybe that's a better way to go, for compatibility's sake?

Perhaps, otoh if you manage to find a bridge that doesn't work with the Amiga, it'll be a bit more expensive.

Also: most of these SD -> CF bridges don't support SDHC so you're limited to 2GB cards and sometimes if you're lucky, you can find a 4GB non-HC SD card that also happens to work with the bridge.

The 4GB regular SDs are a bit of a special case, they don't always work with every device.

[mfilos]

I prefer CF over SD due to the fact that it's exactly the same interface as normal HD's so the conversion is almost minimal to none. On SD interface, conversion is needed (not that it's bad but I prefer the 1st method).

From VGA I get RTG (via BVision) and Natives (via Indivision) through UMON switch and I only implemented the S-Video adapter in case I need to mount my 1200 to my 42" LCD/TV that only has HDMI (and not VGA input) and Scart/SVHS inputs for gaming sessions. Sadly the RGB to Scart doesn't work in some LCD's I tried (green lines scrolling) so I went with the S-Video solution that works like a charm

Edit: Yeah PicoPSU gets REALLY hot without some cooling! Probably normal, but I didn't like it so... Cool it went just for safety :P

Cheers and thanks for the good words

[mfilos]

Today I received from AmigaKit the BPPC to Internal 50pin cable. After some discussion I had with Matthew, he also sent me a mini 50pin Female to Female cable in order for me to connect it to the ACard!




Thanks a lot Matthew u rock!

Damn I can't wait to go home to check it out! I so much hope for it to work

[mfilos]

Woohoo! It works like a charm!

Although I didn't know much about SCSI and stuff, I configured the ID on ACard via jumpers, set the terminator active and set in BPPC's Menu, the SCSI ID that corresponded to ACard's ID and voila!

... Well results don't show such of a difference since I only get 4,6MB/s (Read/Write) -despite the CF is 16GB 133x, but in general the system is so much faster (maybe due to the fact that SCSI doesn't occupy CPU). So far so good...

I also very carefully split the wires of the SCSI ribbon and made it a round for better manipulation and airflow. Of course I inserted an plastic insulation tube that I got from another round IDE cable I had....

Now, I honestly need to remove the IDE connectors on the ACard and the CF2IDE adapter and connect them via cable soldered :S
Won't be so much easy for me, but it's the only way to fit like a glove inside without issues!

So long FastATA...

This is a quick lousy photo of the possition I'm thinking of putting the ACard and CF2IDE without having issues with the keyboard etc. (Power cables of course won't be in the way hehe):

[BuZz]

awesome job. makes all my hacks look so amateur!. Genius sir!..

*jealous*

[rkauer]

@Mfilos: why not a simple short IDE cable?

You can use a regular with the near two connectors used and cut out the long cable and remaining connector.

I did this to hook a CF on the Amiga IDE for a friend and it works like a charm.

[mfilos]

Rkauer my friend I thought about that and already tried...
IDE Connector on the ACard is at the bottom, making it angled = Keyboard attaching badly.
Apart from that I don't like it standing in the air. With soldered IDE cable I can attach it safely via velcro or dual sticking tape (after insulating the bottom part of PCB) on top of Indivision.
It's a shity job, and will be also shity if I need to change the CF adapter in the future but I prefer to solder/desolder in case that happens to just have the connectors and my Acard in the air... while I tried so hard to keep everything inside in order for better airflow

Thanks for the advices though my friend

[paulo_becas]

I have no words for you, that haven't been said before except Congratulations for this amazing work...
Just curious how much did you spend €€££ on it?
Probably it's worth about 500 to 600 € but if it was mine i wouldn't sell it for 10000€...
You have to be proud for your job i know i would, probably i spend a few hours in front of the mirror saying how good i was for putting together something like this.

[Calgor]

Awesome mfilos! Only just came across this thread due to your PM.

Can you tell me where you got the rom sockets with golden round sockets from? It is a pain in the butt taking out the custom ROMS to make changes to them with the cheapo flat pin rom risers.

My A1200 if you see my album also has internal Acard SCSI-IDE but uses SDHC on the end of it. Maybe you will insipre me to get back to it and complete it (I gave up when I got data write errors on the SD card). I don't know how you will go for airflow, you better make it better than good for the BVision.

[mfilos]

@paulo_becas
Thanks a lot mate. I have spent quite an amount, but all these years I sold an A4000D PPC, an A600 with 030 to fund my last and only Amiga. Yeah I know I'm crazy mofo

Anywayz... I have couple of few more ideas to implement before I close the case for good (that day would be such a weird day after all this time open).

Tbh it's not such a big deal nor I feel proud for anything, I just tried to put as much as I could inside 1200's case without sacrificing the hardware. Good airflow and nice orientation of the hardware inside was my goal and for that... I feel I made an ok job

@Calgor
I got the ROM sockets from a local electronic's store. Was a pain to find since most don't have these. I can send ya a couple if you can't find.
Don't worry for the BVision... She has 2x4cm fans to cool her down just fine plus mini VGA copper heatsinks. Whole system is pretty cool actually

[wXR]

Wow man, awesome! So when do you make the slot on the side of the machine for swapping CF cards? :-)

[paulo_becas]

Originally Posted by mfilos

@paulo_becas
Thanks a lot mate. I have spent quite an amount, but all these years I sold an A4000D PPC, an A600 with 030 to fund my last and only Amiga. Yeah I know I'm crazy mofo

Anywayz... I have couple of few more ideas to implement before I close the case for good (that day would be such a weird day after all this time open).

Tbh it's not such a big deal nor I feel proud for anything, I just tried to put as much as I could inside 1200's case without sacrificing the hardware. Good airflow and nice orientation of the hardware inside was my goal and for that... I feel I made an ok job

I don't think you're crazy, see me for example, Amiga is a passion for me and mods like your 1200 are much more challenging than the tower conversions, it keeps the essence of the amiga, and the looks.
You don't feel proud for anything but it still is the best 1200 Mod i've ever seen, it's still an amazing job, and when you're finished don't forget to post the final pictures.
My 1200 Mod only includes a DVD drive, ROM 3.1, a hard disc, a reset button and the audio jack for listening to musci cds. Comparing to your's, well, there's nothing to compare because mine's a joke.

Great work

[rkauer]

My is not a joke, even the desktop one. A '030 machine ready to run games is respectable.

Even a 500 with memory upgrade is more than I had when I started. What a wonderful machine! My start dream was a '030 A2000, which I have now.

Not suffice!

"Hello. My name is rkauer and I'm a retr0holic addict." <- says all

[paulo_becas]

Originally Posted by rkauer

My is not a joke, even the desktop one. A '030 machine ready to run games is respectable.

Even a 500 with memory upgrade is more than I had when I started. What a wonderful machine! My start dream was a '030 A2000, which I have now.

Not suffice!

"Hello. My name is rkauer and I'm a retr0holic addict." <- says all

Didn't mean to offend anybody, I was only comparing mods.
I own, now, 2 amigas 1200 and 2 500's. Both 500's have memory upgrades and kick switcher 1.3 and 3.1, 1 of the 1200 has 8 Mb fast ram, Kick 3.1, 4gb 2,5 hd, dvdrw drive and Workbench 3.1. The other one is a stock 1200 waiting for some mods.
That's a lot comparing with i had when i started.
They were lying dead for about 10 years but last december i decided to pick them up and restored them. None of them worked, now they are on fire and working like never before.
Just one more thing, i'm a retroholic addict too and i love my miggy's but my 1200 mod is nothing compared to the one here, but i still didn't trade him for nothing... except for this one
Peace...

[mfilos]

@paulo_becas
You didn't offend anyone my friend no worries
You have respectable miggies over there anywayz.

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Today I tried something scary... cause I thought I could make it and....

I MADE IT!

I actually Dremmel'ed PicoPSU's connector and also Ian's ATX adaptor's connector ~0,5cm in height!!! That created 2 messy connectors that after a LONG time of cleaning soothing became just fine! So now that the PicoPSU is 0,5cm shorter...

I CAN NOW INSTALL my spare slot-in slim DVD-RW!!! W00h00!!!

Apart from that, I decided to put one simple IDE2CF adapter with an 4GB CF on the primary IDE Master just for OS4.0 since it's not compatible with BPPC's SCSI. The DVD-RW will be the slave

Damn that means I need to also fit an 4way buffered ide controller inside! :S
Amiga 1200's IDE doesnt' support 2 channels on it's own right?

That's all for now


Some pictures of NOW and BEFORE bellow

[mrodfr]

Hello,

Wow, thats incredible !!!! ;-) Just seen the pictures and It's the best A1200 personalized I have never seen.

The integrated PicoPSU 120w ona A1200 with all of your hardware !!!! wow !! wow !! wow !!

I think I will resurect my old thread about using a PicoPSU on an A1200 towrered soon....

[mrodfr]

Hello,

A1200D PPC: 060@60/603e+@330,256MB,BVision,Indivision 1200,FastATA,Subway,S-VHS,WiFi,UMon,Cocolino,PicoPSU

How much Watts and A the PicoPSU use for all your hardware. Have you an idea ???

[mfilos]

@mrodfr
Tbh I never actually measured it since it's an 120W PicoPSU and I'm pretty sure that Amiga+all the hardware draws A LOT less than that

Actually pre PicoPSU, I used an A500 brick and without even giving extra power to the floppy connector, the system was running just fine. I just wanted some more juice that's why I went for PicoPSU solution.

If I measure it at some point I will give you a reply mate.

Cheers

[DJBase]

Be carefull, its not only about Watts.....most important is Ampere on +5V. Your system will draw more than 6A on full load which could be more than the limit on most of these picoPSU models. Also those picoPSU needs active cooling if they draw more than 40 Watts and I am sure your heavy loaded A1200 needs more.

[rkauer]

Also, the internal IDE of the A600/1200 can run two devices by its own. But you need the old (pre-silent upgrade) IDEfix97 package to make it work without that f-word nag requester.

[klx300r]

@ mfilos

I salute you sir

[gulliver]

@mfilos

If you are really scarce on space and want a 4 way buffered ide interface, you can easily build your own, accomodating components to fit where you want them. It is very easy and cheap:
Get from aminet http://aminet.net/docs/hard/4IDE.lha
And then simply add 2 bidirectional buffers like the 74ls245 on the incoming data lines. You will need two, as each can cope with only 8 bits.
Sockets for ide or headers are easy to find. The 44 pin header on the Amiga will provide enough power to drive both buffers.
If i had more time I could draw the entire circuit for you, but probable anyone can do it over here.
Then of course, you will need idefix97 software which is on aminet. But as said before, it is only a demo.
I hope it helps

[mfilos]

@gulliver
If I was competent enough, I would have made an 2 way buffered IDE interface (only the Primary controller) since I only want Master for an CF HD and Slave for the slim IDE DVD-RW (and those only for OS4.0 and for CD-ROM support). That would be only for means of compactness I would be grateful if someone could help but since there are already made solutions like the 4way buffered interface from Amigakit for ~15euro not many would have lost time into that.
That's why I asked if a 3 way cable would just do the trick despite I know it's not a recommended way.

One last question and since my friend Rkauer mentioned it... Doesn't OS3.9 has a type of Idefix inside it? (Not idefix itself). I thought that the primary IDE controller of A1200 buffered or unbuffered support an HD and a CD-ROM without idefix installed (i might be wrong on this one). I would love to NOT need Idefix since it's irritating to need a software that can't be registered nowadays...

Thanks again for all your support and comments peepz.

[gulliver]

@mfilos
If you want an idefix clone and have OS4 for Classics, you already have one for free. It is called ATAPIismajik, and can be retrieved from the emergency floppy from AmigaOS 4 Classic.

[mfilos]

Thanks for that hint my friend.

Atm I'm waiting some stuff over eBay (cables/adapters etc) to arrive so after I got them i'll start trying and see what I can do
I'll keep the thread updated with info and pictures (for anyone that finds it interesting anyway)

Cheers all

[Charlie]

@mfilos:
A wonderful modded A1200 you have there, I'm most jealous.

I particularity like how you modded the keyboard to clear your Subway and Fast-ATA...
...I have to admit as a result of my Fast-ATA's software driving me crazy and keyboard mods being needed to make it fit after I bought an Indivision I lost my temper with it and passed it on...
...of course I now find the taller Gayle Adaptor of the IDE-Fix Express I bought to replace it won't fit under my DVD-Slot-loader - D*mn!

Well done on doing such a good job fitting it all together!