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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Tacoma, WA USA
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Black Amiga 500 project
I have been wanting to make a black Amiga 500 for a while! I have seen black 600's, and 1200's. Even a black 2000 and 4000! I had a CD32 keyboard I was saving for this purpose. The problem is I could not make myself to attempt to paint one of my three A500's which are all in mint shape! What to do? Seek out a 500 just for this purpose! Well one thing I was concerned with was that the logo would not look right on a black case. I could try to make my own or live with it? You can see someone did just that:
![]() Well last week I went to RePC in Seattle (PC junk recycle store where they charge you to junk your stuff and then resell it to the public!!) as I heard they had some A500's. I wanted to buy one with the sole purpose to paint it black. But I have been holding out for a chicken lips case as it would be better for painting. I found one! $12 and listed as DEAD. No problem! It has the case I want and it looked ok. Just a bit dirty. Well here some pics on how it looked: Fired her up to see what she does. White screen and drive is clicking! Hmmm.. Checked memory card as they are notorious for battery leakage. Yep batt leaked! Removed card. Still no juice. Took her apart and pressed on all the socketted chips. Tried again and she fired right up! YEAH!! I took the MB out and cleaned the cases and started painting it black. Had to do 3-4 coats! Once done I used the keys from my CDTV keyboard to transfer to the old 500 KB! After all that tedious work I put it all back together! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I'll try to get some better pics as it is night time now. It looks amazing! Oh and please ignore the cat!! Last edited by TjLaZer; 14 March 2015 at 03:51. |
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Workbitch 1.3
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 47
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Looks nice...
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Only joking mate, good job. ![]() I see an a500 and I want to paint it... black... Someone should make white keycap stickers and end the killings... when will they learn... when will they learn... ![]() |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Ioannina/Greece
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nice one TjLaZer !!!
....now paint yer falcon black if you dare ![]() |
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Tacoma, WA USA
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Hmmm a black Falcon030 with it's gray keys would look nice!
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Lesser Talent
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK
Age: 42
Posts: 7,957
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I have to admit that looks damn spanky!
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK
Age: 37
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It looks very nice. I want one
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Zone Friend
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Gargore
Age: 44
Posts: 17,789
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I prefer standard, gray Amiga 500.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Porando
Age: 43
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Doogster
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dorset
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Looking good!
It even outshines the nice pussy in the background. ![]() |
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Ya' like it Retr0?
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 49
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@TjLaZer
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Great job in reclamation!!! liberate the A500's I am surprised as to why you didnt just whip the A500 mobo out, and stick in an A1200 mobo, add a nice Optical drive and a CF card and a subtle slot for the PCMCIA ![]() |
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Zone Friend
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Tampere
Age: 41
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WOW! Someone have made my dreams come true!
I have also thinking to paint my A500 to black. I would use gold paint to highlight the AMIGA text in the top of the case... SWEET! |
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Amiga-based Cyborg
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canada
Posts: 808
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That makes me want to vomit in envy. Make sure you get one of these to go with it.
(I've got the beige one to go with my horribly non-black A500) Hey TjLaZer, you're an Atari XL lover - why don't you make an "Amiga 500XL" as your next project? That was my plan - dark brown keyboard area, cream top (not beige), aluminum highlites. I've got my 800XL beside my A500 and the 800XL looks so much nicer. |
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AmiBay MegaMod
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Manchester, UK
Age: 62
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Now all he needs is a beige /grey CD-TV, to go with the keyboard he resprayed to match the old A500 keys......
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Old fart
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How about some pink barbie A500 color
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sweden
Posts: 762
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someone should do black replacement keycaps for Amiga keyboards!
I would love to have my A500 020 in black! |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Age: 39
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Awwww, cute kitty!!! How could I ignore a cute little furball like that?
Cool A500 too! Welcome to the world of customised, dark shaded Amigas. If only there were more spare CDTV keyboards out there for us all to use. Hey Dizzy I just saw your avatar too, how adorable! Last edited by Cammy; 15 April 2008 at 18:51. Reason: Saw a cute avatar and had to comment! |
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Tacoma, WA USA
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Thanks all. I now need to find a black mouse!!!!
Mr 500 is that a PS 2 trackball? How does it work on Amiga??? |
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Ya' like it Retr0?
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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@TjLaZer
I have a spare BLACK CDTV Mouse if it interests you.... |
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It's just occurred to me that this thread may be in the wrong section
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