Thanks for the info - I hadn't had any luck finding any manufacturers 'til now.

I've asked on the comp.sys.acorn.hardware if anyone knows whether the case is standard or not, so I'll keep checking.

Cheers,

Stephen

On another - related - topic, does anyone know of anywhere that sells slot-loading CDROM drives? (I've found a slot loading DVD drive, but I'm not going to shell out 108ukp for something that I'm not going to use)

Mind you I want to be able to run Max Payne and Halo (and Sibelius twice as fast, natch ).

Did take me a few days to get it running without problems though - Acorns have always worked the moment you press the button - a huge plus for people who don't want to mess with things. Windows breaks itself far too easily!

But Half Life doesn't have an Acorn Native version.

*sigh*

Anyway, back to Phoebe - it's not going to be cheap to get a machine inside her!! These NLX motherboards are scarce and expensive - so unfair!!

Ahhh well, there always Christmas and I can rob money from relatives then I'm sure!

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Try and flog the case design to any PC manufacturer and hope all future PCs go the way of "Acorn".

Hmm, OK, silly post, but this forum was getting over-steved and I wanted to make a post to test my recently edited user profile (...cheers Tim - I presume)

R.O.R. !

http://www.teleport.com/~ffsupprt/

http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/nlx.htm

....is the specification from Intel, they may have dimensions on there somewhere and everything looks pretty similar to me, but as you say it would be just like Acorn to change something very very slightly. The case is interesting enough, today I realised that the bottom part was hinged and you can slide the motherboard in and out on the runners. What I want to know is whether there is enough space for the riser card below the PSU, and whether the PSU bay is big enough for an ATX one, as half the NLX boards I found have ATX connectors. It IS, even with all these problems, a fantastic case, just a shame an Acorn can't be put in too easily. A Linux box for my Uni course next year it will have to be!! (If you go to Nottingham, you might see me there, with my 75cm green Juno case and bright yellow Pheobe as well!)

Is there anyone on here that knows whether Pheobe is a 100% genuine NLX form factor case, or is it going to be a rather attractive door stop??!?

I for one am not really going to shell out £120 odd for a motherboard that *might* not fit, and I don't know enough about electronics to modify it in any way.... in fact I'd be scared.

What form factor (if any) is the Imago from Millipede???

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Actually, I haven't been as frequent a poster here as I'd like, - mainly due to work/pub/being-too-lazy-to-reply. I intend to change that (probably by doing no work :-p)

Oh, and that board comes with onboard sound too and graphics, not sure about an AGP slot though...

I can reregister if you want tho, haven't got my obligatory 1000 posts just yet :E

And cheers for the advice about form factor for a PC, I couldn't think what I would need as the PCI slots are vertical , and although I'd love an acorn in there putting a RiscPC in would be a waste, and I don't know whether the Imago would fit properly...

Steve

*You really need to get more smileys on here *

[Edited by 242 at 12:03, 24/9/2000]

1) Move an existing RiscPC motherboard and
bits into the Phoebe case. This apparently
requires some work on the power supply, as
it does not fit properly.

2) Build an Intel/AMD machine into the case.
This would ideally need an NLX motherboard
and as yet, I've been unable to find anyone
that sells them (I've found several
companies that make them though).

3) Put it on a shelf, and look at it

I'm going with (2) for the moment, if I can find a board for the thing, - hopefully I'll build a Linux server.

HTH

Stephen