My crazy project.

[smf]

I'm working on the bottom part of the case. I filled the trap door and the side gap, also flattened the whole inside and now I'm smoothening it out.

What did you fill it with?

[CJK3o3]

What did you fill it with?

Melted plastic from the bits I cut out of the upper part of the case when making space for the new keyboard and fiberglass putty ro smoothen the whole thing up.

[CJK3o3]

Today I filled up the floppy holes. I drilled holes for leds and put the keyboard back together. It looks pretty crazy now when i put it on my desk and hook the keyboard up to my pc.

I still can't make up my mind whether to use the back of the case for the dvd tray or the side. Also I've been looking through mobos and came across this https://www.logicsupply.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dn2800mt.jpg

Some dude already wants to buy it from me and use it as a gadget keyboard but I think it would be a better idea to finish it up and make it a standalone working computer.

[som99]

I would rather look for a AMD fusion board, the ASRock E350M1 Fusion cost same or less and is faster and got a way better better iGPU.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=E350M1

I got 2 of those, one used in my HTPC and as a file server with a good SATA controller card.

[CJK3o3]

A little update... Lately I haven't had the time to work on it but I am gonna finish it sooner or later.

So I managed to fit the DVD inside.... At this point it looks ugly but with a bit of fiberglass and some sanding and grinding it will look like its always been there.




Of course it will be the same color and will be blended in with the miggy case. The inside looks nasty but I will smoothen it all and give it a coat of paint before fitting the mobo inside.

The keyboard is done along with leds... in fact I am writing this using this miggy



And here's a little bonus - A very old miggy I bought in a terrible state almost as bad as the one from the first post and here's how it turned out after receiving some TLC :

[CJK3o3]

DVD tray pretty much finished. I finally had some time to play with this thing.



And here are both pieces (almost) ready to be re-married...




I will finish the plastic work but most likely the case will be put for sale for any price I can get as most likely I will have no time to continue working on it.


My 500's and nearly factory condition 1200 will be sold as well

[J-Golden]

I will finish the plastic work but most likely the case will be put for sale for any price I can get as most likely I will have no time to continue working on it.


My 500's and nearly factory condition 1200 will be sold as well

INDEED!  If it is only lack of time I'd say hold onto it!  You have a thing of beauty there and I would hate to see you get rid of it.

[CJK3o3]

I guess I can say the plastic work is done. There are some imperfections but I am not going to do anything about them - I think they look kind of cool actually.

Here are both pieces remarried together along with a DVD recorder in its place :





At this point the best sort of a mainboard for this thing would be a laptop one so if I don't sell the case to somebody willing to continue playing with it, I will probably find some nice lappy mobo to put inside and get it to be more than just a keyboard.

[Pentad]

OK I am pretty new but I've been reading this forum for quite a while now.

THAT IS AMAZING!!!   You did a wonderful job!   I was looking at your pictures and you are an artist with such skill!!!

I cannot find the words to tell you how impressed I am.  Seeing the before and after images is just astounding!!

Cheers!
-P

[CJK3o3]

Little update :

I have the mobo. It's an intel atom mainboard with all the stuff I need including an sd card reader. A CPU that is not likely to overheat. An external psu and some other goodies Now I just have to come up with a nice custom made back panel and the monster will finally wake up. I fixed some small dents and cracks in the upper part of the case to make it spotless.

Also in the meantime I brought an old abused Amiga 1200 back to life and into a perfect condition. New membrane, completely restored keyboard, recapped mobo, cleaned up and retrobrighted case and keys. PC floppy removed and replaced with an original amiga one.

[VingtTrois]

Impressive work on your A500! Excellent!

[Iggy]

Pretty neat stuff.
You might want to consider a 2.5" laptop hard drive with an adapter.
It will cut down on space used, heat, and power draw.

Are you thinking of running AROS?

[CJK3o3]

Pretty neat stuff.
You might want to consider a 2.5" laptop hard drive with an adapter.
It will cut down on space used, heat, and power draw.

Are you thinking of running AROS?

I have a 2.5 disk and an ssd drive. I am not sure if the SSD works as I haven't tested it.
Keep in mind that every single piece of the Amiga 500 PC thing is made entirely out of computer junk

[CJK3o3]

I am nearly done... The back panel of the miggy needs to be remade to look nice for the new mobo ports but its partially done now I'm waiting for a few minor parts and hopefully in a couple of weeks this thing will finally work as a standalone computer with a battery, card reader, dvd writer, 160gb drive... but what the hell will i install on it?

[Ral-Clan]

How did you do such a seamless integration of the Amiga 500s original casing and your custom contoured top?  Did you use auto-body filler or something?

[CJK3o3]

How did you do such a seamless integration of the Amiga 500s original casing and your custom contoured top?  Did you use auto-body filler or something?

I mostly used the original plastic - just melted with acetone and high temperature. When I ran out of plastic i used fiberglass putty that's elastic enough not to break or split when the case bends.