Can you imagine? A1200 Reloaded + Mediator + Vampire +...

[Olecranon]

Slightly off topic, but I need to vent.

It confuses and annoys the **** out of me that the new Amiga Reloaded boards are going to be made to fit inside an A500 plastic case, and require the use of an Amiga keyboard.

I don't understand why the boards aren't being built in an ATX or mATX form factor, and have the native ability for for a PS2/USB Keyboard and mouse.  Add a mATX slim case and you have the modern equivalent to the Amiga 1000 form factor.

#1 The system will be properly ventilated to extend the life of those new yet aging chips.

#2 Not requiring an original A500 keyboard would be a HUGE bonus.  This requirement is short sighted and befuddling.  

#3 The system will have a proper place to mount an IBM floppy drive instead of dealing with mounting a floppy or a floppy drive emulator into a space not made for it.

#4 The external CF card slot could me made accessible in the front of the case with a 3.5" or 5.25" faceplate that could look like a modern PC flash card reader.

Some of the cost of the extras (PS2 KB/MOUSE ports) could be offset my not needing to bundle a laptop power supply.

[Olecranon]

AFAIK they're going to be compatible with A1200 cases, too.  Hence the huge demand for new A1200 cases (the big Kickstarter project from last year), etc.  There's going to be another Kickstarter for keyboards, presumably after the cases ship.

Again, this makes zero sense to me.

Instead of being able to use one of the thousands of readily available cheap cases and keyboards, we need multiple kickstarters to make the boards usable (unless you happen to have a dead A500 laying around to cannibalize).

I don't know why people love the wedge.  Yes, I had an A500 back in 1987, but I dumped that thing for an A2000/A3000 as soon as I could.  The wedge cases weren't made because they were cool or trendy, they were made because they were cheap.

Why pick an A500/A1200 form factor over and A3000/A40000 for factor?