Philippe Lang:
Hi Folks,
This is a new project i'm going to launch by next week
In 1993, i would have been too young and unexperimented to lead this kind of project ..
From an Amiga user, to all Amiga users ^^
UPDATE:
Click the link below to stay updated on our A1200 Housing project.
http://a1200.tindev.net/
UPDATE 2:
Some extra news:
- In around two days we'll have all the datas and infos required for the project.
By then we'll be able to:
- Crunch down all infos to find out final price of each A1200 Housing including worldwide shipment.
UPDATE 3:
With the latest datas we've received today, we're now able to give you some pricing.
Right now even by squeezing everything as possible, we've reached a maximum of 79 EUR.
What's keeping us from having a better price is indeed the two molds we need to manufacture.
One mold is necessary for each housing part (Top / Bottom) and each of them weight 2 tons (4400 pounds).
Part of this expensive process is also due to the necessary 3D modeling of each parts.
Molds are manufactured from these 3D models, and then they're handled manually until perfection.
After that we'll be ready for production. wink emoticon
The main difference with Dallas Moore SK64C housings project, is that he had indeed the chance to get his hands
on the original C64 molds, thus his production cost was very low.
Stay tuned
Philippe Lang: Hello xxxxxxxxx, This is indeed a perfect copy of the original. The housings will be more robust, are going to UV resistant, and posses the trapdoor as well as the back/rear removable trap for dvi/hdmi.
The trapdoor will indeed be redesigned a bit to add more vents for airflow.
Other than that, we're willing to stick to the original housing.
Because not every users has the same expansions.
have you found the orginal mold. ?
I'm not really surprised with this poll , without any new color matching keyboards then the only color that will look well will be beige are maybe the transparent case.
The black will look really nasty unless users intend on butchering some rare CDTV keyboards.
Need more votes for transparent... that's my favorite color ;)
But, no, really, a transparent case would rock. Got my 64C transparent and it looks sweet even without internal lighting.
Waiting happily for the kickstart to start, do not forget to post a link here :)
Well, I looked and didn't see a clear case version in the gallery, but White & Purple were also present but not on the chart . . . :)
I have backed the project, crossing my fingers it will be funded!
Kickstart link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/a1200housing/new-a1200-housings-pressed-from-new-molds
nonsens ! retro = original ! new case ? ? is it joke ?
nonsens ! retro = original ! new case ? ? is it joke ?
VingtTrois, take your slander elsewhere .. I am sick and tired of people thinking they can do things better/cheaper/whatever .. THEN DO IT !!! :bitch:
Every single Amiga forum has a couple of people who think they are god's gift to the rest of humanity that like to stir up trouble anytime there is a new amiga related project, GET A FRIGGIN' LIFE :furious:
I tried to read some of the stuff in the French forum there but once I found out that Cosmos is talking about certain humans being so-called "reptilians" see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilians :insane:
Rant done :)
I tried to read some of the stuff in the French forum there but once I found out that Cosmos is talking about certain humans being so-called "reptilians" see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilians :insane:
When you give something for free to users : it's help for the Amiga...
When you sell something, it's only business, not help...
By that logic Commodore was truly evil for selling the Amiga in the first place.
Very good.point.
Amigans frequently attack those seeking to make a profit.
Consider this, if there was no profit to be made most businesses would never be started (and you would miss out on a lot).
Attacking basic business principles is foolish.
By that logic Commodore was truly evil for selling the Amiga in the first place.
Yes, you are right : Commodore USA had gold in their hand, and sold only about 5 millions Amiga...
That was a big failure for me, compared to the quality of the machine, about 5 years ahead of all the other computers on the market...
So? So maybe the Amiga was the greatest thing ever and it failed. Happens all the time. Without Commodore, the Amiga might have failed a lot faster. Or it might have just been chips in an Atari crap computer. Or maybe just a bunch of patents no one cares about.
But according to your logic, Jay Miner should have given the design away for free. That would have been the noble thing to do. And then we would have had 10 Amiga users alltogether instead.
Anyways, think what you want, I say the Thruth and you perfectly know that
There is always people like you that believe that have the absolute true and that all others are wrong,liars and or stupid or who knows what other things
Too late troller : I added you on my parasite list...
Let's hope in some mechanical keyboards.
Really dislike Candyman's logo suggestion, I definitely would not be interested in a case with that.
Dear All,
Our New Amiga 1200 cases Kickstarter campaign has started today at 12PM
You can follow it at this address: https://t.co/7J1eDoAuv3
New infos for Keycaps and Keyboards are scheduled for around next week.
Stay tuned ;)
Cheers.
The logo and font we're actually using are not the final ones.
We'll have our own Logo designed by Paul Kitching soon.
I pledged again. I sure hope they meet their goal this time but it's gonna be close again.
So Mitsumi couldn't or wouldn't help then?
Hmmm if my calculations are correct for this project to succeed, 1300 Euro / day need to be pledged every day until the last. How is it doing at the moment?
@IanP,
You've said it all mate, and you do have a clear view and understanding of what it takes for these new keys to be done. As well as the technical choices to be made.
We're working on that as you all know, and keyboard a bit later.
But one step after another, we still have the current campaign to make it reach the goal.
Hopefully today the campaign will overtake the previous one. Some very promising sounding things on recent facebook posts too.
While I'm here and before I forget, I had some more thoughts on key caps for classic keyboards. The yellowing issue is mainly confined to the white keys. If only the white keys need to be replaced this should reduce the number of molds required. One mold would need 4 1x1 keys (one for each profile) and a second mold would need a space bar (1x9), a 1x2 for keypad '0' and a 1x1 for keypad '.'. The "4 1x1 keys" mold would need to be used 17 times to get enough keys to complete all the white rows. 17 1x1 white keys per row would leave a few over on an A1200 keyboard, 4 on the top row, 2 on the next row and 1 on the next row. If the printing costs are not prohibitive these extra keys could be marked as replacements for the beige 1x1 keys on the numeric keypad EDIT and the 1 remaining key could have alternative characters for the international/"blank" key next to the return key for example the UK keyboard could really use a single quote/apostrophe and either (shift) backtick/acute or tilde key there., just realised the spare key is from the wrong row (I'd still like a UK apostrophe key though).
The partial key set would be compatible with A500, A1200 and external mitsumi Amiga keyboards. The A600 has a shorter space bar (1x8?) so that would need a stretch goal to open an A600 partial key set option. Other stretch goals would open up more keys like a function keys goal all the way up to full key sets goal.
The partial key set would be compatible with A500, A1200 and external mitsumi Amiga keyboards.
To give a pricing reference point, C=USA's C64X keyboard cost them $98 @.
Do you have any idea of how many keyboards Commodore USA had made to get that price?
Hi,but the Lukhash Special Editions are black or transparent, by some definitions these aren't colors but they are also two of the three confirmed options for standard cases. There are limited options for what you can do with black to make it different and another of the Special Editions the TITAN - Ultimate is described as Noir Brillant which I think translates as glossy black. Will the standard black and transparent cases be different in some way other than the label?
Yes all Special Edition colors are exclusive. They will NEVER be used anymore.
These colors have been requested by each SE partner, and when these cases will be gone there is simply no way you can get one.
.../...
I think you should explain to the community what will be of the molds after the production of the first lot. I think many people are simply waiting for a second batch one day that the molds are done and a second production could be more cheap...
With 2/3rd completed and four weeks to go, that does sound pretty good considering a big wave of supporters typically come in the last two weeks. That's when I plan to pledge as I don't really have a need for a A1200 case, I do want to see it this kickstarter completed and rolling.
I understand but it would be very useful to have the possibility to compare the colours before pledging for a SE. If you know the exact colour we could choose without regrets.
For example I can't understand well if the Phenomena SE is more a dark grey or a very dark purple.
Almost perfect (Scoopex missing) :P
MANY thanks! :)
A1200 case kickstarter is down to it's final 10 days and needs about $23K.
After 11 months of waiting, still not seen the slightest trace of the molds and therefore the A1200 cases.