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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: TheDaddy on August 04, 2014, 11:07:46 AM
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Update on the X500 Evo cases.
White X500 Evos.
Inside the box:
An A4 instructions sheet, the assembled case with a 16x PCI Express flexible riser card, the X500 Evo key ring, some fixing clips.
I've installed the 2x50mm plus one 40mm rear and one 40mm side silent fans, they can be removed easily, flipped over to change the airflow etc...
The black silicone mounts for the fans can also be removed if required.
Also installed a white 3.5" USB card reader and slim Samsung DVD-RW with white bezel and slim SATA cable, both fixed to two custom made brackets.
The entire case can be completely disassembled, down to every component to adjust/modify anything you want.
If, for example, you require to adjust how tight the sides are all is needed is to relax/screw the bolts, if you want to replace the LEDs or the power switch (this is hidden under the right hand side of the cover) you can do that by removing the low to medium strength hot glue I've used etc...
The mechanical keyboard is fixed with two custom supports, these are also vertically adjustable with four screws underneath.
There are 6 mounting holes for mini-itx/flex atx motherboards and 2 extra mounting holes for half mini-itx boards (FPGAArcade Replay for example), these are also vertically adjustable.
Initially, due to the size of the mechanical keyboard I only envisaged the use of one SSD/HDD (don't use HDD...use SSDs!) but I managed to find the space for a second drive under the keyboard. It might be crowded for two SSDs and cables but at least you can decide where to position one of them. :)
Like the X500 Plus the Evo also has one expansion slot for low profile cards, custom made low profile bracket and L shaped fixing clamp and clip.
The keyboard has a four pin internal USB header. Make sure the keyboard is connected the right way, usually red is to pin number 1.
The fixing screws are black, you can change them if you want or spray paint them in white.
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White X500 Evo cases with mechanical keyboard and full set of white and beige Amiga keys with user's own language layout:
Francesco - Italian - Sent
Marios - dual Greek/American - Sent
Bernat - Spanish - Sent
John - Danish - Ready, delivery address required
Trevor - U.K. - Ready, delivery address required
Horst - German - Ready, waiting courier collection
Juha - Finnish - Ready, waiting courier collection
Most Black version are nearly ready, still waiting for the second batch of black keys, each one with its own language layout...
Expect an email from me asking for your delivery address soon.
It takes about 3-4 hours to assemble one...a bit more patience. :)
Thank you.
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With Italian language layout.
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/X500EvoItalian.png)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/X500EvoItalian2.png)
Dual Greek/American language layout.
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/X500EvoGreek3.png)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/X500EvoGreek5.png)
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Great work, with a proper keyboard and nice Amiga keys like this I am sure that many more will be interested in buying the case. I am getting interested myself :)
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where/when can i get one of those?
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Damn that looks nice!
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I think I'll stay with my Evo X
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Thank you very much. :)
I've made 25 Evo cases. 11 white, 9 black and they're all been booked.
The remaining 5 are going to be a sort of very Limited Edition in beige. 2 have been booked already.
I'll show some more photos as I finish them. I'm completing the white ones first with the following language layouts: Danish, German, Spanish, USA, UK, Italian, French and Swedish.
:)
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Looks amazing i've been following this project from day 1 pretty damn cool!
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I've made 25 Evo cases. 11 white, 9 black and they're all been booked.
The remaining 5 are going to be a sort of very Limited Edition in beige. 2 have been booked already.
Ok, but how does one book them? I see no ordering or pricing information on your web page, only photos and videos.
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Forcie,
All the white Evos and also the black ones have gone unfortunately, I'm showing what they look like in this thread. The only ones left are the Limited beige Edition (3 out of 5 left I think), I'll take a few photos and post them here soon. Thanks. :)
I can be contacted via email: amigarulez@hotmail.com
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Hm, so you will not state a price unless in it's in an e-mail? Strange...
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I haven't got a price for the beige ones...yet. I'll let you know as soon as I can. :)
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Ah, I see, thanks. I'm sure more people will be interested to know.
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X500 Evo with the Swedish (Finnish) layout - I had to compress the images as I'm running out of space... :)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/EvoSwedish6.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/EvoSwedish5.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/EvoSwedish4.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/EvoSwedish3.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/EvoSwedish2.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/EvoSwedish.jpg)
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Damn that looks nice! Will you make any more?
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Thanks Yasu. They're expensive to make, unprofitable, time consuming and hard work but if there is enough interest the answer is YES! (I love the Evo). :D
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With the colour Boing Ball and a "special" red/orange "A" - a nod to some Amiga 2000s... ;)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/SpecialA6.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/SpecialA5.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/SpecialA4.jpg)
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With the "gaming" WASD keys, new updated colour Boing Ball and the two red "A":
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/WASDsmall6.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/WASDsmall4.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/WASDsmall3.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/WASDsmall.jpg)
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Very nice, I would be interested in one of these myself if the price is reasonable.
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A few days and I'll post the photos for the last 5 beige edition. They are all hand built so it takes a lot of time. :)
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Say ¡Hola to the Spanish Evo... :)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Spanish6.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Spanish4.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Spanish3.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Spanish5.jpg)
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Update:
White X500 Evo cases with mechanical keyboard and full set of white and beige Amiga keys with user's own language layout:
Francesco - Italian - Sent
Marios - dual Greek/American - Sent
Bernat - Spanish - Sent
John - Danish - Sent
Juha - Finnish - Sent
Horst - German - Sent
Trevor - U.K. - Ready, delivery address required
Javier - Spanish - Ready, waiting courier collection
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Update:
White X500 Evo cases with mechanical keyboard and full set of white and beige Amiga keys with user's own language layout:
Francesco - Italian - Sent
Marios - dual Greek/American - RECEIVED
Bernat - Spanish - RECEIVED
John - Danish - Sent
Juha - Finnish - Sent
Horst - German - Sent
Trevor - U.K. - Ready, still waiting courier collection
Javier - Spanish - Ready, still waiting courier collection
Emil - American - Ready, waiting courier collection
Peter - U.K. - Ready, waiting courier collection
Gert - American - Ready, waiting courier collection
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Update:
White X500 Evo cases with mechanical keyboard and full set of white and beige Amiga keys with user's own language layout:
Francesco - Italian - RECEIVED
Marios - dual Greek/American - RECEIVED
Bernat - Spanish - RECEIVED
John - Danish - Sent
Juha - Finnish - Sent
Horst - German - RECEIVED
Trevor - U.K. - Sent
Javier - Spanish - Sent
Emil - American - Ready, waiting courier collection
Peter - U.K. - Ready, waiting courier collection
Gert - American - Ready, waiting courier collection
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Update:
White X500 Evo cases with mechanical keyboard and full set of white and beige Amiga keys with user's own language layout:
Francesco - Italian - RECEIVED
Marios - dual Greek/American - RECEIVED
Bernat - Spanish - RECEIVED
John - Danish - RECEIVED
Horst - German - RECEIVED
Juha - Finnish - Sent
Trevor - U.K. - Sent
Javier - Spanish - Sent
Emil - American - Ready, waiting courier collection
Peter - U.K. - Ready, waiting courier collection
Gert - American - Ready, waiting courier collection
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Update:
White X500 Evo cases with mechanical keyboard and full set of white and beige Amiga keys with user's own language layout:
Francesco - Italian - RECEIVED
Marios - dual Greek/American - RECEIVED
Bernat - Spanish - RECEIVED
John - Danish - RECEIVED
Horst - German - RECEIVED
Juha - Finnish - RECEIVED
Trevor - U.K. - Sent
Emil - American - Ready, waiting courier collection
Peter - U.K. - Ready, waiting courier collection
Gert - American - Ready, waiting courier collection
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Update:
White X500 Evo cases with mechanical keyboard and full set of white and beige Amiga keys with user's own language layout:
Francesco - Italian - RECEIVED
Marios - dual Greek/American - RECEIVED
Bernat - Spanish - RECEIVED
John - Danish - RECEIVED
Horst - German - RECEIVED
Juha - Finnish - RECEIVED
Trevor - U.K. - RECEIVED (with Amigakit)
Peter - U.K. - RECEIVED
Emil - American - Ready, waiting for the special beige/black custom keys
Gert - American - Ready, waiting courier collection
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Update:
White X500 Evo cases with mechanical keyboard and full set of white and beige Amiga keys with user's own language layout:
Francesco - Italian - RECEIVED
Marios - dual Greek/American - RECEIVED
Bernat - Spanish - RECEIVED
John - Danish - RECEIVED
Horst - German - RECEIVED
Juha - Finnish - RECEIVED
Trevor - U.K. - RECEIVED (with Amigakit)
Peter - U.K. - RECEIVED
Emil - American - Sent
Gert - American - Sent
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A couple of photos of a unique X500 Evo I finished today for a user in China who requested a mechanical keyboard with dual tone (black and beige) set of keys with the USA language layout:
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/x500bianconero.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/x500bianconero2.jpg)
(http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/x500bianconero1.jpg)
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Update:
White X500 Evo cases with mechanical keyboard and full set of white and beige Amiga keys with user's own language layout:
Francesco - Italian - RECEIVED
Marios - dual Greek/American - RECEIVED
Bernat - Spanish - RECEIVED
John - Danish - RECEIVED
Horst - German - RECEIVED
Juha - Finnish - RECEIVED
Trevor - U.K. - RECEIVED (with Amigakit)
Peter - U.K. - RECEIVED
Emil - American - Sent
Gert - American - RECEIVED
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A couple of photos from Marios and Francesco's builds:
(http://www67.zippyshare.com/scaled/1929863/file.html) (http://www67.zippyshare.com/v/1929863/file.html)
(http://www68.zippyshare.com/scaled/65974446/file.html) (http://www68.zippyshare.com/v/65974446/file.html)
(http://www68.zippyshare.com/scaled/29202693/file.html) (http://www68.zippyshare.com/v/29202693/file.html)
(http://www68.zippyshare.com/scaled/51357333/file.html) (http://www68.zippyshare.com/v/51357333/file.html)
(http://www62.zippyshare.com/scaled/96084740/file.html) (http://www62.zippyshare.com/v/96084740/file.html)
(http://www62.zippyshare.com/scaled/4079046/file.html) (http://www62.zippyshare.com/v/4079046/file.html)
(http://www62.zippyshare.com/scaled/51555931/file.html) (http://www62.zippyshare.com/v/51555931/file.html)
(http://www62.zippyshare.com/scaled/39944209/file.html) (http://www62.zippyshare.com/v/39944209/file.html)
(http://www47.zippyshare.com/scaled/81183894/file.html) (http://www47.zippyshare.com/v/81183894/file.html)
(http://www25.zippyshare.com/scaled/77978658/file.html) (http://www25.zippyshare.com/v/77978658/file.html)
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Wow thats awesome. How is the amiga checkmark and logo done on the case? That doesn't look like a sticker!
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Thank you. :)
I only designed and made the cases. :D
The Amiga name and logo were made by Francesco for his X500 Evo...no idea how he did that but I believe it is indeed a sticker. Looks pretty good I think.
I once put an Amiga sticker on one of the prototypes (some years ago) and got shot down by CUSA on the forums and via "scary" emails... :) so never again.
I let the user decorate it. :D
I have to say they've done a great job in kitting out their X500 Evo cases. Francesco has put a SAM460+OS4 inside while Marios a pretty quick PC...both look great.
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Francesco - Italian - RECEIVED
Marios - dual Greek/American - RECEIVED
Bernat - Spanish - RECEIVED
John - Danish - RECEIVED
Horst - German - RECEIVED
Juha - Finnish - RECEIVED
Trevor - U.K. - RECEIVED (with Amigakit)
Peter - U.K. - RECEIVED
Emil - American - Sent
Gert - American - RECEIVED
Allan - American - Sent
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I once put an Amiga sticker on one of the prototypes (some years ago) and got shot down by CUSA on the forums and via "scary" emails... :) so never again.
I let the user decorate it. :D
I don't think they could have won in court case. The court probably would have ruled on your side. I don't know who gave them permission to use Amiga trademark. But whatever floats the boat.