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Title: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: bluefunk on May 07, 2003, 08:51:42 AM
Trough it would rise the costs, why is there no official Amiga-case for the AOne? :-?

IMHO its also a part of the Amiga.

I think we lose a bit of the "old" identity now, while everbody has a normal PC case with his Amiga sitting in it.

Such a thing as corporate identity seems to be an
important thing to me - in case of the cases   :-D  apple is doing a good job - also if flavour is relative...


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bluefunk
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: Helgis75 on May 07, 2003, 09:00:33 AM
That's really a good question.  :-)

All we need, is the A1-Boing-logo to stamp on the tower case we choice...

I think that people have quite a different taste of towers, so this is an independent choice really, but the only missing part is the logo thing...

Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: Quixote on May 07, 2003, 09:06:38 AM
Helgis75 hedged:
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but the only missing part is the logo thing...
;-) That, and seeing the Amiga name molded into the plastic just as Commodore used to do it, would bring a nostalgic tear to my eye....
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: Helgis75 on May 07, 2003, 09:08:56 AM
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Quixote wrote:
Helgis75 hedged:
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but the only missing part is the logo thing...
;-) That, and seeing the Amiga name molded into the plastic just as Commodore used to do it, would bring a nostalgic tear to my eye....


I wholehartly agree with you on that. That would put a tear on my eyes too. Just hope to get my motherboard very soon... :-)
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: Agafaster on May 07, 2003, 09:31:42 AM
Then Do what I am doing...

Eyetech are also doing a 5.25" blanking plate (http://www.eyetech.co.uk/search.php?SearchStr=engraved&SearchCat=all+categories) with the Amiga logo engraved upon it.  :-D

...I ordered one for my (soon to be ex-) Z4 tower.
(one of them little square logos with a Boing ball would be nice too !)
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: Jaruzel on May 07, 2003, 09:40:37 AM
Is it just me, or does clicking on any little 'i' for info inco on the eyetech page, just take you to a random page of nothingness, instead of more info on the item concerned?

-Jar.
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: Helgis75 on May 07, 2003, 09:43:58 AM
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Jaruzel wrote:
Is it just me, or does clicking on any little 'i' for info inco on the eyetech page, just take you to a random page of nothingness, instead of more info on the item concerned?

-Jar.


That's definitely a cute girly picture :-)
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: bluefunk on May 07, 2003, 10:37:34 AM
Hm,

sure people have thier cases allready -

but what I miss is the aha expirience when seeing some type of computer.

Your know, seeing an apple - you know its an apple. You even know what model it is.
I mean thats the way a product should identify, not only on bare technical specs.
Remember, all old Amiga-modells can be indentified by the design...

For an unique computer, whitch the Amiga has ever been, i'd like to see the apple way - specific cases
which also represent the inbuilt Amiga model.

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bluefunk
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: dezignersrepublic on May 07, 2003, 12:29:31 PM
What happened to those case designs from Naya designs??
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: Red_Melons on May 07, 2003, 12:46:01 PM
"...I ordered one for my (soon to be ex-) Z4 tower."

I think Eyetech are supplying their AmigaOne systems in Z4 towers. What do you think of them?

"What happened to those case designs from Naya designs??"
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: SidMan on May 07, 2003, 01:53:19 PM
Have you got a link to a picture of the blanking plate?

Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: Cass on May 07, 2003, 02:53:47 PM
I haven`t changed my A4000D case with some high specs expansion (PCI, Tower) for the same reason : I can`t imagine my 4000 without it`s nice 4000D case, not to mention the KB. It could have been just any hardware inside (Amithlon , with the fastest 68K cpu, newer better, and more cards), but it wouldn`t feel & look like my A4000D does now.
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Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: Kent on May 07, 2003, 04:53:43 PM
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dezignersrepublic wrote:
What happened to those case designs from Naya designs??


I think there were too many people who didn't like the "umop ap!sdn" 90% clear case design.  There were many who wanted custom brushed aluminum with matching keyboard and mouse, also people who wanted the standard beige box look/feel.  Then there are those who want custom colors/flavors.  Then you have those who hate large towers and prefer desktop cases instead.  There is also a few out there who can't stand living with just 3 exposed 5.25" bays and must have a minimum of 5.  My prefered case is the PC-70 from Lian-Li with a circular window and a boing ball etched glass with dark red cold cathode tubes inside.

In a nutshell, too many people wanted something different.  The Cryst-O case can still be used for the AOne system, you just have to get it seperately is all.

:pint:
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: vortexau on May 07, 2003, 07:32:33 PM
Here were my early suggestions for radical A1 cases:  :-)

AmigaOne Cases? (http://home.iprimus.com.au/vortexau/CASES.HTM)

This page was constructed back when the connection to an AGA 'board was the "way forward" -- that's the reason for the CD32 - Monolith Tower!


                               



Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: Staticman on May 07, 2003, 10:10:03 PM
eyetech put an amiga bracket on mine... the new amiga logo tho, not the old italic commodore one :S
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: SidMan on May 07, 2003, 10:42:56 PM
@Staticman

Have you got a picture?
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: artman on May 08, 2003, 01:20:02 AM
@Quixote

Maybe even the names of the creators molded into the top of the case, ala A1000.  That would get me blubberin' too. :-)
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: Jose on May 08, 2003, 02:26:13 AM
There should be a standard case and motherboards sold seperately.
Completely agree. The "Amiga" name molded into the plastic would bring a lot of old memories, and identity is one VERY hard thing to get these days. It a important opotunity that should not be thrown away.
Title: Re: Why no official AmigaOne case?
Post by: bluefunk on May 08, 2003, 10:42:56 AM
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Jose wrote:
There should be a standard case and motherboards sold seperately.
Completely agree. The "Amiga" name molded into the plastic would bring a lot of old memories, and identity is one VERY hard thing to get these days. It a important opotunity that should not be thrown away.


I completely agree...

But now it seems everybody is doing some case-modding, with only one thing in mind: my pc hast to be individual an different from "normal gray"..

Maybe someone is going to develop Amiga-modding-kits, so we could change the cases of our choise to have Amiga-spirit...