X500 Plus Black Edition Promo Video

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How does one go about designing a case for computers?  Is it possible to use 3d printers to actually make them?  My Amigas could all use some sweet new cases.  Especially considering it's nearly impossible to find a tower kit for many Amigas these days in good shape...

[Darrin]

@ The Daddy:

I think you need to set a minimum price so that you're sure to recover your costs and then ask for people to "leave a tip" if they wish.

I don't like to play guessing games on prices and I'm not going to subsidize someone else who low-balls you to get one.  I want to pay a fair price and only you know that.  

[haywirepc]

Thats incredibly elegant and beautiful. Congratulations.

Hard work and determination pays off with a beautiful finished project. Wish you the best of success, I think you could sell hundreds of these cases,

[TheDaddy]

Darrin,

I see your point but it would cost far too much if I had to take into account everything so I'll try and get at least some money back, as I would like to donate to amiga sites and projects (something I haven't done for years) and also finish another little thing I am working on.

Oh forgot to say that the FPGAArcade Replay board fits nicely, there is loads of space inside to mess about with...

[TheDaddy]

Thats incredibly elegant and beautiful. Congratulations.

Hard work and determination pays off with a beautiful finished project. Wish you the best of success, I think you could sell hundreds of these cases,

Thank you very much!

[TheDaddy]

Quick photo of the FPGAArcade Replay board inside the X500 Plus, loads of space for messing about

[wrath of khan]

Quick photo of the FPGAArcade Replay board inside the X500 Plus, loads of space for messing about

Man the fpga arcade is tiny. Enough space in the there for lots of stuff.

[Darrin]

Quick photo of the FPGAArcade Replay board inside the X500 Plus, loads of space for messing about

Looks great.  Put me down for one.

[ToddH]

Is there a way to connect the X500 keyboard to the Replay inside the case?

[giZmo350]

Looks great.  Put me down for one.

I've asked this fine engineer to reserve me one at least 3 or 4 times! I just don't know how much to pay?! Plus, I may have missed some posts of what it comes with.... PSU, Optical drive, etc.... What config are the internal components (see previous question) supplied? I suppose at the end of the day it doesn't matter... except for ONE thing... if a guy wants to drop in a SAM460, can he use BOTH his SATA card AND Graphics card? Probably not.

Hold the phone!!! The FPGA board is available to buy? Well, my SA460 already has a nice home.... How do I get an FPGA board? The price of admission for an X500 case is worth dropping in an FPGA period!

Hey Uncle Darrin?.... will you buy me one?  HAHAHAHAHA...  J/K  :rofl:

[Darrin]

I've asked this fine engineer to reserve me one at least 3 or 4 times! I just don't know how much to pay?! Plus, I may have missed some posts of what it comes with.... PSU, Optical drive, etc.... What config are the internal components (see previous question) supplied? I suppose at the end of the day it doesn't matter... except for ONE thing... if a guy wants to drop in a SAM460, can he use BOTH his SATA card AND Graphics card? Probably not.

Hold the phone!!! The FPGA board is available to buy? Well, my SA460 already has a nice home.... How do I get an FPGA board? The price of admission for an X500 case is worth dropping in an FPGA period!

Hey Uncle Darrin?.... will you buy me one?  HAHAHAHAHA...  J/K  :rofl:

Yep, we need some hard numbers now.

Questions I see:

How much?  (We don't want to guess)
Do we have to have the DVD drive?
How does the keyboard connect to the FPGA arcade (cabled passed through the back and plugged into the PS2 port I assume).

Any more?

[Darrin]

Is there a way to connect the X500 keyboard to the Replay inside the case?

I doubt it unless you're into cutting wires and soldering.

[ToddH]

I doubt it unless you're into cutting wires and soldering.

I wonder if it would be possible to connect it to the Replay's USB header/port somehow? Would definitely make for a cleaner install in the X500.

[Darrin]

I wonder if it would be possible to connect it to the Replay's USB header/port somehow? Would definitely make for a cleaner install in the X500.

It would need a redesign.  Here's a pic showing both sides of the FPGA board.  There's no easy access to the PS-2 lines that I can see:

http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/fpga_arcade_board_detail.jpg

[kedawa]

Couldn't something be done within the fpga to reroute ps2 to an internal header?

[kolla]

I have only two issues with this case

I'm quite ambidextrous myself, but is there any particular reason why optical drive and memory card slots are on the left side instead of the right side? And same with the leds, it almost looks like an inverted A500. Second issue I have is of course that it's a PC keyboard and not an Amiga keyboard.