Your favourite case shape

[arkanoid]

I don't care what it looks like, as long as it's sturdy and fits the motherboard efficiently.  ;-)

[AmigaHeretic]

TheDaddy wrote:
So it looks like a small footprint cube or an A1200 shaped case...interesting :-)

Yeah, for me it would be hard to choose.  Though if it were done right I'd go A1200 style.

Something to think about in an A1200 case is you'd probably have to supply the keyboard.

As far as an A1200 style case, if I could choose anything, I think these days (and for SAM) I'd want something smaller for sure.

So more the A600-ish size.  I don't think I need a keypad.  I use a laptop all the time actually and I know I don't need a key pad.


So for keyboard style keys I'd like something more like laptop keys or at least something much lower profile than old style keys.  So at least somwhere between laptop keys and standard "big" height keys.

[wawrzon]

since one probably could fit sam into a genuine atx or similar case and since the board doesnt seem to be much expandable the most original idea would be to go for traditional wedge case type, while i would like to see it fitted with an original amiga style keyboard (one with the help/del keys and custom numba block). alas i do think this would be difficult to achieve.

edit: yeah the a600 was my first amiga. i bought it 4 the looks. technically it might not be state of the art but the case rocks!

[persia]

[nine3o]

@Persia,

Dude, that is just wrong!!!

Entertaining but wrong.  :-?

[AmigaHeretic]

@persia

Yeah, the problem is it won't fit in there.

That is obviously an INTEL ONLY case.

 :-D

[quenthal]

@TheDaddy

As you are designing these wonderful cases, I'd like to ask you if you think it is viable to do small "pizza box" that one could mount behind TFT screens using standard VESA wall-mount holes?

As far as TFT monitor is concerned, this case would be like piece of wall for it. Lightweight box with Flex / ITX mb mounted behind VESA screen would make Minimig or SAM a nice iMac feel... ;-)

[TheDaddy]

>>As you are designing these wonderful cases, I'd like to ask you if you think it is viable to do small "pizza box" that one could mount behind TFT screens using standard VESA wall-mount holes?


Mmmh...I am not sure that if I designed a nice looking case I would want to hide it behind a TFT screen, I would just prefer to show it off :-)

[persia]

Really that's the answer, just a cheap case that can be mounted on the back of a TFT.  SImple.

BTW does AmigaDos 4.1 support Bluetooth?

[Belial6]

Well, I would think the thing to do there would be to put holes for a Standard VESA wall mount, then either put stick on feet over them for desktop use, or even better, get screw in feet.  This way, desktop users could leave in the feet and have a "pizza box", 'hide everything' users could mount it on the back of their monitors, AND the uber-nerdy could mount the thing on a swing out VESA wall-mount.

I assume that you would be putting feet on a "pizza box" case anyway, so it doesn't seem like it would be a huge deal to have that be where the holes are.

Extra Double Super Bonus points if you could design it so that not only does it have VESA wall-mount holes on the bottom, but so that it was built in a way that allowed it to be mounted BETWEEN a monitor and a wall-mount while still being structurally sound and attractive enough for use on a desktop.