Checkmate 1500 Plus Amiga Desktop Case Review

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I'm reviewing the Checkmate 1500 Plus case and converting a standard Amiga 500 to an expandable desktop form factor.
Checkmate website:
checkmate1500plus.com
Checkmate 1500 Plus case Oyster White:
checkmate1500plus.com/Product...
Case Riser Pair:
checkmate1500plus.com/Product...
A500 ATX power and Zorro 2 Interface Card:
checkmate1500plus.com/Product...
White A500-A1200 external keyboard case:
checkmate1500plus.com/Product...
200W SFX power supply:
checkmate1500plus.com/Product...
A500 external keyboard cable kit:
checkmate1500plus.com/Product...
Edu Arana's UnAmiga board:
www.arananet.net/pedidos/prod...
Individual Computers Keyrah:
wiki.icomp.de/wiki/Keyrah_V2
Individual Computers ACA500+:
icomp.de/shop-icomp/de/shop/p...
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Introduction & Unboxing
3:28 A word about Brexit and Shipping
5:48 First impressions
10:49 Mounting an A500 board
16:06 Mounting drives
21:43 Connecting the power supply
23:51 External keyboard
32:09 Test run
35:43 Possibilities & Options
36:20 Zorro II card test
41:58 Future plans
43:54 My verdict
48:00 Thank you & good night
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@catriona_drummond Жыл бұрын

Holy crap, that GVP card, that's ages ago that I sent you that. Must have been my first donation ever, I was having your Amiga 2000 in mind. Happy to see it partially works.

@herdarkshadow834 Жыл бұрын

Have to love a thick spiral bound manual 🙂

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

Oh yes indeed! :D

@10MARC Жыл бұрын

They are very nice cases! The first generation that I bought did not line up with my NTSC Rev 5 A500 board perfectly, but I made it work. I also had issues getting a standard STX power supply to line up properly. I think he fixed all those issues. Mine has a Vampire V2 in it and works wonderfully. It works with most Zorro cards I have tried, but with the Vampire there are few cards I need to use.

@glenndoiron9317 Жыл бұрын

IMPORTANT: It is not an ATX power supply, it is an SFX power supply which is smaller than a standard ATX PSU.

@kaitlyn__L Жыл бұрын

Electrically the output is the same though, but yeah in terms of form factor

@dean8553 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful case and good review, however I don't recall if you mentioned that everything shown here is not included in the bundle. The case without the extras and there is a lot, currently retails for £214.80 Inc VAT. And if you want all those extras, it's going to cost around £469.14 😱 Some of the extras like the zorro2 interface, case risers, and the 2 extra bays you can get by without, this would shave off around £112.80, and you could pick them up at a later time, if you wanted them, but the rest of the extras are going to be required. 👍

@counterair173 Жыл бұрын

Good review. Just a hint on ACA500 plus compatibility. The problem was in Zorro adaptor which was redesigned a while ago so I guess all units now available for purchase are safe for ACA500+. Zorro adaptor generate additional capacitance which degrade signal integrity/timings for CPU bus; Steve was not aware of this issue when initially testing adaptor with ACA500 because this discontinued model runs on 14Mhz; newer ACA500+ can push CPU to 40Mhz so it become unstable. Jens from iComp suggested some hints like removing original 68000 from A500 and Kickstart ROM but in most cases that was not good enough so Steve had the adaptor redesigned.

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

Oh, that makes sense! Steve just told me that some of the newer ACAs are not going to work reliably in some configurations. That explains it. Thanks!

@mortengreenhermansen4489 Жыл бұрын

Just ordered one - in black... looking SO much forward to it! 🙂

@londongaz2 Жыл бұрын

Great project, Jan!

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I love how this turned out and am going to expand on it eventually!

@wimwiddershins Жыл бұрын

Definitely a must have for the avid Amiga tinkerer. It's obvious a lot of thought and care has gone into the design and layout. 👍

@ridiculous_gaming Жыл бұрын

There were several revisions before molds were actually made?

@gertsy2000 Жыл бұрын

Great video Jan. Really love the case. Love the fact you scored an 8MB memory upgrade from the "parts" GVP board. Some sticky backed felt strategically placed would give the thin keyboard metal some support. I'm not really a fan of the screws at the front of the keyboard. Some tabs or posts on the inside would have been nicer: I guess you could use flat head recessed screws with a sticker cap.

@stevesstuff1450 Жыл бұрын

My thoughts too with the flexing keyboard, and keyboard front screws... 🙂

@Ratnaic Жыл бұрын

Same not fan of the screws at the front of keyboard

@daniel.pontiveros 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic rev!!

@TheBasementChannel Жыл бұрын

Such a nicely made product!

@ThorstenDrews Жыл бұрын

I like the Star Trek reference on the "This plant has worked without incident" sign 🙂

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

Hey, you’re the first person to catch that! :D

@januszkszczotek8587 Жыл бұрын

Ah, I've spotted the sign multiple times in videos, but couldn't make the connection to Star Trek. Which movie/series was it?

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

The sign is changing from time to time, it’s now referencing the registration numbers of the Voyager and the Defiant. ;)

@ThorstenDrews Жыл бұрын

@@JanBeta I know that numbers in sleep because I name my ZFS Pools on my TrueNAS always after Enterprise, Voyager, Defiant, Excelsior and Discovery.

@Adam_Boots Жыл бұрын

I was hoping others had noticed. It stood out a mile away to me.

@speedysandisk78 Жыл бұрын

Personally I would go with a black case, an A500 board, ditch the 500 keyboard altogether for a PS2/USB mod with a black keyboard with custom amiga keys, some kind of IDE interface which allows for a flash- or SD card and CD or DVD drives, a Gotek floppy emulator and finally a PiStorm CPU upgrade.

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

Excellent choices! I like the black version a lot, too. Maybe I’ll eventually get another one in black for a different system. My build was supposed to be kind of old school but obviously there’s a plethora of options!

@speedysandisk78 Жыл бұрын

@@JanBeta I love both schools of thought, giving the old hardware a nice new (non-yellow) place to live, AND all the sweet new options to build an oldschool race monster 😁 if I had the money I would do both 👍

@nifmus Жыл бұрын

I love watching your videos Jan and always thinking "Wow, Jurgen Klopp really is a multi-talented person". :D

@bradnelson3595 Жыл бұрын

Quite a nice project, Jan.

@tankgrrl Жыл бұрын

It was an investment for sure, but I'm so glad I bought one of these. It's just a lovely piece of work.

@debillus Жыл бұрын

Nice Defiant/Voyager reference - well hidden Sir. 👌

@JVHShack Жыл бұрын

One thing that I would suggest for the keyboard enclosure is to countersink the mounting holes and use countersunk flat headed screws to get rid of the protrusions, but I personally don't really see a problem like some other commenters seemingly have. To fix the wonkiness of the upper shell, it would probably be best to tack a thin piece of angle iron in between the main part of the keys and the "F" keys. That would add some rigidity to the structure. Furthermore, for a hard drive solution, I suggest a (*NOT sponsored!*) BlueSCSI as long as you can replace the BIOS chip on that GVP card. As far as I know, it has yet to be tested in an Amiga computer. It has been thoroughly tested with all sorts of Macintosh computers with a very high success rate.

@SirReptitious Жыл бұрын

As an owner of a A1000, A3000, and A500, I agree that the case looks very much like the A3000 case. It's rather disappointing though that they didn't design the rails that lift it off the desk to be wide enough to fit their OWN keyboard case. It would have been a very nice touch to be able to slide the keyboard under the system like my A1000 does. But nice to see that it is a high quality item instead of sourcing the lowest quality chinesium possible.....

@johnhoogstra8310 Жыл бұрын

I always love it when I see people rip open plastic to get something out while the bottom of the bag is just open 🙂

@ianide2480 Жыл бұрын

Or cut open a cardboard envelope while holding on to the tear strip?

@johnhoogstra8310 Жыл бұрын

@@ianide2480 Yeah that too 🙂

@RasVoja Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I needed :)

@jasmijndekkers Жыл бұрын

Nice content and nice job!

@giuseppelavecchia775 Жыл бұрын

Ottimo AMIGA Jan,lavoro favoloso.il case replica A3000 e' stupendo

@twocvbloke Жыл бұрын

Pretty neat cases, a useful setup for Amiga boards that have damaged cases and need a new home... :)

@karlosjackel Жыл бұрын

Another fine video! I intend purchasing the case myself for my ++A500 build. More importantly... WHERE did you get that t-shirt? "I beat the sword master?"

@ridiculous_gaming Жыл бұрын

Shipping my exact identical case to Canada from the UK was very expensive as well. However, unlike you, I have not opened my original box yet. I even picked up a PAL 500 board for better compatibility compared to my various NTSC mother boards. I originally ordered this case for my ACA500+ card in the zorro slot, but found out during the manufacturing stage that this one card will not work...oh well.

@counterair173 Жыл бұрын

ACA500+ will work. From personal experience, you would need some kind of either provisional or 3D printed support which is screwed on A500 mobo in order to fix ACA500+ in slot. I found ACA500+ usually not booting as it has no firm connection with the adapter's CPU slot. Decided to invest in another A500 accelerator which plugin in in 68000 slot, a lot less issues with physical and electrical stability.

@ridiculous_gaming Жыл бұрын

@@counterair173 Greetings, I also have some other internal upgrades as well...when I get to it, I will do some tinkering. Perhaps the card you have works because of a bios update? Cheers.

@counterair173 Жыл бұрын

Hi. There are 2 issues actually. 1st, the extremely insecure (and risky) installation on any CPU slot accelerator into Checkmate Zorro daughterboard. This prevents any measurable test you can perform with BIOS upgrades and/or enhancing electrical properties required for stable ACA500+ runtime. 2nd, bad signal integrity on initial version of Checkmate Zorro daughterboard, if you were out of luck and received the earlier version. You will have a hard time figuring out in which definite position the card establishes correct contact with all slot's connectors so card in autoconfigured at early Amiga boot. Some users reported limited success in this stage by a soft reset (CTRL+A+A) when initial voltage pullup stabilize. Then you can start dealing with second issue. In this stage, I recommend removing 68000 CPU and Kickstart chips from sockets to reduce capacitance and help ACA500+ achieve more stable bus signals. You have invested in excellent Amiga case, I'm still amazed with how many options you can play and tinker - don't limit yourself to ACA.

@ridiculous_gaming Жыл бұрын

I probably just use the ACA with my A1000(backwards of course) and replace the 68000 socket with the 030 upgrades I have purchased since.

@spiritdawound Жыл бұрын

It would be awesome if the keyboard case was rounded and beveled the same as the A500. This smooth design must remain.

@draggonhedd Жыл бұрын

I love amiga recasing. I'm keeping an eye out for an A1200 board to make a towermiga out of. I think you should install the gotek drive in this thing too and put a CF card adapter in instead of a hard drive

@jensschroder8214 Жыл бұрын

The A1200 has bad electrolytic capacitors. The A600 too.

@draggonhedd Жыл бұрын

@@jensschroder8214 im aware, thank you.

@diegobudavari3943 Жыл бұрын

The dual bay is perfect for placing a gotek in one slot, a floppy in the other slot, and start backing up the hundreds of floppies that usually lays off in boxes.

@Nukle0n Жыл бұрын

Doesn't the PSU have that power connector for the floppy drive? It's called a Berg connector i believe. If it doesn't you can probably easily find a Molex/SAtA-Power to Berg adapter.

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

This PSU doesn’t have the correct connector but you are right, would be easy to fit an adapter and source the power for the disk drive from that!

@robdaemon Жыл бұрын

Yeah you can go this route if you’re using a Gotek like I am. Works great.

@Nukle0n Жыл бұрын

@@robdaemon What route? I'm talking about powering the floppy drive from the PSU instead of using the connector from the board.

@JeremyLevi Жыл бұрын

@@Nukle0n IIRC the Amiga floppy power connector is slightly different from standard PC ones. I think it's the same connector as the 4-pin header normally used to connect a PC speaker to the motherboard. What you're suggesting would work fine for a PC drive modified to work with the Amiga though, or you could modify the "Berg" adapter.

@Nukle0n Жыл бұрын

@@JeremyLevi It's the same connector, it's the "standard" for 3.5" floppy drives. PCs also use the same standard but with some modifications for the data connection, but it's more or less the "Shugart" interface. You can modify many PC floppy drives to be Amiga compatible by cutting some traces and bridging some pins. Usually just need to fix the drive number selector from 1 to 0, and restore the missing "disk inserted" signal, which was removed for IBM compatible drives for some reason.

@RacerX- Жыл бұрын

I went to purchase this and it would be super cool if they had distributors in USA, like Amiga On the Lake or Retro Rewind as the shipping to USA is very expensive.

@Flamelily-IT Жыл бұрын

Hi Jan, great video. Just wondered why you did not power the floppy drive from SFX PSU rather than having to extend your existing cable? One less cable and all...

@markianclark9645 Жыл бұрын

Looks great Jan...dunno how much these retail at but by the comments it may be couple of hundred Pounds or Euros...reason I comment is I built in 2006 mATX Athlon XP socket 462 (SocketA) into a desktop InWin case in beige about the same size as this or very similar but with built in Bays inside..that was nearly 100 pounds back then...and it was very sturdy like this...cover went on and locked into place without screws...better quality than the tower cases I've had since...obviously no long line of Amiga port slots at the back...just the usual PC slots at one end...if I had the space and an Amiga spare this would be on my to buy list...

@msthalamus2172 Жыл бұрын

Awesome tee shirt, once again. :)

@umutk5614 Жыл бұрын

Wow, I love that case even though it is out of my budget. I would put a pistorm and have powerful cpu, lots of memory, harddrive and hdmi out (i think with the baremetal version).

@robdaemon Жыл бұрын

I used nylon screws in the brass standoffs to support the center of my keyboard because I felt it was bent too much and flexed too much in there. In general, I’m super happy with this case and keyboard case. I have an Amiga 500 with a Vampire, an ASDG Dual Serial board in the Zorro slot and a Gotek in mind.

@dominiqueclemen9156 Жыл бұрын

So in love with the shirt

@lordmuaddib Жыл бұрын

the case looks amazing and i'm sure it feels great (knocks-on-metal) not sure i like the angular design of the keyb tho, and it feels like the keys should protrude a bit more? i would probably configure it with the internal floppy,cdrom and hd (or an sd card if there's no space). and then having an external gotek on top nice review!

@YogSothoth1969 Жыл бұрын

Wow, sieht wirklich klasse aus!!!!

@NiobiumMaster Жыл бұрын

Congrats on yet another good video. 🙂 Perhaps the FDD button would have been better placed if you had installed the FDD on the right side of the box. 👍🏻

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

I think the placement of the pre-drilled mounting holes is the same for both slots. The larger cutout is to accommodate for different types of drives (the A1200 disk drives have the button placed on the other side for example).

@carlosbragatto Жыл бұрын

I'm not speaking for Jan, but as him, I have this LUST of owning an A3000, and on the 3000 is much more common to have a single floppy drive in the centre, rather than on the right. It's weird, but if if you look at pictures, and publicity photos of the A3000, the floppy is usually at the centre :-D

@januszkszczotek8587 Жыл бұрын

This is a very nice case, I've thought of buying one for a long time - then they announced the even nicer Mini version and the waiting continued. Nevertheless I'm still hesitant to order one. Simply because I think desktop cases are out of place w/o the need for CRTs and furthermore I would use it to build a secondary PC that wouldn't be used much. Perhaps at the end of the year when AMD will ship their new Ryzen generation.

@erwindewit4073 Жыл бұрын

Very cool. First time I regret selling my Amiga 500…

@alanhaynes4576 Жыл бұрын

Great video Jan as you took your time with the assembly which I really liked. Thank you very much for the video as I really enjoyed it. I have a question about the pass through for the ACA 500 from Jens at Individual Computers. Does that pass through pass through all the lines from the side expansion port on an Amiga 500? Could I connect for example an a590 'board" to this but obviously turned upside down? Keep up the good work please.

@counterair173 Жыл бұрын

Yes, the lower slot is replica of A500 side expansion and A590 should work. I tested my GVP A530 motherboard and it worked OK. The only way to put it is upside down, but it won't be easy to secure it iso all connectors are in place, even for a bare test. Any card will hang into air with no support from front or back panel area, you'll need to design and create custom 3D printed support which could act as cradle for particular board.

@alanhaynes4576 Жыл бұрын

@@counterair173 Thanks for the reply and I also have a GVP HD + 8 as well as an a590 so can try either

@oidadesgibtsned Жыл бұрын

Pre-holed drills! damn, I gonna keep that one. ;) nice case btw.

@tenminutetokyo2643 Жыл бұрын

That's nuts!

@biggalar5798 Жыл бұрын

Hey Jan. We in the UK also have to pay import tax on orders from EU. Someone somewhere is just making a profit from all of us

@Dwarfboysim Жыл бұрын

This makes me want to buy one and convert one of my 500’s

@RasVoja Жыл бұрын

Doing same with A600 now

@svenpetersen1965 Жыл бұрын

The Future was 8 bit prepays the taxes for you. That is great, because you don’t have delays and extra fees (DHL requests 6€ for processing the taxes).

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

Oh, that’s a nice workaround, too!

@animatewithdermot Жыл бұрын

UNOBTANIUM!!!! AAahghghagghg! I sold all my amiga animation pencil test stuff a few years ago, more than one A3000, and a 4000k, did NOT get the current prices on ebay. $1500 and above, holy moley. Great to see the old Amiga scene still kicking.

@nivaria Жыл бұрын

Hello Jan, I currently have the same problem, the front leds of the checkmate do not light up when I press the power button....I have watched a lot of videos, to see what cables and in what position they put them but I have never seen a still image and specific to the correct position of the cables so that the front LEDs light up, and I have other cables left over, one with 2 pins and the other with 3 pins...I don't know if they are loose or have to be connected somewhere... and right when you fixed it (33:15) there was nothing to show because I saw you messing with something but the camera wouldn't point to that place where you plugged and unplugged cables (this is frustrating for me😒😒), and I never really figured out how you fixed it, and my english is horrible..could you send some picture of the correct position or what did you do to make the front leds turn on? Thanks in advance😀😀😄

@boydpukalo8980 Жыл бұрын

I have ordered a 3000 fitting kit from Simon for the 1500+ case (black) I ordered 2 years ago now. Fitting kit should be here in another month or 2. I think only the mini has the option of RPI, reAmiga, Vampire, MiSTiX boards. I also ordered a mini in black with the MiSTeR mATX board from Stephen plus keycaps. His cases are built like tanks.

@jaycee1980 Жыл бұрын

Have met Stephen Jones personally and his products are great :) I wonder what he's got in mind for the ps/2 converter... hopefully noting too over priced as many things are in Amiga land ! I could probably do something like the Keyrah solution for an A1200 keyboard, but using the DIN connector output instead...

@BocaRetroGames Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@tekk9995 Жыл бұрын

Put in a ZZ9000 :) Nice one Jan

@terryraymond7984 Жыл бұрын

Jan do you know much about the Creative Micro Designs hardware, mainly the FD-2000 that upgraded the 1581?

@gregcoons7308 Жыл бұрын

Jan, did you get the 3d printed Atari logo (the red one) from Jurgen VR?

@AmirKhan-qx2lr Жыл бұрын

rather than no fan, why not add an 90mm fan? might have to print an adaptor for the mounting points that are accessible to have some level of mounting. Also thank you very much for talking about UK import issues after brexit, first time I've ever seen anyone talk about it and the experience. As per the other poster the IOSS system makes it even easier for a retailer.

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

I think I’m going to populate the fan cutouts in the back of the case at some point. As I said, there are many ways to customize. :)

@Checkmate1500 Жыл бұрын

IOSS only works up to £150

@simant5361 Жыл бұрын

@@JanBeta Does the power supply create a noticeable air flow through the case?

@snz1388 Жыл бұрын

Just wanted to comment that an ACA500Plus card bought in 02/2021 works fine here in this case.

@awilliams1701 Жыл бұрын

I was actually going to buy a PC. It can be a pain. But I couldn't find anything I was happy with. So I built it again! lol I've never bought a desktop PC that was already in one piece. I built it last year and it's amazing. Putting one into a case with a floppy hole would seem odd though. lol Hell mine doesn't even have an optical slot.

@DragonNova Жыл бұрын

I have a Mini with a MiSTix motherboard, very nice case

@pintokitkat Жыл бұрын

surely the atx power supply has power connectors for the floppy drive.

@marcelhh2101 Жыл бұрын

The vat system depends on the county where you live. The Netherlands postoffice is calculating high prices for handling if tax needs to be collected above the tax you need to pay. The UK sellers could also use the IOSS system to prevent this in Europa

@Checkmate1500 Жыл бұрын

This only works with values up to £150

@huhummmmmmm Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and I can simply not be bothered with making declarations etc.. Want to sell in the EU? Make a distribution agreement with EU stores.

@Checkmate1500 Жыл бұрын

@@huhummmmmmm :-) Hopefully coming soon

@marcelhh2101 Жыл бұрын

No, this works for all values. Local postoffices can calculate whatever they want when there is no pre payed tax on the pakkage, because they need to investigate if tax is needed. With the IOSS, they cant calculate that, and its then back to the tax office.

@kaitlyn__L Жыл бұрын

@@huhummmmmmm why oh why did we leave 🤦‍♀️

@eddiehimself Жыл бұрын

I love how the YT video automatically goes to 240p and it suddenly looks like an old retro video!

@-ZERO-00000 Жыл бұрын

Jan, what pin header type is that card I may have a SCSI disk to work?

@thebirdhandler5963 Жыл бұрын

Case is well considered, but the keyboard looks and feels like a prototype. I think Stephen should do a kickstarter to make a properly plastic case in the design of the 3000 keyboard!

@grommdk Жыл бұрын

it seams you have Agnus 8372a installed. if thats correct, you can change JP2. it should convert your slowRAM to 1 Mb Chipram :)

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

That’s true! I could also populate the empty RAM footprints to achieve that, maybe a project for a future video! ;)

@grommdk Жыл бұрын

@@JanBeta thats maybe even a better solution! :)

@andrewlittleboy8532 Жыл бұрын

The keyboard would be better with countersunk screws I think. The metal keyboard case was obviously for cost reasons but I don’t like the way it bends between the keys.

@jogvanjakupsson2952 Жыл бұрын

If the DIN 5 connector is not compatible with the Amiga connectors of a similar type, is it compatible with the PC connector with the DIN 5 connector, perhaps? Or is it another standard entirely?

@ukSMP74 Жыл бұрын

I make a kit to fit an Amiga 3000 in the Checkmate Case. Amiga 4000 version coming soon!

@terryraymond7984 Жыл бұрын

Add in the plastic cased 128D motherboard but can that be made to fit in that case?

@the_leathermushroom Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for the hot glue ;)

@jameslewis2635 Жыл бұрын

One of these cases with an A500+ board and a 68040 accelerator should be about the same experience as an A3000. On the other side of it going the same road with an A1200 board and an accelerator sould be similar to an A4000. What was built here would be more similar to an A2000. To my mind this kind of system really needs some kind of hard drive and possibly an accelerator. Something like one of the Terrible Fire designs would probably go well although going with the more modern Raspberry Pi expansions would also be a great fit with this case would be a great fit here since you wouldn't be having to mess around with the original A500 case design. With that hard drive controller a SCSI to SD adaptor makes a lot of sense.

@JaiCockpit Жыл бұрын

Gutenmorgen Jan ;)

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

Guten Morgen!

@Stefan_Payne Жыл бұрын

moin moin

@anakondase Жыл бұрын

Interesting that the fan on the SFX power supply is spinning. The fan in the SFX one I put into my A4000 doesn't, it doesn't get enough load to start. So, interested in finding out where I can find that PSU.

@alanhaynes4576 Жыл бұрын

Steve Jones (Imica Ltd) got them specifically for his cases and he looked far and wide before he found them. I think you can order them on his Checkmate A1500 Plus website. They are specified as 200 watt and that is plenty for any a500, a600 and a1200 or some smaller pc builds. Probably also plenty for Unamiga, Raspberry Pi, Mister and Vampire SA.

@anakondase Жыл бұрын

@@alanhaynes4576 Might just modify the one I have to make the fan spin instead.

@MrMurphyprecht Жыл бұрын

I'm from Glasgow, Scotland Jan. Originally from Lämmerspiel. Leave a light on sir, we're coming home

@paulklasmann1218 Жыл бұрын

Was there a problem with two mounting stud locations being misaligned so that the two screws near the front left could not be used to secure the PCB in that area? I had that problem, I noticed it in someone else's video too but it was not mentioned. I was pretty annoyed about this but just had to proceed anyway and used the Zorro card adapter to secure the overall PCB assembly. Apart from that issue I like the case.

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

The PCB fit the stud locations perfectly for me. I think it was a problem with a previous version of the Checkmate case that got addressed in this newer one. Heard that from a couple of commenters but I didn’t have any problems (I would have mentioned it in the video,too!), everything fits as intended.

@paulklasmann1218 Жыл бұрын

@@JanBeta Thats good then. At least the case is sturdy enough so hopefully there won't be any flexing its moved. I got a Buddha in one of the Zorro slots and got an internal CF which I use for my own files and some software, I put a Vampire in mine so the vampire CF is taken to one of the back expansion slots and I use a CF adapter mounted to a metal plate so I can upgrade the CoffinOS or ApolloOS without having to open the case. And to transfer files and backup I have a microSD extension taken to the lower front panel of the case and secured with hot melt glue, similar to what RMC did. On the other expansion slot I have HDMI and USB for a keyboard, and another HDMI from the vampire. Im very pleased with it and use it for some development in addition to everything else. I could not get the Checkmate recommended DVD drive to work with the Buddha yet although the system does recognize it as being there. Maybe it has to be manually mounted? Perhaps you know about this?

@mattaimp Жыл бұрын

The world has already buried old computers, while the wonderful antiques live as if nothing had happened :-)

@patracy Жыл бұрын

Get the guru rom for the controller. Then install a scsi2sd or one of the other options out there.

@chloedevereaux1801 Жыл бұрын

the keyboard leds are still not lined up properly and..... on the front, under the floppy bay there is a tiny slot with a cover at the bottom. this is for sd and cf card readers :) .

@ezeJeff Жыл бұрын

Checkmate case looks great. I wonder if you could use a CD32 motherboard and make use of CDROM from pc and I already have id44 expansion cf card but could you also use a small ssd

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

Oh, that would be an interesting idea. Technically it should work if you find a compatible CD ROM drive. You would probably have to modify the mounting posts a bit for a good fit but I don’t see why that would not be possible.

@ezeJeff Жыл бұрын

@@JanBeta unfortunately I have never found a post based on this idea. I enjoy watching your videos especially about ZX Spectrum, A2000, CD32. I also have ZX81 and QL. I'm liking your recent video about Atari 65E 320 kb expansion and look forward to your solutions. After writing this above I've discovered the second part to the Atari 65E

@zaxchannel2834 Жыл бұрын

I wish there were other beige retro style cases around. I got my beige unicomp model M, beige clearly superior trackball, and beige okidata printer. But I only have a solid black case and there's nothing matching. It low-key bothers me that there's nothing but black cases with glass windows and silly disco lights available

@stevemcknelly5036 Жыл бұрын

Man, this case actually makes me consider getting an A500. Do you think there's enough room for an internal PI Storm and not block the ZORRO slots?

@counterair173 Жыл бұрын

Yes, you can put Pi Storm and still have both slots available, but only with CPU slot relocators (there are few models available for ordering). Relocator will enable Pi Storm (or any other CPU board) shift to the center and to the back of the A500 motherboard.

@tweakpc Жыл бұрын

But as a power supply tester, I have to say that the part is also very old. Switch for 115/230V, so not even active PFC, that's also stuck in the 90s. So the Amigas are not so power hungry, you can also take a modern SFX with 100W on 3.3/5V should also be more than enough.

@wayland7150 Жыл бұрын

Yes very disappointing to see a mains voltage selector switch.

@tweakpc Жыл бұрын

@@wayland7150 Small series are expensive, but had they probably found the right partners who also respond to customer requests, then what would be significantly better installed.

@wayland7150 Жыл бұрын

@@tweakpc It's been a long time since PSUs needed such a switch. The seller ought to set the voltage for the buyers country. I think this one was set to the correct voltage for EU, 230vac.

@tweakpc Жыл бұрын

@@wayland7150 oh yes very Long, this PSU ist retro too. I would not entrust such expensive hardware to such strange power supply from unknown source

@wayland7150 Жыл бұрын

@@tweakpc Maybe better if they just said what power supply format it uses. These old computers are either worthless junk or very special sentimental value at this time. Obvoiusly the latter if you're re-casing them.

@smiljanicn Жыл бұрын

3:52 my dear friend, here in Serbia we pay that crazy tax from every single EU country, and yes randomly :(. Be happy to live in such a great country as Germany. I dont pay tax only for Amiga Adict magazine

@RasVoja Жыл бұрын

Me too, tj da naravno. EU spoiled them, back to reality :)

@ddummer Жыл бұрын

Happiness in a box. :)

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

Very much so! :)

@RainerK. Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't use it for an A500, 600 or 1200 since I love the look of those machines and this is a bit generic/PC-ish, but it's cool for other stuff.

@cullmaster7361 Жыл бұрын

You’ll be surprised what you can fit inside this case. I built a mega A1200 build with this case. Keeps things like CD/DVD drives as well as Floppy and Gotek neat and tidy. I even fitted a BPPC card with a GREX PCI assortment. 👍🏻

@paulklasmann1218 Жыл бұрын

It was inspired by the A3000 case.

@jensschroder8214 Жыл бұрын

Maybe burn the Kickstart to an EEPROM. If you take a larger EEPROM you can switch the ROM version with the remaining address lines.

@kcinplatinumgaming2598 Жыл бұрын

it reminded me of the the A1000 and for some reason a compaq deskpro lol ?? dont know why that is lol

@joeloliver7599 Жыл бұрын

Another little gripe I can find is that the colors of the power and drive LEDs are backwards... Amiga power is always red not green..

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

Oh, the later models all had green power LEDs actually. And orange for the drive LEDs. So it's accurate to those models.

@peddersoldchap Жыл бұрын

This case is so hitech that it even has pre-holed drills!! XD

@retroandgaming Жыл бұрын

yeah, nicer but where I live.. unless the shop pays the VAT in advance you get at least a ~20£ handling charge in addition to the VAT... so.. I bought a lot of stuff from the UK while they where in the EU.. not so much anymore

@metamon2704 Жыл бұрын

Small correction It's not a normal PSU it's a SFX sized one.

@JanBeta Жыл бұрын

A normal SFX one, then! ;P Sorry, I'm not very good with modern PC terminology... :D

@Stefan_Payne Жыл бұрын

@@JanBeta yep, by the looks of it, SFX-L could be used too. But older SFX ones probably won't fit. Though I wouldn't trust the PSU further than I can throw it, due to the Voltage Selection switch. That's not good.

@terryraymond7984 Жыл бұрын

What is the Zorro slot for?

@RasVoja Жыл бұрын

Expansions, like PCI slot

@thelostc Жыл бұрын

Hi how much does it cost including expenses and taxes?

@eddiehimself Жыл бұрын

You can just get a SCSI-SD adaptor if you don't want to shell out for an actual parallel SCSI drive.

@LeftoverBeefcake Жыл бұрын

Better yet, go for the ZuluSCSI, because it's dead simple to set up and only costs $60 right from the maker. I'm using one with my CDTV currently and it's excellent.