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From: dannie@coplex.uucp (Dannie Gregoire)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Amiga500 tower case
Message-ID: <1991Apr25.181726.23616@coplex.uucp>
Date: 25 Apr 91 18:17:26 GMT
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dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:

>>>  Baby AT cases can be bought for $25. I know that some of you are interested,
>>>so maybe we can figure this thing out. I need a detachable keyboard! I am
>>>lazy! I want to lie on the floor or upside-down off a chair while using my
>>>computer!

The A500 motherboard will NOT fit into a Baby AT tower case.  The way the
drive bays are situated in most baby at cases will prevent you from fitting
it there (unless you would like to rip the case to hell).  You will
probably need to go with a FULL AT tower case (this is what I had to do)
which runs about $130 ($160 with 230 watt power supply).  

As far as the keyboard goes, an A2000 keyboard will also work quite well,
if you want to spend the money.  Otherwise, if you are carefull, you can use
the keyboard that is inside your 500 now.  No sense in throwing away a 
perfectly good keyboard. Just slap on some cardboard to protect the 
compnents, solder on a 15ft phone cord, and viola -- detachable keyboard for 
under $5.
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