Hey all - I recently finished up on a non-Framework project called the Floppy8 which is a microcomputer crammed into an Amiga floppy drive which uses these SD card based cartridges to play movies and games.
The project has spread wider than expected, being featured on Hackaday and such. Many people have asked for STLs, etc to create their own. Sadly the floppy drive used for the project is hard to find and expensive, so I’d really like to follow this up with a fully open-source 3D printed version which folks could build at home. I’m imagining something similar to the Sega Master System except it’ll use the same carts as a Floppy8.
My main issue is that prototyping the large shell for this project would be expensive and getting another main board (currently using my Framework to type this!) is also a big expensive. If I did make a framework version, I could also simplify a lot of the build as making it larger would allow more flexibility with the internal cabling / adapters so it would be way more approachable to replicate.
I saw @nrp mention a grant program in another thread and I was wondering if that is only open to hardware startups or if projects like this could also apply.
I’d love to get in touch with someone here so we can really make the project shine
Thanks! Have a great one!