19inch Rack box overview
The Eyetech 19" Rack-Mount System for the Amiga A1200
The Amiga A1200 computer is very well suited to a variety of industrial and commercial applications, particularly those involving rolling or interactive point of sale and information systems, esoecially where low maintenance is a prime req
quirment.
The characteristics which make the A1200 motherboard particularly suitable for this type of environment include:
- ROM-based operating system means very fast boot-ups (typically 10-20 seconds) and no special shut down proceedures (just the power switch!)
- Onboard graphics chipset optimised for composite or component video output enabling easy connection to/multiplexing of a variety of display devices from standard and wide screen TVs to state-of-the art projectors
- Built in PCMCIA slot (for LAN or dial-up networking), parallel, serial, joystick and mouse ports.
- Single board design eliminates connector problems often associated with plug-in cards
- A highly efficient real-time, multitasking operating system gives super smooth displays with minimal hardware resources even during heavy network use.
The Eyetech rack mount system allows these low cost motherboards to be used as fixed or transportable equipment for all types of display, entertainment or point of information applications.
The Eyetech rack system adds:
- 250W heavy duty power supply unit (to replace the 23W unit supplied for domestic use)
- 2U x 380mm deep standard 19" rack mount case fabricated from galvanised steel and enamelled matt black
- 1 x 3.5" + 1 x 2.5" internal hard drive bays and 2 x 5.25" external drive bays (supplied with blanking plates)
- Infrared remote control and interface which emulates keyboard & mouse. External rear panel PC keyboard socket.
- 3 x 25D, 3 x 9D, DIN socket back panel knockouts all with blanking plates
- Internal space for mounting specialist components (eg MIDI synthesiser board, CD+G decoder etc) together with internal +5, +9 and +12v supplies for such accessories.
- Rear mounted AV panel with RGB + audio SCART socket; dual composite video out; Amiga and CDDA audio out.
In addition to the standard configuration above the following options and accessories are available ex-stock:
- Boot ROM adapter allowing the rack system to boot and run directly from CDROM without a hard or floppy drive
- Scandoubler with flickerfixer to allow the use of PC-type monitors simultaneously with (or as an alternative to) TV/video displays.
- External or internal serial number and time chip 'dongle' to allow controlled use of supplied software on a serial number, expiry date or elapsed time basis.
- Infrared control of a remote device (eg a DVD player) under software control
- Hardware MP3 decoder and control software allowing high quality, storage-efficient audio to be coordinated with graphics under software control
- Custom AV I/O panel allowing the remote switching (via infrared remote control) between the Amiga and an auxilliary (eg DVD) composite video signals, and having an external audio in feed to the optional audio mixer panel (see below).
- High quality mono or stereo 5-input front panel audio mixer (takes one 5.25" external drive bay). Inputs from Amiga audio, CDDA (these two mixed at a preset level), external (eg DVD) audio, MP3 audio and two front panel microphone channe
els. Rear panel output with master volume control.
- Extension cables to put parallel, serial (25-way); mouse & joystick (9-way) connectors onto the rear panel for connecting accessories such as printers, touch screens and modems.
- Hard drives, floppy drives CDROMs and cables/channel expanders; memory and CPU expansions/upgrades, network cards, modems, 5.25" drive bay adapters for LS120 & floppy drives and for removable 3.25" drives. etc
The Eyetech EZRack A1200 19" rack mount system used to control a portable multimedia entertainment system
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