Amiga 1200+ Black Box Edition

[Eclipse]

F11 and F12?

[Xamiche]

F11 & F12 :lol:

[mike-]

its the new qwertu keyboard!

amigas dont have f11 and f12 btw

, and . ; and : are missing, caps lock is wrong no space bar, no numpad. no help del, no tab. The Amiga key is a C= key. 7 home key? ... æøå is missing!

[adolescent]

Crom00 wrote:
I sourced a 5gb microdrive for $10

A used/refurbished microdrive is even worse!  :-o  I guess for $10 you will not be loosing much (other than your time) but in the long run a normal fast CF card is a better bet.

[rkauer]

Crom00 wrote:
Is there a diagram of how to make this YC connection?
What parts are required?

 See this picture to figure out the board.

 The Y/C hack is on Aminet. Don't remember the exact name right now. The parts are just a pair of high-speed transistors, some resistors and passive components (board, RCA jacks, insulation, etc).

[Crom00]

That YC board is too much of a hassle for me, if there is something I could purchase ready made that I clip or solder onto well documented specific points on the motherboard, well that would work for me.

I'm looking into CF card and camera memory as hard drive.

Has anyone had expereince with this device:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Boot-from-your-CF-MMC-MS-and-SD-memory-card-as-IDE-HD_W0QQitemZ180238816624QQihZ008QQcategoryZ168QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Also do the DUAL slot CF card adapters work?

[Crom00]

Had a chance to work on this some more. Sourced a funky ass keyboard off of EBAY.... Ugghhh...witness the horror of a God forsaken keyboard... See the gritty, realistic color in the resoulution only a digital camera and the internets could provide...







Crap... what a mess. What really freaks me out more than the dirt are those freaky red hairs... ugghh... Time to fire up the dishwasher. If I had the disposable money, I'd buy the keyboard tooling off of Amiga Inc or whoever, just to spare Amiga fans the horrors of keyboards like this..

Looks like a prop out of the movie SEVEN. If the serial killer used an A1200 to pen his manifesto, surely it would have looke like the quality keyboard I scored on Ebay...


Some shots after the Dishwasher...





Some before and afters. Then after several coasts of Krylon Matte black paint. There are "smoother" paints out there. But the Krylon is strong and will give it a slight texture the emualtes the grooming done to keyboard and computer case tooling. A texture is selected out of a texture book and burned into the steel mold during tooling.
Otherwise every case would have that smooth plastic toy look.

Due to the tampo printing or silkscreening of the keys there is a reaction when you paint a keyboard. So I used modelers putty to fill in micro cracks, not a bid deal. The end result so far...



Going to do the decal application then seal it with dull cote, then cover it with clear coat satin to protect it all.

[cpfuture]

A very nice start! :-)

[Crom00]

A1200 wedge case is on it's way from the UK. Have some cans of vynil automotive paint. This stuff is killer. Works great. I've been priming stuff for years but this is perfect for painting ABS injection modeled yellowed cases...

Probably the best paint in terms of coverage is the stuf used in Chinese factories. Probably due to the high lead content... :crazy:

[Crom00]

Had a chance to work on this. car paint plastic dye is the best, looks like factory injection color.

[JuvUK]

it looks very similar to my black a1200 in the gallery

[amigadave]

Black Amigas (when done well) always look good to me.  Looks like you are doing a very fine and thorough job of it.  Please provide closeup pics of the key caps after they are all done and clear coated.  

Lining up all those stickers exactly where they look right and then trying to make the sticker/label edges disappear so it looks good, like they aren't sticker/labels at all is going to be the hardest job of the whole project maybe.  

Many Black Amiga project owners choose to buy and use CDTV keyboards instead to save the work and trouble, but this is reducing the number of CDTV keyboards available for actual CDTV owners's.

[Crom00]

Been working on the insides too. Indivision, 030 50 mhz installed with 128 megs. All of this funded from selling other Amiga bits collecting dust.

Anyone have a link for IDE CF adapters /Card combos that play well with the A1200? Have a transencd 4 gig card and cheap ebay cf adapter that are riddled with disk errors on my A1200's.

[Crom00]

Lining up all those stickers exactly where they look right and then trying to make the sticker/label edges disappear so it looks good, like they aren't sticker/labels at all is going to be the hardest job of the whole project maybe.  

Actually it's pretty easy. If you've ever done styrene Monogram or revell model kits the key is to dull coat the decal as the edges and surface of the decal blends in with the surface qualities of the matte paint. This also protects it all. THEN you hit the keys with satin or gloss.



UPDATE:

Here are some shots. Will hit the keys with matte cell paint to blend the edges. Opted for the Chickenhead logo command or Amiga keys...

[Crom00]

In retrospect I just found these, maybe a better choice.... LIERBAG! stop using those korean language stickers! If they had white UV glow stickers I'd use them. The problem with those is that they will totally look like stickers when you're done.


http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3986395&CatId=533