Amiga 500 Added to Growing List of 'Papercraft'

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Starting in 2018, packaging designer Designer Rocky Bergen started to create meticulously crafted miniature paper models of old tech. And Bergen has a new addition in his growing stable of entertaining efforts: the Amiga 500.

Photo credit: Rocky Bergen

The venerable 500 model comes complete with a 1084S-D1monitor and even a tank mouse.

I was familiar with Bergen's work as I'd seen his C64 Papercraft at a SEA-CCC meeting at the end of 2018, which member Dan Sanderson printed out for folks to take home.

Truly, these little devotions of creativity and passion are a sight to behold (and hold). Yet one more way to potentially get our kids into the retro scene, too.

Photo credit: Rocky Bergen

I asked Bergen what inspired him to do the first one.

Rocky Bergen:

I guess I have always been interested in technical illustration but it was hard to find an audience for this. I thought if I made them to be folded into 3D models that it might be more engaging for people. Suddenly, the technical illustration has an understandable purpose. I like the educational, recreational and nostalgic components that have emerged as a result of this experiment. Keeping them free is the big win.

Bergen has created even more paper models of retro computers and gadgets, for those that are so inclined here's that list as it exists today:

• Amiga 500
• Commodore 64
• Amstrad CPC 464
• Apple II
• IBM 5100 Portable - What, no SX-64?
• Conion C-100F (boombox)
• Nintendo Gamecube
• Commodore MPS 801 Printer and VIC Modem
• Commodore 1541 Disk Drive and 5.25" Floppy Disks
• Commodore 1702 Monitor