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Thanks for the info. It has really helped. Hopefully I'll be able to start
in the next month or two.

Stephen Roberts <stephenr@enterprise.net> wrote in message
news:38D3EE8B.MD-1.4.4.stephenr@enterprise.net...
> 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