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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« on: May 05, 2012, 07:23:04 PM »
Of course there is no Amiga sticker coming with the case.
It'll be completely blank, people can use what they like and print it themselves.
Those are made of paper (used an old inkjet and 80g paper)...

Do they really think I was going to include Amiga stickers?
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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2012, 08:45:28 PM »
Removed the tick and renamed the Amiga to Amica (Italian for female friend)...

I hope it's ok, all this Photoshopping is tiring.

@everyone

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2012, 09:01:19 PM »
Quote from: commodorejohn;691757
I would've just told them to piss off, if you're not actually selling the thing with Amiga branding...


No of course not.

It's for illustration purposes only, to give people an idea of what they can put on it if they want to, I don't sell Amiga branded stuff but if they don't want to see it then fine, I'll leave ACube, AROS, Linux, OS4 on and take them off if it offends them too :)
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2012, 09:02:45 PM »
@desiv

It's been removed following the friendly request. ;)
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2012, 11:41:32 PM »
Thanks for the kind words guys, appreciated...

The video has been removed, sorry about that.
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2012, 11:43:34 PM »
@BigBenTheAussie

quote: If it had been anyone else but one of our most vocal critics I would have been more discreet.

Oh I see now...I get it. ;)
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2012, 11:52:11 PM »
Thanks, it's ok I am not bitter.

Weird really, I thought they were a massive company?! Now they are a small company?

Anyway do you like my photoshop jobs on the photos...getting better at it :)
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2012, 12:01:43 AM »
Quote from: cgutjahr;691799
No, but strictly speaking you are using a registered trademark to advertise a commercial product. You can't do that unless you have a license for said trademark.

(Don't get me wrong, I'm just explaining what Barry is trying to say - he's not really good at all this computer business stuff, so I'm helping out whenever I can)


I see that although it's not a commercial product just yet (let's say a proof of concept) and the stickers are for illustration purposes only with notes regarding the ownership of those names, I have complied with his "gentle request" if Hyperion or ACube ask me to remove theirs I'll do that too if not they probably enjoy and are grateful for the free exposure ;)
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2012, 08:03:06 AM »
Quote from: OlafS3;691801
And I can assure you that the Aros community feels honoured too and appreciates your efforts...



Thanks. :)
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2012, 08:12:09 AM »
Quote from: Akiko;691802
@TheDaddy

I notice Hyperion have recently had some officially licensed Boing Ball stickers made to help promote OS4, maybe they can be persuaded to make some more variations , e.g: "Powered by AmigaOS" which could be sold separately and used legally alongside your own X500 branding.

In my opinion the AmigaOS trademarks with Boing ball are as recognizable and even more relevant to the Next-gen "Amiga" scene in 2012 than Amiga branding alone.



Thanks for the heads up. I just want to underline the fact that there are a few other photos of the X500 PLUS WITHOUT anything on, you can see them in the video, well you could until a few hours ago, that is how the case will come, without any branding, but I think the majority are clever enough to assume that.

Those are just bits of paper I printed out to give ideas on how to customise it. If you look carefully they are not stuck on. :D

Shame really as my website has now been watched, since the photos went up, a few thousands times, that is great marketing potential, many of these hits are surely not just from us on amiga.org and AW.net but retro passionate people, missed opportunity I'd say but at least exposure for AROS, OS4, ACube etc...

I will leave it to the user to sort out the branding, I just create these cases on a shoestring budget.

Got to edit the video now...what a bore...I'll post the new link when done. Cheers.
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2012, 08:23:09 AM »
Quote from: Lando;691823
I must thank CUSA for bringing this fantastic case to my attention.  I wasn't actually aware of it's existence until I saw this thread.  I'll have to get one when the Natami is released (hopefully they're still available by then.)



Cool, nice to see you're interested.

I want to underline this; the X500 PLUS is NOT an Amiga replica case, I must stress this. The C64x isn't either. A replica is a perfect reproduction without nothing added to it, with absolute no changes.

I like to see the X500 PLUS as the ultimate retro case based on the fact that you can put almost ANY mini-itx board and almost ANY flex-atx (see SAM flex or SAM460, that is their factor).

What does this mean? If you are a retro fan, you can build your own modern equivalent. Want a powerful Windows/Linux based machine but at the same time run a few emulators on a custom retro case, the X500 PLUS is that case.

The prototype runs happily a Gigabyte board with 2.5GHz i3 cpu, 8GB DDR3 RAM and more importantly you can expand the graphics card (running an ATI Radeon HD 6570 2GB inside).

I was playing MAss Effect 3 on it and it felt good, you are not stuck with ****ty onboard graphics and puny little Atom processors.

And then there is the Amiga side...x86 mini-itx board with AROS installed...awesome! :)

Or a SAM with OS4, FPGAArcade, Natami, there are so many possibilities.

Anyway I need to find the time to edit the video now... ;)
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2012, 08:26:14 AM »
Quote from: Kesa;691825
Slightly off topic. I think it is a mistake to only promote this case for the Amiga community. I think there are many more potential customers in other retro markets such as Atari and others. You could easily double sales by targeting the retro computing industry in general instead of just this one. Also no dickheads to worry about. You said you needed a minimum of 50 orders to go ahead? Have you tried the other hobby platforms? Just my 2 cents...



You are right...if someone wants to lend a hand posting it somewhere else I'd be grateful, target 50 cases, all I want is recoup some of the money spent, as I know perfectly well that I wont' get back the seven years spent on it let alone making a profit, I want people to have one and enjoy it. It's handmade and I'll be assembling them one by one...feck! :D
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2012, 08:37:49 AM »
Oh..before I log out...

The case isn't finished just yet, need to sort out a few things;

I want to have the aluminium sprayed in black, I think it'll look ubercool with the black version of the case.

Need to adjust the LEDs (those freaking LEDs are custom made, it took me ages to cut them the right way) I mean shrten them a bit, I have been asked to see if I can move them to the right...I remember having problems with that on the SAM board which has the PSU connector just there.... :)

and need to fix the switch, at the moment the switch is positioned under the keyboard (it's on the right hand side) you can (could) see it in the video when I switch the machine on. I thought a hidden switch would look cool.

and nothing else really, the DVD-RW bracket is done and just adding extra vents. I was hitting 50degrees whilst playing Mass Effect 3, can do better than that.

I'll include a silent Fractal or Scythe 40mm fan.

This is what you'll get:

Assembled case (all you have to do is put your motherboard, SSD (better than HDD) and graphics card if you are not using onboard chip).

Cable ties so you can route and organise your cables inside (if you know how to build pcs then it's apiece of cake)

Rubber feet

DVD-RW drive

3.5" card (media) reader

Keyboard (sorry it's the U.K. version, can't find them with other layouts but adhesives are available to change the letters on the net).

DVD-RW bracket

Custom made LED window with two 3mm LED (orange and blue)

Power switch.

I have designed thinking that people might want to customise it and take it to the "next level" so parts can be replaced easily (see LEDs, switch etc...).

Forgot....thanks for your words ;)
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2012, 11:37:14 AM »
I am working on the modified video...I'll post it as soon as I can.

Sorry for the inconvenience. :)
 

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Re: Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2012, 12:35:19 PM »
Quote from: haywirepc;691878
Way to get more support in the amiga community, picking on the little guy.

These were the slap an amiga sticker on a zpc and no one will know we didn't make these computer hippocrites.

I think we should start a fund to give everyone who buys one of these cases a free amiga sticker. I'd happily contribute to that.

Any idea about how much these cases will cost and when they will be available?



It's ok, editing the video right now, a bit of a pain as I have to photoshop all the images (at least I do a better job than some) :) if people could update the link to other sites that would be great, it will save me some time...

Still waiting to hear about the keyboards, DVD-RW, SATA cable and 3.5" card reader pricing, then I'll crunch some numbers and let you know...

Sorry about the delay...