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 Post subject: EFIKA Case
PostPosted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:41 am 
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The EFIKA has turned up in a number of cases. Here are a few links:

http://lincsamiga.org.uk/wordpress/inde ... gas-efika/

http://roschmyr.gmxhome.de/EFIKA/

http://www.geit.de/eng_efikase.html

http://www.powerdeveloper.org/project/efika/326

http://projects.powerdeveloper.org/proj ... /entry/587

http://karlozr.blogspot.com/2007/06/new-efika-case.html

http://reparts.org/efika/EFIKA%20Case/E ... 0case.html

http://www.gautherot.net/efika

http://sun.hasenbraten.de/~frank/computers/efika.html

http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/557589369ZQViMI

...and the laptop:

http://www.nefkom.net/g.friedrich/

...and frame:

http://www.powerdeveloper.org/project/efika/100

Please post more if you have them. We will explain why next week...;-)

R&B :)

P.S. Then there was also the box itself...

http://www.genesi-usa.com/gallery/144

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 Post subject: Re: EFIFA Case
PostPosted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:05 pm 
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Please post more if you have them. We will explain why next week...;-)
This one is quite cool IMHO:

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm24 ... NY0308.jpg

There is something appealing with Lego, there is something symbolic in small modules put together to create a new, bigger entity. Like the platform building around MorphOS! :-)

(Read more about it and see more pictures of it here)


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:45 pm 
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Thanks! BTW, there was another Lego case:

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R&B :)

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:18 am 
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how can you forget about the Efikaz ? ;-)

http://www.efikaz.eu/gallery.htm

this one can be ordered.


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PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:34 am 
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Whoops! Sorry! :)

We know there are many more, so please post the links. There have been many special cases...

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That would be the MorphOS EFIKA Fashionista. 8)

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:49 am 
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These pictures (and their higher resolution counter parts) can also be found at http://ausppc.blogspot.com/

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Rather than blood, sweat and tears, these cases were put together with araldite, solder and hand tools. Yes, very old school but there you go.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:01 am 
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That is a great collection Matthew! What advice do you have for others? Which case do you recommend?

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 Post subject: efikaz site update
PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:09 am 
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Hello,

I have updated the efikaz site with assembly instructions. Some more pictures of the smallest case for Efika :) Only 106 x 56 x 175 mm!

http://www.efikaz.eu/assembly/


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:17 pm 
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(Copied from http://ausppc.blogspot.com/ with the kind permission of myself)

Of the enclosures I have, the easiest to work with, that still offers an element of style, is the Laser (google: laser 5.25 usb). This is because of the mounting bracket that's intended for those who want to install a hard drive into the enclosure. As you would expect, it fits perfectly but it can also be screwed into place internally - which turns out to be a very handy thing.

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These little fellows, or, to be more precise, these 6mm plastic stand-offs (Above) are still about 3mm too high for fitting an Efika plus graphics card inside most enclosures. The 6mm figure refers to how much clearance there will be between the PCB and the case it's being mounted into. Enter my pocket knife and a tube of araldite...

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... and the rest of my tools and bit & pieces.


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:30 am 
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Adub, ausPPC, and all the others, great work. 8)

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 Post subject: Another pretty one!
PostPosted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:33 pm 
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Roschmyr has a 2nd case, not yet mentioned here:
http://roschmyr.gmxhome.de/EFIKA2nd/


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:27 pm 
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Hi Peter, thank you for reminding us. That is a great case developed by a solid contributor. We should have mentioned it.

@all interested.

If the EFIKA design documentation was 'open sourced' (meaning you would have everything you needed to produce it if you could acquire the components and a manufacturing facility), do you think others would produce the board or modifications to it?

We might start a new thread on this.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:29 am 
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I just finished this case -

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You can see a larger version of this picture here - http://ausppc.blogspot.com/ by clicking on it.


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:56 pm 
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i like the way you made the backplate for connectors, clean and solid stuff, well polished, good job !


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Here is a box that turns Efika into a low cost PBX :) with 4 analog(PSTN) lines, and PSTN failover

http://www.digital-opsis.com/images/DSCN2096.JPG


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