Hi,
could there be a better name as "Phoenix" for an old computer system that just has risen again to fill your heart with joy to bring some fond memories of the past?
My "phoenix" is such system, and conveniently based on the mainboard of the same name. Actually, after some time, the name of the complete system swithced to "Paladin". After chasing after my dream, my idea of an Amiga this actually appeared to make more sense. It's a dream - for me .
The overall "build" time, or, rather, "project time" took like 14 years. This is counting from the very first Board that I acquired to the final setup. Talk about chasing a dream ...
Let's have a quick overview of the system hardware-wise:
- Phoenixboard with 2MB Chip, ECS-Chip, SCSI, SCSI-Hack
- KS 1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 3.5 (3.1-Exec-Patch von Piru) selectable via extenal switch
- Dell HD-Floppy-Drive
- Switch to switch ( ) internel/external DF0/DF1, in case of a reboot will disable internal drive
- SCSI2SD v5 / 128GB µSD
- Pioneer Slot-In DVD-RW
- Derringer 030 @ 50 Mhz / 32MB RAM
- Indivision ECS FlickerFixer
- A1k / Kryoflux A500-Graphics Board
- VarIO Serial&Parallel High Speed Interface (Frontslot)
- iComp 68k-Clockport-Adapter
- SVideo-Adapter for the Videoslot (A1k)
- SimpleIDE / Dual CF2IDE-Adapter
- 2 RapidRoad USB-Hostadapter
- Melody 1200Pro CP-Soundadapter
- USB2Eth / Internet via Poseidon
- 3 USB-Ports (2 at the back, 1 behind front door)
- Other: Zorro-Bus can be completely disabled for compatibility to old Floppy-games
- Black paint by an a1k.org fellow (Ernie76)
Its a nice system that gives up to 7700 Dhrystones. With lots of options to attach mass storage its nice to have all WHDLoad archives available. I every once in a while fill some 128GB CF-card on my PC and whatever I want to play on the original hardware is available.
Only AGA games evade me but hey, I honetsly never played them back then anyways.
One word of warning: the Phoenix is a diva. It will drive you crazy. You can not expect things to work. They may work, but dont take it for granted! In case you're interested I kept track of things I tried, like putting a Deneb in the Zorro-Slot... *sigh*.
So here come some pics.
Hope youre interested.
Cheers,
McT