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From:storm
Date:1 Jun 2001 at 10:28:38
Subject:Re: Homebrew Tower anybody done it??

On 01-Jun-01, Shawn Holwegner wrote:

>> ATX is all but useless imo... way too much hassle. Problem is the AT is
>> much older, and probably hard to find (at least it was in Oz).
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but dont you just need to ground pin 12 on an ATX
> to get it to turn on?

Possibly, as the Eyetech kit came with a gadget that connected a couple of
wires to apparently fool the ATX PSU that it really was getting a signal to
turn on from the pc, but it didn't work properly in our case. The best
thing is still to buy a proper tower conversion, definitely.

>> Just buy the interface and save yourself a few hours of stress and
>> minutes off your life-span.
>
> Which is the best interface? I have whichever one came standard with my
> A1200 to connect an AT style PC keyboard and I absolutely hate it - no
> matter how I set the prefs, it does not properly detect 'bounce keys' or
> when I press a different key it forgets sometimes to release the prior
> pressed key.

erm, it's been a long time since I had the pc keyboard that came with the
Power Tower (use an A4000 keyboard now), but iirc the general consensus at
the time was that the Power Tower interface was the best. Now, I wouldn't
have a clue.

Regards

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