IndieGO have rights for walker case

[Trev]

In key European markets such as Germany, Amiga print magazines still outsold monthly Mac publications by a large margin in 1995 / 1996.

You're right, of course. Jobs hadn't returned to Apple yet. 1995 was a big year for technology, but Apple wasn't among the leaders. Why am I thinking of the Walker as something made closer to the new millennium?

[Trev]

Has there been any computer company who managed to successfully penetrate the market for settop boxes in the 90s and early 00s? Despite all the talk about rise of the settop boxes back then, it seems to have largely remained a mirage for many years.

Sony? They were already producing components for the living room, of course, but the Playstation (and the Xbox) has become nearly what everyone imagined STBs to be in the 90's.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

http://188.122.70.211/

Wait, what?  Met@box?  Good sir, you can't just drop a link and not provide any details!  :p

[slaapliedje]

What's with Android being put on set top boxes anyhow?  It's horrible enough to deal with them on touch screen devices that it was designed for.

Now if they'd take something small like that and slap SteamOS on it, and integrate Amiga emulation into it, that'd be pretty sweet.

slaapliedje

[olsen]

Sony? They were already producing components for the living room, of course, but the Playstation (and the Xbox) has become nearly what everyone imagined STBs to be in the 90's.

If I remember correctly what a set-top box was supposed to deliver, its functionality was restricted to small, limited tasks: give you access to satellite/cable TV programming. It would sit next to your TV set, plugged into the AV port.

Limited functionality, because back then more sophisticated features would have cost more money.

The typical customer for set-top boxes was not necessarily the end-user. For example, hotels would buy them (the customer), and the guest (the end-user) would use them. As a developer you could do well selling your set-top boxes to those customers, if the price was right, and even if to the end-user the product really sucked.

The PS3, XBOX360, AppleTV etc. don't really fall into the set-top box category of old because the customer is the end-user, and the devices are much more powerful. Also, the medium which the set-top box allows you to access is no longer necessarily analogue, but digital. Things have changed so much, probably for the better.

[Trev]

I'd always equated STBs with convergence "in the living room." Was the industry of the time really just focused on single-purpose devices? My memories of the late 1900's are those of a teenager and twenty-something; I would have been much less conservative with my hopes for technology.

EDIT: And hotel systems still suck. What's up with that?

[F0LLETT]

Only something an Amiga fanatic would want or recognize.

Speak for yourself. I love the Amiga, but I would not go that far. The case should never have been brought to light of day, even as a prototype.

[ddniUK]

Any case upon which you cannot stack a pile of discs, external hdd and at least 3 coffee mugs is an abomination!

[xboxOwn]

This is what I think of walker case:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

This is what I think of walker case:

Go on then, tell us how you really feel!  :roflmao:

[Duce]

Nothing wrong with the modern Android set top boxes.  Despite the Amazon-centric experience of the Fire TV, I had a pretty good experience with it, and with 6 million units sold last year, I wouldn't consider the sales weak on 'em.

[paul1981]

Any case upon which you cannot stack a pile of discs, external hdd and at least 3 coffee mugs is an abomination!

Seriously, I don't see what all the fuss is about. It's not as ugly and ridiculous as people make out. At the time I thought it looked quite interesting and futuristic. An added bonus is that it can also deflect both coffee spills and radar.

[Duce]

The original Walker isn't too hard on the eyes, keeping in mind the era it's from - these remakes with the screen on them are abhorrent, though.

That's a $40 screen (Adafruit) and the Pi 2 (available anywhere) is another $50 bucks or so, so think about that before shelling out 300 euros on this.

[zzd10h]

Message from Phoenixconsole on Amigaworld.net :

 http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=40405&forum=8&start=40&viewmode=flat&order=0#764802


The Walker costs in the Kickstarter campaign 300euros as full system:
Let's calculate roughly
Pi 2 40euros
Aeros premium 30euros
AmigaOS 3.1 10euros
Pi-tft 40euros
Sata to USB adapter 30euros
Dvd-rw slim 30euros
Ups with battery 40euros
Flatband gpio and other cables (power/hdmi) 10euros

And there is a case made of PLA and some screws.
I am not sure if you work for free either.

Edited by TrevorD

Removed the personal insults.

[Blizz1220]

Always thought C64 case wasn't the best looking design in the world
and remember my Frankenamiga with addition of AT tower from long time
ago.

Walker being part of Amiga history project has right to be as hideous
as they come but c'mon if someone is making one how much bashing
is really needed ?

Not to mention that Intel motherboard with integrated everything from
the present has more in common with original Amiga-All-In-One design
than NG solutions that use add-on card and risers instead and to top
it all are supplied in most common cases you can imagine.

[Andre.Siegel]

Edited by TrevorD

Removed the personal insults.

Thanks but I think you missed one (after "@amiga.org").