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- From: wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: [Q]Who owns the molds for old Amiga cases?
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- Date: 24 Feb 1996 14:59:16 GMT
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- Paul Kolenbrander (paul@serena.iaehv.nl) wrote:
- : On Wed, 21 Feb 96, Nhan Nguyen typed the following line(s):
-
- : > That is, what happened to the molds for the A3000's, A500's, and A2000's
- : > cases? Does Escom own them, or were they simply destroyed? I always
- : > wanted a black A3000 case, and would be happy to pay $100US for it.
- : > I'm sure other people have thought of having their Amigas' cases
- : > different colors, too, but didn't know what to do about it.
-
- : Grin. Wanna guess what my day job is? Suffice to say I do have
- : acccess to injection moulding machines. :-) But it will take
- : sufficient orders to make 'm for a reasonable price. Because
- : the machines have to be cleaned for every new color to avoid
- : contamination of the colors. So runs of just a few units per
- : color will make for expensive cases...
-
- Painting is probably a cheaper and quicker alternative. I had a used
- no-name monitor with a scratched-up front bezel, so after masking, I
- painted it with one of those "fake stone" spray kits. People just loved it.
-
- What I'd really like for my 4000 is something that fits over the C=
- chicken badge. Anything. 8-)
-
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