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Having enjoyed both the Amiga 500 and the Atari 520ST back in the day, I'm left wondering: how come that there never was a comeback of that form factor? Mechanical keyboards and small-factor computers (Mini ITX, NUC etc) are both popular, if someone launched a mechanical keyboard with integrated PC case on the back I think it may have a shot at being successful.

There are cases made in this style and they are compatible either with "Amiga Reloaded" and similar Amiga-compatible motherboards, or with SBCs like the Raspberry PI [1][2][3], but I couldn't find a similar product that can use standard PC components (except for the Kickstarter mentioned below);

There was one case with integrated keyboard made by a designer in UK and launched on Kickstarter a few years ago, this one could accept PC components but it had laptop-style chicklet keys, rather than mechanical switches [4].

Later, the same designer tried to launch a similar case, this time with mechanical keys, but the kickstarter unfortunately did not reach its goal [5]

[1] http://amigablogs.net/feed/2016/04/amiga-ultimate-retro-styl...

[2] https://amigastore.eu/en/468-brand-new-amiga-1200-cases-from...

[3] https://www.a1200.net/new-amiga-1200-cases/

[4] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/505470364/the-x500-plus...

[5] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/505470364/the-x500-pro-...

Edit: if anyone knows of a case like that last one, please send me a link!

Edit II: I have added the 2 Kickstarter links



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