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Checkmate A1500 plus - Build log, part 1

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So Christmas came early this year. I've followed the Checkmate A1500 plus case project since the kickstarter was launched, but didn't commit to buy until last August. The case arrived about 2 months later, and it's absolutely awesome. For this special build I gathered some bits and bobs to get started with; namely an Indivision ECS v2 and a Buddha IDE from Individual Computers . So without further ado, let's go. Some of the planned parts: An Amiga 500 motherboard, Rev. 6A Zorro II riser card for the Checkmate case (top left) 3½" hard drive (bottom right) Indivision ECS v2 and Buddha IDE (center bottom) Workbench 3.1.4 from Hyperion Entertainment (floppies + rom installed) Kolink SFX-450 power supply And as we all know, this is most definitely not the final setup. First of all, I haven't decided yet on which accelerator to go with. And secondly, good projects last long and undergo several iterations. The Checkmate A1500 case can be bundled with a keyboa