jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson) (04/29/91)
How is the Bomac Tower Case for the 2000? Are there any other tower cases available today (I'm not talking getting a 3000T, I'd like to stick to the 2000 for now, thanks :-) )? Does the Bomac tower case require any modification of my 2000? How many drive bays and new things do I get with this case? Any info is welcome on the Bomac unit or any other unit. Thanks. Jeff -- jeffo@uiuc.edu
Tyler Sarna <tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu> (04/29/91)
In article <1991Apr29.065337.1298@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> of comp.sys.amiga.misc, "J.B. Nicholson" <jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> writes: > How is the Bomac Tower Case for the 2000? Are there any other tower cases > available today (I'm not talking getting a 3000T, I'd like to stick to the > 2000 for now, thanks :-) )? There are 2 other A2000 towers. One is priced at ~$600, so I didn't enquire further :-). The otehr is the Golem tower. It is more expensive ($300 mail order) than the already overpriced ($239 mail order) Bomac unit. Since after two phone to Golem and circling the reader service number and waiting months with no answer (and I STILL have received no reply), I gave up on them and bought the Bomac. > Does the Bomac tower case require any modification of my 2000? How many > drive bays and new things do I get with this case? No irreverible modifications are neccesary. You remove the cover from the 2000, unscrew the drive bay bracket, remove the 3.5" floppy(-ies) from the bracket, and then screw these things into the bomac case. You don't even have to remove the motherboard from the chassis. The 30-someodd steps to instalation are all outlined in a photocopied manual. Read the whole manual through slowly at least twice before even starting. Even so, you will mess at least one thing up and have to go back a few steps, I can garuntee. The case gives you 5 3.5" drive bays and 3 half height 5.25" bays (any two of which can, of course, be used as one full-height bay). You can also order an additional power supply for the case. On the front of the case are two switches and 4 LED's. One switch is hooked up to turn the supply on and off (leave the switch on the 2000's PS on all the time). The other can be used as an 680[23]0/68000 switch, NTSC/PAL switch, or whatever (mine is not hooked up). One LED (red) is used as a power indicator. I have another (green) hooked up as a HD activity light. The remeaining two (amber and another green) can be used for whatever you wish. The case is well-designed, built entirely out of heavy sheet metal (46 lbs, $16 shipping fee!). However, it is not terribly well manufactured (some striped screws, one bent mouseport-extension socket). I knew this before I bought (having seen a friend's system with similar defects), so I was not very disturbed. Apparently Bomac has gone through 3-4 manufacturers, and still hasn't found a good one. Although it is overpriced somewhat and the mahufacturing is poor, I am quite happy with mine and would reccomend it to anyone seeking a tower case, as it was still the least expensive and the only model I could get solid information about. Disclaimer: I am related to Bomac only as a (for-the-most-part-) satisfied customer. -- Tyler "Ty" Sarna tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu "I protest Captain! I am NOT a merry man!" -- Lt. Worf