JuneBUG is Complete! Amiga 600 in Black !

[Tenacious]

It seems that some paint formulas chemically bond to plastic better than others.  Maybe he used a laquer based paint.  I hope the clear coat goes well, and the letters don't shrivel.

[Tenacious]

@ leirbag

How well did the Sony 5" LCD work?  Was the image crisp?  That monitor seems like a good match to the little A600 for a portable Amiga.  I like how you painted it to match.

[leirbag28]

Thanks for your comments guys!

Yeah! I hope the letters dont Shrievel...........also I am not painting this with a Gloss finish.......that does indeed look bad.....its going to have a Matte finish.  I once SPray painted a CD32 silver!  it looked cool as heck ecxept the Piant weas all messy and gloppy.....I really screwed it up.............the secret to this paint I used is that it dries very fast, so you can spray lightly and it sticks well.....but I want to paint a protective shell on this.........it may change the look, for the better or for the worse. Because I painted part of that Silver CD32 with Matte clearcoat ad it suddenly changed into grey (weird)

@Tenacious

yeah the Sony LCD works well....but its not that clear since it is Composite

[Tenacious]

When you say "not that clear since it is composite", does that mean you can't easily read text in a editor?  Do colors smear on WB?

Sorry for the cross examination.  I've taken my A600 on the road before and used the RF out to drive a TV in a hotel.  I had trouble reading the text, editing icons, etc.

[Tenacious]

Before someone hammers me.  Yes, I know the difference composite video and the RF signal.  My point was that even if I love the OS, not being able to read the screen takes some of the fun out of the experience.  

As a side note, I used to take this A600 to user group meetings and connect to a video projector through the composite port.  It was surprisingly good.  The screen was 5 ft across rather than 5 inches, though.  Grin.  If it's functional with text and icon editing, this monitor may be a great buy.

[leirbag28]

@Tenacious

Um, You can read the text sometimes...and sometimes you can't........especially in Hires Interlaced............I use Hires 640 x 200 as its more readbale and is Workbench's Native resolution anyway........most apps run in that resolution on native 7mhz Amigas...I also rely on the fact that even if I cant really read the Text..........I know where the items are placed on the ToolsDaemon Menu (Super Duper Huper Flooper Highly recommended!).  Using Tools Daemon or just using the "Leave Out" selection on the menu for programs I use most on the Road (incase you dont know..."Leave Out" is like shortcut icons on Windows)

 Personally I cannot comprehend why every single Amiga on the Earth does not have Tools Daemon (Amiga's REAL Start Menu)

Also....You can use Larger Fonts for everything (Although Tools Daemon will get cluttered if you have tons of Applications on the Menu as I do).

Oh, and by the way..........there is indeed better LCD screens out there......if you can get one of those Rare RF modulators for Amiga with S-Video OUT and find and LCD screen that has S-Video IN, you might be in luck. Although on LCD screens, S-Video doesnt seem to make an ounce of difference as it still looks like composite to me. LCD's are still not better than CRT's.

By the way.........I got all 5 Sony LCD's on sale for about $62.00 each! :-)  thats why I purchased 5 :-D  Im sure you c an get them on ebay......buy them with the PSONE even.........then sell off the PSONE alone and get some of you cash back.....then the cost of the LCD might even be less than $60 :-)