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Re: NewAmiga project
« on: April 16, 2018, 03:21:29 PM »
The Keyboard I would love, the rest is of no interest (well maybe empty PSU case for something else)
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Re: NewAmiga project
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2018, 04:07:24 PM »
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I agree with the general consensus. The keyboard and mouse look sweet, the Raspberry Pi in-a-brick seems rather pointless.

Labeling it "Amiga" is asking for problems from the resident Amiga trademark-vulture population. This is not like the Nintendo or even C64 trademarks, where there's a clear owner of the trademark - it's unclear who you'd even ask for permission to use the Amiga trademark...


Well Philippe Lang got green light from Amiga Inc to use the logo on the new A1200 cases, so might be the same route for these keyboards i guess.
 

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Re: NewAmiga project
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2018, 12:19:11 AM »
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Funny. He probably could have asked his Gradma for tihs as well. Amiga Inc sold already "every Amiga copyright in the universe" to Cloanto.

Hmm. Maybe I should ask Amiga whether they sell me all their stuff again... (-; They seem to have a track record for causing problems for their "clients".
So, this sounds at least pretty fishy to me.

Just for practical matters: Manufacturing a keyboard with a custom key layout is probably going to cost a bit. It is not that you can print this with your average 3D printer. It needs a custom membrane, just to name one issue.

Oh well, I^m not going to hold my breath for this to appear.

Tbh I have stopped to try to keep track of who owns what long ago :P

But about the keyboard, the case would cost quite a bit for the injection molds yes.
But as for the rest of the keyboard they could just go with mechanical switches, then a PCB for it would be drawn quite quickly and design wise it would save a lot of headache. Then keycaps would be no issue either.

I do not think the keyboard will see the light of day tho, but who knows.