ACA500 prototype

[wawrzon]

User(s) should always welcome new hardware be it right or wrong as who else would do it.

what??

A500 all cleaned-up with accelerator could bring back entry level new users to amiga.

hardly. an entry level user with no experience would be much better served with a clean a1200. it would be cheaper, simpler, easier to get and would not fall apart when moving it around the table.

[wawrzon]

there is no case so far ive read on a1k, and it doesnt look as if it would fit into any standard case.

[wawrzon]

It isn't a case of Jens being stupid, it is more Jens realises that some people want to make their own cases and gripe about the ones supplied.

what? why do you imply something you just assume about someone else? jens has made a few attemts to organize the case production, like tracing down the old suppliers that might still have tools laying around. all that in vain. and then he decided not to provide case as it would cost too much to make one. still this is only a prototype so far so things may change

[wawrzon]

@ammojammo: another premium case design on our sites. congrats!

[wawrzon]

One of the news sites said it would ship in a sandwich case, although I haven't seen anything from Jens so far.
 
There are mounting holes, so a case should be doable.
 
However I can completely understand if Jens doesn't produce a case. People who aren't going to use an accelerator will probably want a small case, while those who plug an accelerator in the back will want a larger one. But how large? As the user may want to plug in an accelerator that doesn't even fit in an A1200 trapdoor.
 
He is on a hiding to nothing with this product.

jens tries a modular design, but it seems a bit of mistake. more disadvantages as the opposite i fear. seems many existing accels you may want to stick upon aca500 are not supposed to work. and also the case design and size are hard to decide. from what ive gathered in the a1k thread jens want to secure the accel with an iron plate, which you probably refer to as "sandwich". thats how i understand it at least.

edit: im sorry that it turns out like that. i was actually always in favour of modularity, but in this case it just doesnt seem to be worth the effort. id value it if jens turned to more ambitious tasks, but its apparently not his intention. lets face it the commercial (amiga) hardware market seems to dry out, still the fan projects may substitute it.

[wawrzon]

I heard aluminium, but it could be a lie.

yes sandwich like two plates that how i imagine it. and your right it must be alu, my bad, no need to call it a lie;)

[wawrzon]

quite pointless. I think that Jens is stuck with idee that need to connect A1200 accelerator to A500. It would be nice/good feature if we could add 040/060

yesss.. pointlessss.. i share this opinion, but then im again talking about something, that doesnt affect me directly, as i dont have a computer in question.

[wawrzon]

I'm trying to impy that Jens isn't stupid.  Are you trying to imply that he is?

no. i just have seen him trying to organize some case solution.