Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Amiga500 tower case Message-ID: <47908@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 25 Apr 91 19:35:02 GMT References: <1991Apr21.234648.6518@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <1991Apr24.004123.10015@iitmax.iit.edu> <47823@ut-emx.uucp> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) Distribution: na Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 45 In article yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) writes: >greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) writes: >> It's black too. Of course, after thinking I had >>something original I found out that a Canadian company has been making cases >>like that for about a year. (I think it's the same people who do the ALF >>controllers.) > >Huh? Elaborate on this Canadian invention? Is is a 500-> newcase + Detachable >keyboard kinda thing? I've never seen any ad's about it. >(Or is it a Bdoga-bay kinda thing?) I _knew_ someone would want me to elaborate. :) Ok. I have only heard of this thing _once_ from the C= rep here. He had some photos of it he showed me when he saw my system. The beast appears to be a replacement, not an add-on like the Bodega Bay. It's a black rectangular case with a separate black keyboard case. The system in the photos had an internally-mounted ALF controller and drive. One floppy fits into the upper right corner (My setup supports _both_ floppies. Nyah. :). There was a Canadian flag in the upper left corner (how patriotic) (Mine has an authentic checkmark from my A1010 case -- Nyah again. :) The backs of the photos had "Pre'spect Technics Inc." printed on them. The C= rep said that he didn't know if they were going to market the product or not. Anyone interested can call/write Pre'spect and bug them for more info. :) This is the address I found in an AmigaWhirled ad for the ALF controller: Pre'spect Technics Inc. P.O. Box 670, Station H Montreal, Quebec H3G 2M6 Phone: (514) 954-1483 Fax: (514) 876-2869 If someone _does_ call, please post what you find out. I'm sure there are several A500 owners who would be interested. Greg -- Greg Harp |"I was there to match my intellect on national TV, | against a plumber and an architect, both with a PhD." greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu| -- "I Lost on Jeopardy," Weird Al Yankovic