A1000 Phoenix System w/ expansions

[techie]

That is so cool!
The Amiga 1000 case design is, IMHO, one of the best designs Commodore ever came up with and it's great to see people keeping them going like this.

If I had the money (and a spare A1000 case) I would definitely buy one of these boards  :-)

[techie]

McTrinsic wrote:
@techie
You can actually mount the system in any AT-Formfactor case, the screws will fit. It got an according connector for power. Admittedly, you will need a naw backplate, but those are easy to make. And the board is not that expensive. What about putting it in a nice IBM-Workstation case from back then?

The A1000 case is the best PC case ever for me - that's why it was so utterly important for me that you don't see anything on the outside. The modern deisgners of new PC cases all fail to solve one problem: where do I store the keyboard? That quastion is, for example, important for home theater systems. one example is the Shuttple XPC series: wonderful  design ... but where the heck am I supposed to put the keyboard?

@McTrinsic

It's neat that it fits into an AT-Formfactor case as well as the A1000, but quite frankly it just wouldn't be half as cool if I put it in a AT case :-)

I agree that the board isn't really that expensive, unless of course you just happen to be coming out of University and you haven't found a job yet :lol: In which case anything over 50bucks tends to look a little expensive  :-D

Still a fantastic little system and IF I can find a job soon I'll be sure to set some money aside for one  :-)  

[techie]

@McTrinsic
Sorry, but there are no more boards avaible. 50 new board were built and 48 were sold to users in whole europe, the last 2 are for Andrew (the developer).

@a-pex
So I take it that means there won't be any more boards unless another big order comes in eh  :-( Or was this last batch really THE last batch?

@All
Ok, I think this is now enought information for every A1000/Phoenix freak, if you want to visit us, you are welcome (we speak english)

@a-pex
I think I'll have to visit now that you and McTrinsic have peeked my interest
 :-)

[techie]

@McTrinsic

 

McTrinsic wrote:
Andrew (the developer) sell them for money (hint! hint!), ist just that he can't afford to have tto much money lying around in the shape of phoenix-boards.

That seems perfectly reasonable, after all there's no point making more up if they're just going to sit around collecting dust. Hopefully there are still enough people out there who want this board to make it worth while to do another production run.

Incidentally, is there some form of subscription service people can sign up for to get news of a new production run?   I only ask because I was just thinking that maybe a service like that might be a good way to keep interested people informed of new developments and at the same time provide a way for the developer to gauge if there is enough interest to do another run. Just an idea I had anyway :-)

Sorry if I've gone off topic. I know I should probably be asking these questions on the A1K.org forum but when I went to the site I couldn't find a dedicated English subform   :-? so I was a little hesitant to post anything as I know some people can get annoyed when you don't post in the official language of a form.

 

[techie]

@McTrinsic
I can't speak for everyone but I have heard of the phoenix board before, only from what I understood the board wasn't supposed to exist anymore (apart from the lucky few people who already owned one). So it really came as quite a pleasant shock to hear that someone was producing them again even if it was only in limited number.

I hope you'll keep us all informed about any further developments  :-)

[techie]

Hi ncc1701d
Have you seen this thread? Phoenix Revival 2 You might find it interesting  :-)