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The Amiga 500 papercraft comes complete with Workbench 1.0.

The Amiga 500 papercraft comes complete with Workbench 1.0.

Amiga 500 - Papercraft Design

January 15, 2019

You can find the download for this pattern at the bottom of this post.

I was in high school when the Commodore Amiga came out. The Amiga wasn’t very popular in my rural Canadian town and I only knew one kid that had one. I had grown up on a steady diet of Commodore so I was primed to be an Amiga fanboy. I read a lot of computer mags and was armed with plenty numbers that could prove how the Amiga was better than the PCs at school.

By the time I graduated, Commodore had gone out of business and Amiga was no longer a viable purchase In my mind. It wasn’t until I went to university that I got to use an Amiga 4000 with the Video Toaster. Fantastic non-linear editing for its time and such a shame that Commodore was no longer around to innovate.

The Amiga 500 had an integrated 3.5” floppy disk drive. Some day I will make some tiny blue disks.

The Amiga 500 had an integrated 3.5” floppy disk drive. Some day I will make some tiny blue disks.

Amiga expansion port in case you were interested in making this beast even wider.

Amiga expansion port in case you were interested in making this beast even wider.

A couple of years ago, I bought an Amiga and that awkward A-520 Video Connector. I spent the better part of a week trying to get an image to show up on my TV. A few weeks later, I ordered a pizza and when the pizza guy poked his head in my apartment he said, “Sweet Amiga! You need a monitor and some games for free?” Of course, I said yes. Problem is, I have never had any success getting the Amiga to do anything.

Now, I have a Raspberry Pi that emulates the best parts of the Amiga experience and it took minutes to setup. I think I spend so much time making these patterns to atone for all this blasphemy.

Several swappable screenplates of popular games are included with the pattern. Here’s James Pond.

Several swappable screenplates of popular games are included with the pattern. Here’s James Pond.

I chose the Commodore 1084S-D1 monitor to go with this Amiga design.

I chose the Commodore 1084S-D1 monitor to go with this Amiga design.

I added extra geometry to this pattern but it is still very easy to fold and very strong.

I added extra geometry to this pattern but it is still very easy to fold and very strong.

There are a few additional folds on this new monitor design but it’s still easy to assemble. I am not sure if there was an official Amiga monitor at the 500’s release so I chose the 1084S-D1 because it looked period correct and is IMO the most attractive Commodore monitor of the day.

Pinball Fantasies - Hit those ducks.

Pinball Fantasies - Hit those ducks.

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