AMIGA CASE : Crowdfunding project New computer case for classic Amiga 1200 / Thin Mini-ITX / Raspberry PI

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DerekP said:
Question: Are the top and bottom interchangeable? So can we put an external keyboard top onto an internal keyboard bottom? I would be most interested in buying a single base, but having both tops available to use on it depending on what i felt like doing with it.
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That is a very Amigan question! Sounds like my Amigas....never have the cover permanently on! But all the same, its an interesting question. I suspect the answer is yes...but you will have to buy 1 complete set of each, so you'll have a "spare" base
 
Hi Guys,

Voyager_1701e gave the right answer.

Both available top covers (for usage with an internal classic Amiga 1200 keyboard or with an external keyboard) are interchangeable with the bottom part of the AMIGA CASE. There is no bottom part specially made for usage with an internal keyboard or external keyboard, you only choose your top cover.
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The bottom part of the AMIGA CASE is pre-configured for either the installation of a classic Amiga 1200 motherboard as well for the installation of a Thin Mini-ITX motherboard and/or a Raspberry PI 1B+/2/3 together in combination with a Keyrah V2 keyboard adapter.
The bottom part of the AMIGA CASE can hold :
1) a classic Amiga 1200 motherboard or
2) one Thin Mini-ITX motherboard and/or one Raspberry PI 1B+/2/3 together with a Keyrah V2 keyboard adapter, all at the same time.
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All the necessary screw points (with brass inserts) for mentioned configurations are there, to finish the job you use one of the supplied back plates. The back plates come in sets of two, one for the classic amiga 1200 motherboard and one for Thin Mini-ITX, Raspberry PI, Keyrah V2.

Altogether : giving you a lot of flexibility :).


voyager_1701e said:
DerekP said:
Question: Are the top and bottom interchangeable? So can we put an external keyboard top onto an internal keyboard bottom? I would be most interested in buying a single base, but having both tops available to use on it depending on what i felt like doing with it.
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That is a very Amigan question! Sounds like my Amigas....never have the cover permanently on! But all the same, its an interesting question. I suspect the answer is yes...but you will have to buy 1 complete set of each, so you'll have a "spare" base
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Already under investigation ;) Thanks for your comment.
Update concerning this extra perk option asap.

RighteousMan5 said:
Schuimpy said:
Altogether : giving you a lot of flexibility :).
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there should be an option to buy one bottom part of the Amiga case + 2 different top part Amiga cases (for both; internal and external keyboard)

you know what I mean?
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RighteousMan5 said:
there should be an option to buy one bottom part of the Amiga case + 2 different top part Amiga cases (for both; internal and external keyboard)

you know what I mean?
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I certainly do. It's what i was going to also say, once clarification was obtained. TBH, i don't think i'd be interested unless i can get the two top styles with one base. I don't need two cases.
 
Is this project dead? Only 5% funded and I'm not seeing any motivation behind it. It's not going to sell itself!
 
It seems to be going nowhere fast. Oddly enough I kinda want this one for an Amiga Reloaded mobo... not really sure why considering I now have 3 coming from the other project plus 2 of Petro's NOS cases LOL...
 
Yeah, this one is not going to happen. Not because it is a bad project, but the Kickstarter probably took out most of the market for this.
 
demolition said:
Yeah, this one is not going to happen. Not because it is a bad project, but the Kickstarter probably took out most of the market for this.
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Yes.. if this had come a year earlier it probably would have succeeded. But then again, every attempt is a learning experience.
Maybe once we have new keyboards, caps etc.. and you can always try again..and again..

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I like this case - and the option of external or internal keyboard. If it resurfaces, I would be happy to back if it were on Kickstarter.
 
Hi guys, we still have enough time to make the AMIGA CASE crowdfunding campaign to a success. The worst approach would be to despair and throw in the towel. I am not going to do that. I am staying positive, but I do need your trust and help/support to get this done. Just saying, despite of my efforts, you are of big influence on the success of the crowdfunding campaign. If you like the AMIGA CASE project, support it !!.

If you decide to support me its important for you to know that the AMIGA CASE crowdfunding campaign has a fixed goal, which means I won't receive any money until the goal of 90k is reached. If the goal isn't reached by the end of the campaign, all contributors will be refunded.

If you have any questions about the AMIGA CASE or the crowdfunding campaign, just ask, I'll answer them asap.

Kind regards,

Schuimpy / Jarno
 
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True, it is not dead yet. Like they say, it ain't over till the fat lady sings. How it progresses will not change my choice towards pledging for a case. If it succeds then great, if not then I get the money back. Nothing lost either way.
But the fact that I also pledged for the other campaign means that I only went for one case here, otherwise I might have gone for at least two. But my apartment can only hold so many cases. :)
 
I pledged but also have two of the other case coming. This reaching its target would be a bigger surprise than seeing Liverpool comeback from 3-0 down on the champion league final! ;)


I would love to see an Amiga 500 case (maybe it can support a 1200 board with a different backplate ? :) I'm sure there would be a new/bigger audience for that?


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I really dont get it...what's the point of making yet another project for A1200 cases when there's been a previous one that BARELY made it and after 2 attempts?Why not making a project for A500 cases which sold many more units and clearly owners need much more new cases than those of the more recent A1200?

This project was dead even before it begun and it's a shame because it's much better than the clearly overpriced and limited other one....
 
@Hellraiser it would probably take some interesting engineering but it's probably entirely doable to make a case that fits both A500s and A1200 + the usual retro stuff (MIST, FPGA Arcade, Raspberry Pi etc).
But the more generalized the design gets the less it will look like its a case for your specific model.
(A specific A500 replacement might be an option though...)

The first one succeeded in the end because it promised a perfect replacement for the old A1200 case. It fixed a very specific problem.
These generalized approaches raise the question "why a wedge design at all" if you're already doing all these other compromises.
Honestly , for MIST or RPi or FPGA Arcade I'd prefer a much smaller case anyway.

While I like the A1200 version of this case, it simply came in too late to be eagerly awaited. The kickstarter before it solved the problem for a lot of ppl. Leaving only a few..
Sure I won't spread gloom in advance, still wish Jarno good luck with this thing.


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Hi Hellraiser,
It's not just another Amiga 1200 case project,it's much more than that. It's a modern retro style computer case for classic Amiga1200 hardware and modern hardware like Thin mini-ITX and Raspberry PI. Totallyredesigned from scratch up to make the AMIGA CASE 100% compatible with mentioned hardwarestraight out of the box. Due to the well thought out design it is actually more usefuland future proof.
I read youthink my project is better than the other one. Thank you for that.


Hellraiser said:
I really dont get it...what's the point of making yet another project for A1200 cases when there's been a previous one that BARELY made it and after 2 attempts?Why not making a project for A500 cases which sold many more units and clearly owners need much more new cases than those of the more recent A1200?

This project was dead even before it begun and it's a shame because it's much better than the clearly overpriced and limited other one....
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I like to comment on this in general.

I started developing the AMIGA CASE well before the other project came online for the first time. I didn’t expect the other project to succeed. By the time the other project tried for the second time I already spent too much time and money. Dropping out wasn’t an option anymore.

Other then this I didn’t want to trash the other project. Every AMIGA project should be appreciated and risking to trash someone else’s I consider as not done, so I decided to launch my project after the other campaign has ended.
Unfortunately I had to postpone the launch of my project because I discovered a flaw and licensing took much more time as expected. I could have launched the campaign anyway but I wanted to do it the first time right. I know I disappointed people by postponing the launch, but in my opinion I had no alternative, I had to make sure what I am offering to you actually can be done by minimizing the risk to encounter any (unforeseen) challenges.

Besides above mentioned I am of the opinion the projects can co-exist due to the different kind of approach.

Kind Regards,

Schuimpy / Jarno

eXeler0 said:
@Hellraiser it would probably take some interesting engineering but it's probably entirely doable to make a case that fits both A500s and A1200 + the usual retro stuff (MIST, FPGA Arcade, Raspberry Pi etc).
But the more generalized the design gets the less it will look like its a case for your specific model.
(A specific A500 replacement might be an option though...)

The first one succeeded in the end because it promised a perfect replacement for the old A1200 case. It fixed a very specific problem.
These generalized approaches raise the question "why a wedge design at all" if you're already doing all these other compromises.
Honestly , for MIST or RPi or FPGA Arcade I'd prefer a much smaller case anyway.

While I like the A1200 version of this case, it simply came in too late to be eagerly awaited. The kickstarter before it solved the problem for a lot of ppl. Leaving only a few..
Sure I won't spread gloom in advance, still wish Jarno good luck with this thing.


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This case really suits my needs and I intend to pledge very soon! (So many BS bills at the moment and also had a big contract fall through recently too so kinda overstretched my budget last month with other stuff) That being said surely there will be a way to supply in an 'print on demand' type of offer perhaps? Dunno fingers crossed for this project though :)


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aZtOcKdOg said:
This case really suits my needs and I intend to pledge very soon! (So many BS bills at the moment and also had a big contract fall through recently too so kinda overstretched my budget last month with other stuff) That being said surely there will be a way to supply in an 'print on demand' type of offer perhaps? Dunno fingers crossed for this project though :)


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I don't think there will be any "print on demand" in case of campaign failure. The cases are not going to print, these will be made using molds and these will not be made in case of campaign failure as these are pretty expensive and money is needed mainly for making these molds.

Regards,

lumi
 
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