Date   : Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:14:17 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Hardware Woes

On 16/08/2009, Alex Taylor <zeem.uk@...> wrote:
> 2009/8/16 Rob <robert@...>:
>
>> Plan E, Can I put a hard disc and an ethernet card in an A3000 ?
>> What would I need?
>
> Hard disk interfaces for those machines tend to come in the form of
> mini-podules such as the ICS IDEa range, and I think APDL might even
> still sell such things. I've had some in various A30x0 machines (even
> one in an ex-primary school A3020, which I promptly fitted the drive
> directly to the motherboard and put the interface in an A3010
> instead).

Hmm, they do.  ?59, or ?62 with a CF card, plus postage...   I think,
if I was able to spend that much, I'd rather risk (no pun intended) it
on two or three whole machines off eBay...

> Once the mini-podule slot's filled then the ethernet would probably
> have to go on the external podule slot. Podule cases used to be
> available for protecting any cards hanging off the back of an A3000 -
> in fact I think there might be one hiding at work.

I saw that connector .. I wondered how people coped with loose cards
sticking out!


Rob