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On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:48:12 -0800 MoparJunkie wrote
> Hello
> 
> I have decided I would like to build an Amiga in the near future. I have
> built and upgraded PC's, but have no Amiga specific knowledge. I would like
> to know whether it is the same as building a PC and whether or not any
> soldering would be required (for IDE controllers etc.).

Mostly there is very little soldering required unless you want to
start converting from a PC case. The A1200 has an IDE controller (for
a laptop drive) on board. The degree of difficulty increases the more
you want to add as the A1200 was never intended to be expanded to any
great degree. If you are starting from an old A1200 you may need to do
some modifications to some revisions of the motherboard.

> I've found a company here in the UK that still advertises these
> items. I was thinking of ans A1200 board in a power tower.

The power tower is quite good, other options include Eyetech, and Ateo
towers. Which one to go for depends on which expansion slot system you
wish to go for and how many drive bays you want.

A few URLs of companies in the UK doing this sort of stuff.

http://www.blittersoft.com/
http://www.eyetech.co.uk/
http://www.powerc.com/amiga_index.html
http://www.white-knight.freeserve.co.uk/

You might want to look in the Aminet archives for further information,
alsorts of useful stuff in there.
-- 
Steve
A1200 060/66
A4000T 040/25