Amiga 1200CD

Idea While sanding the case I got time to think and it got me that I haven't owned a real Amiga keyboard since we sold our Amiga 600 in childhood. I've always been using a PC keyboard with my A1200. I really wanted a one with swedish/finnish layout, but they are really hard to find and if you happen to see one on sale it will cost very much. So I started to google around and I found out that you can actually use a Amiga 500 as external keyboard with small modification. You just need to remove the Q1 transistor to get the Ctrl+A+A reset to work. Modeling and making I started to look for a Amiga 500 keyboard which I could use to create my own external keyboard. I was lucky and found out that my old colleague had one with some missing keys so I bought it from him. He also had a A4000 keyboard so I took a lot of measurements and later opened Fusion 360 for making a model of the case. The missing keycaps I was able to find from a Facebook group for very reasonable price. They were v...

Printing I printed the front panel in three parts, or actually seven, but with three main parts. The other four are sleeves for the power button and knobs plus connector bay. I used black PLA and 0,15mm layer height. My measurements were pretty much spot-on so I didn't have to redo any of the panel parts. What helped in this was the fact that I made many small test prints for different sections of the panel. I also printed some support blocks for the Amiga motherboard. Empty case with motherboard supports Printing the panel parts Test print for floppy drive alignment After I had all the pieces ready I glued them together with super glue and then reinforced the seams with epoxy glue. All the parts printed and test fitted with connectors Parts glued together and seams filled Making it look nice After the parts were in place I took plastic putty and filled all the holes and then put also thin layer all over the panel to fill the tiny gaps from printing. After wet sanding I painted the...