start of something beautiful

CHiEF · 15 February 2005, 22:08

hey all, long time no log-in! i'm pleased my account hasn't been deleted!

anyways, just a little post to show you what i'm up to with my beloved a1200 - the one that has been left in the garage for the past year and has been home to a family of mice who have peed and pooed all over it. i've salvaged the useable parts and built the worlds first Amiga powered cardboard box!

http://www.pocketgopher.co.uk/amiga_rebuild

i was so happy when i plugged it all up and it just worked like a dream. also, gotta say that power computing is an awesome shop, i ordered the keyboard converter yesterday afternoon and it was here first thing this morning. thats less than 24hours! by the end of next week, this should be in a nice case... will post pics as it gets closer

that is all!

Bamiga2002 · 15 February 2005, 23:00

LOL! Nice "case"

. Well, an Amiga is still an Amiga, even on a cardboard box. What's gonna be your next "upgrade"

Anyway, great it works even if mice chew it for breakfast...

keropi · 16 February 2005, 07:56

nice, you were lucky!

Fred the Fop · 16 February 2005, 08:02

you have the ugliest Amiga of all time. Ugly ass desk too.

AMIGAZ · 16 February 2005, 08:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fred the Duck

you have the ugliest Amiga of all time. Ugly ass desk too.

Ahhh..the kind words of mr.Duck...

Chuckles · 16 February 2005, 08:50

The main thing of course is that the Amiga still works, so congrats on that! But every good motherboard deserves a home. An interesting project might be to figure out what sort of common object could potentially be converted into a "case" that could hold the mobo and drives, while providing enough ventilation to prevent overheating. A toilet would be a novel case if only it were large enough to do the job, but you get the general idea. Maybe you should start a "Help me design a new case" thread and see if anybody here can come up with any irresistible ideas for a hardware project.

wlcina · 16 February 2005, 09:10

I think home made transparent acrylic box will be cute, you have only to buy acrylic plates and special transparent glue.

CHiEF · 16 February 2005, 13:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fred the Duck

you have the ugliest Amiga of all time. Ugly ass desk too.

hahaha thankyou for your kind compliments!

just to clarify, this IS going to be re-housed inside something posh like it deserves, i was just so happy and proud of my little machine that it had survived 2 long winters in a cold garage, kept a family of mice warm AND still works perfectly!

i hereby name it "Achilles", a true warrior!

Eny- · 16 February 2005, 13:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by wlcina

I think home made transparent acrylic box will be cute, you have only to buy acrylic plates and special transparent glue.

That is a very nice ideia, maybe i will be doing that to mine

15 February 2005, 22:08	#1
CHiEF Captain Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Sheffield / England Age: 32 Posts: 200	start of something beautiful hey all, long time no log-in! i'm pleased my account hasn't been deleted! anyways, just a little post to show you what i'm up to with my beloved a1200 - the one that has been left in the garage for the past year and has been home to a family of mice who have peed and pooed all over it. i've salvaged the useable parts and built the worlds first Amiga powered cardboard box! http://www.pocketgopher.co.uk/amiga_rebuild i was so happy when i plugged it all up and it just worked like a dream. also, gotta say that power computing is an awesome shop, i ordered the keyboard converter yesterday afternoon and it was here first thing this morning. thats less than 24hours! by the end of next week, this should be in a nice case... will post pics as it gets closer that is all!

15 February 2005, 23:00	#2
Bamiga2002 Blizzard PPC club rocks! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 35 Posts: 2,687	LOL! Nice "case" . Well, an Amiga is still an Amiga, even on a cardboard box. What's gonna be your next "upgrade" Anyway, great it works even if mice chew it for breakfast... __________________ A1200 BlizzardPPC 603e+ 366Mhz 060/64Mhz - D-Box tower Mediator TX \|Voodoo3\|10MB Ethernet\|Nec USB\| - OS3.9 (BoingBag powered) CD32 - original joypad & honeybee - join the Blizzard PPC club! \| PPC-Warp3D games speed boost! \| BlizzardPPC+Mediator+Voodoo setup guide (PDF - feedback appreciated...) join the Finnish Amiga Users group me @ amigamap.com Project Rutinski band website - rock music with punk attitude!

16 February 2005, 07:56	#3
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,041	nice, you were lucky! __________________ *A1200D mfilos ed.* : ACA 1231/42 , Indivision MK2 , IDEfix Express , Subway , PicoPSU 120w custom 3.9 ROM/OS**

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16 February 2005, 08:02	#4
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 44 Posts: 2,794	you have the ugliest Amiga of all time. Ugly ass desk too.

16 February 2005, 08:50	#6
Chuckles The Ancient One Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kansas City/USA Age: 58 Posts: 684	The main thing of course is that the Amiga still works, so congrats on that! But every good motherboard deserves a home. An interesting project might be to figure out what sort of common object could potentially be converted into a "case" that could hold the mobo and drives, while providing enough ventilation to prevent overheating. A toilet would be a novel case if only it were large enough to do the job, but you get the general idea. Maybe you should start a "Help me design a new case" thread and see if anybody here can come up with any irresistible ideas for a hardware project.

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