pshipkov wrote on 2025-05-12, 05:01:

My initial plan was to place the CF-IDE adapter at the back of the case, but i realized that with a single IDE connector only th […]
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My initial plan was to place the CF-IDE adapter at the back of the case, but i realized that with a single IDE connector only the cable will not be long enough to reach the 3 contact points - middle of the case the on-board IDE connector, the CF-IDE adapter on the back and the CDRW drive in the front. Additionally i wanted to remove the 3.5" floppy bay as it obscured too much from the motherboard.

To resolve these issues, I designed a custom 3D-printed mounting bracket that accommodates the optical drive, floppy drive, and CF-IDE adapter in a single consolidated arrangement. This integrated assembly fits neatly into the 5.25-inch drive bay positioned adjacent to the optical drive, reducing the cable clutter.

And this is how the computer ended up looking on the inside:

Any chance, you'd be willing to share the STL for that floppy/CF mount? And maybe even the source?

pshipkov wrote on Today, 05:50:

While it brings interesting details about brand, products, business dynamics, it does not mention "Ambra Lightning 100" which i found strange.
There is no record online about it either, other than some magazine where a pre-production prototype was tested, or something like that.
Makes me wonder if this model hit the shelves at all ... or got shelved.

I'm not totally convinced that the 100MHz BL3 made it to market. If it did, it was in small batches. A 100MHz part was definitely planned though. I even remember seeing an article about the 100MHz SLC3 in a 1993 article of PC World.

As for the link about Ambra, I think the materials are not complete. I am pretty sure that they lasted long enough to deliver products with Pentium CPUs. I think at least some of the Ambras were rebadged Acers.