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Offline Ilwrath

Re: What is this?
« on: April 27, 2004, 11:45:26 PM »
Yeah, that's an A500, for sure.  But very nicely done!  The switches on the front and such are really cool.  Looks like someone customized one of those A1500 expansion chassis.

Cool item.  Wish it were in the US.
 

Offline Ilwrath

Re: What is this?
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2004, 12:10:34 AM »
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Gosh. I looked at some of the high-res pictures, and it doesn't look homemade to me. Just check out the scrennprinting on the black front-panel and the cut-outs on the ports at the back! The guy who made this sure had a little factory handy...it has to be some sort of mass-produced case. Probably only sold in Germany?


Well, I originally thought it was a Checkmate A1500 case customized.  But looking at the pictures in the BBOAH, maybe not.  It's a mystery, for sure.  I don't know if the screenprinting is real or if it was made with stick-on letters.  Either way, though, it all looks very nice.  Someone spent a LOT of time on it, back in the day!

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Seller ships worldwide  :-D


Yeah... but that's expensive.  And tough to explain to the fiancee'.  I can't just quietly sneak it into my collection and then magically pull it from the closet a couple weeks later.  ;-)
 

Offline Ilwrath

Re: What is this?
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2004, 08:54:35 PM »
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It believe it's Comptec Arrow 1500. It was a conversion for the A500. Micro R&D sold them in the states.


Yeah... that's right!  I remember seeing these.  I just didn't realize that the Comptec A1500 and the Checkmate A1500 are different products.  Which explains why the Checkmate didn't look like I remembered it.  (I was thinking of the Comptec!)  haha!