How does your 'game room' look like?

[Akira]

Here is a site of a mate with pics of many different game rooms. I wonder if any of you guys have such cool setups? I don't have pictures of my setup, got to take some so I submit them to this site :)

Here's the link:

http://www.theblastshack.com/

Click on ROOMS and be sure to check elend^LFC^mNz!'s setup. He has LOTS of Amiga goodies, many games in pristine condition!

If you have pics of your game/puter setup or collection, post here!

[RetroMan]

:D:D:D think no one wants to see my room ;) It´s a mess, since everything fits where is ANY room for it (for example I have a little Computer Desk, you know the standart one, where are 4 Amigas and one MSX on it !!!). It´s really not very good looking here hehehe ....

[Fred the Fop]

I will let you have a peek into my black soul.
I hate clutter. Anywhere..I hate it. I'd remove my own moribund organs if I could. I am the opposite of a pack rat, a non Nordic Nordic admirer of nordic efficiency and sleekness. The way I eat, live, dress, furnish, talk, compute etc is sleek, simple and neat. To the point of obsession. I do not pull punches or waste breath. Thats why I post prolifically here....Its an outlet for an otherwise laconic fella. It's the reason I love Apple's products, partially. Neat, no nonesense. No jewelry or frills, just elegance the way it ought to be. I need no clutter or facade. Thats why I find Liberace funy..hes the opposite of my, behaviour and style wise, tha t baroque poof:p
See me as I am. So, I have one desktop, a PC. Its on my desk. I emulate only. (Though I'm shopping for a Saturn, and only because Iron Storm should be played on a big screen.
All CDs and games are in a beautiful chinese style pull handle antique chest. I have no game room. its all a large studio apartment, hence....
Ok?

[Fred the Fop]

Akira is embarrassed at his collection of Liberace paraphanalia and Twist has a massive shrine to Mike Lookinland, I hear.
S4murai is shown on the right here with his pal, Irwin Keyes (Hugo of The Jeffersons" fame). The photo is from a convention dedicated to showcasing Sears Astrocade set ups.

[Amigaboy]

OMG! Elend!!!!

Fark that guy was cool. I haven't heard from him in months

[Akira]

Fred, I hate clutter meself :)

About elend, well, enter any efnet server, /join #shmups and talk to the guy :) He's there always! Very nice guy (and he lieks Amiga too, what else ya wanT? :D)

You cowards, post pics of yer setup. :)

[Amigaboy]

Nah. You don't want to see my setup ;)

[Akira]

If I didn't want to I would have not posted this thread :P

Seems I will haev to kickstart it, expect lots of pics :)

[RetroMan]

Okok, you got it, here´s a pic of my game room :

[RetroMan]

Hupppsss :D Seems that I´ve forgotten to turn on the light :laugh:laugh

[Akira]

BLehhh :D

[CodyJarrett]

Here's a low quality scan of some of my Amiga games about half a year ago. The full collection is a bit bigger.

Which ones can you spot? :)

[Akira]

Yeahhh, that's what I wanted to see! CodyJarret :D

[Paul]

I don't have a games room, but this is a corner of my bedroom, a few years ago before I got my first PC in 97. Unfortunately my A600 died a couple of weeks ago.

[RetroMan]

Ah well, this is the only foto of a part of my room, which I have handy right now ..... you see, I have all kind of games mixed together in no particular order or something .... If you have sharp eyes, you can see some NeoGeo games, PC games, MegaCD (Genesis) games, Amiga games and C64 games ..... uhhh, just saw, the C64 games aren´t on that foto, ah well, I make some new these days ;) oh btw. there are even two CD32 games on the foto :D:D:D

[Akira]

Heh! one had to kickstart it so the others follow, I told ya!!

Paul, nice setup, with Technological Death demo showing off and all :)

Retroman, why on earth do you have Crossed Swords? :D

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Akira
Retroman, why on earth do you have Crossed Swords? :D

:laugh why not :D for me it´s one of the coolest NeoGeo games, I got NO Beat´Em Up´s on NeoGeo, only Jump´n Run, Shoot´em ups and such things :)

[Akira]

The you have very few games :D

I'd be happy if only I have Pulstar and Last Blade 2. Yeah that would be a complete NG collection :D I'm thinking about buying a 1 slot MVS, I dont wan to overpay for home carts.

BTW have you seen Sengoku 3 (latest NG game)? GREAT stuff!

[RetroMan]

Lemme take a look ..... I own : Crossed Swords, Magican Lord, Thrash Ralley, Last Resort, Metal Slug and Viewpoint (sadly Viewpoint cartridge is broken :crying:crying:crying ) Not much yet I would say ..... but as I said, I don´t care about Beat´Em Ups ;)

[Paul]

Originally posted by s4murai
I think on the left screenshot of Paul you can see a face from the DPaint2 art disk... :shocked

Actually it's DPaint3 art disk which I cant download anywhere. I do have the original 3 disks and handbook, but I can not ADF them as my A600 is dead:sad

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Paul
Actually it's DPaint3 art disk which I cant download anywhere......
Think I got that one at home, I´ll have a look after I get home from work .....

[Paul]

That would be great RetroMan

Thanks:)

[Akira]

Ok, here are a few low quality pics of part of my room. The "Control Room" section is shown :)

http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/temp/control-room.JPG

A small mockup of the mess my room really is :D
i need a digicam!

[RetroMan]

Ok, you begged for it :D first one ....

[RetroMan]

second one ...

[RetroMan]

third one ....

[RetroMan]

and the last one .... please note that I have a second game room, there is my MSX collection, PS2, NeoGeo and other kewl stuff :D

[Akira]

more pics, more, MORE! :)

I have a IIsi myself, hey :) Do you use it frequently? I might be in teh need to start a MACINTOSH THREAD :D I need some advice on 680x0 Mac apps

[RetroMan]

Yep, I use my IIsi very often, mostly for Office use ..... man I love RAGTIME, it´s the damn best Office Suite ever for any System, even if I have a really old one :D

Edit : And I often play DARK QUEEN OF KRYNN on my Mac ;) but I lost the manual with the codes, so no more now :(

[§ane]

Here be my game room and the ever growing floppy collection :)

[RetroMan]

@§ane

Nice and clean :D The opposite of my chaos room ;) but lemme tell you : Only a genius controls the chaos :laugh

[Shatterhand]

DAAAAMNNN !

Retroman, I loved your games room! That's the kind of thing I would love to make here (If I had that amount of machines :) )

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Shatterhand
DAAAAMNNN !

Retroman, I loved your games room! That's the kind of thing I would love to make here (If I had that amount of machines :) )
And I just posted a small amount of them :D tztztztz ;)

[Akira]

Retroman's setup is good but it would be better fi it wasn't so chaotic :D

Sane, good one :)

I have to nab a digicam to take pics of everything. BEsides of what I have here, I've got 6 more ssytems in my family's house in the US. (Apple //c, Apple //GS, C= Plus 4, C64 breadbin, Mac IIsi, C= SX-64)

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Akira
Retroman's setup is good but it would be better fi it wasn't so chaotic :D
Well, I like it chaotic, cause if it wasn´t, I would not find anything again :D:D:D

[Amigaboy]

Originally posted by RetroMan

Well, I like it chaotic, cause if it wasn´t, I would not find anything again :D:D:D

Nice philosophy. Sounds like mine ;)

[andreas]

hey Retroman,

i saw a detail on your pics I didn't spot before...
a COMPETITION PRO with a GREEN stick? :)

Well I only know CPs with RED sticks...so you maybe have a rarity here...;)

[birdy-scc]

I don't have a game room, there's not much space in my house.

http://www.celtic.mrnice.net/shed.jpg

[Akira]

Yeah those are teh psychedelic smoked Competition Pro's :) I saw a few in Germany.

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by andreas
hey Retroman,

i saw a detail on your pics I didn't spot before...
a COMPETITION PRO with a GREEN stick? :)

Well I only know CPs with RED sticks...so you maybe have a rarity here...;)
Well, it´s definitely no rarity, I would call it a "Womens Comp. Pro" :D cause it also has some silver glitter sprayed all over it´s case ;) But there are also CP´s with Silver Sticks and a blue case ....

[Shatterhand]

I liked Retroman's room exactly because it's chaotic :)

Mine used to be chaotic too (of course, not as much as his), when I used the MSX, the Amiga and the Mega-Drive all as my main machines, I had lots of stuff thrown here :)

Nowadays I use nearly only the PC..

[Akira]

Originally posted by RetroMan
But there are also CP´s with Silver Sticks and a blue case ....

Blue TRANSPARENt case. That's mine you psychic :D Competition Pro STAR Extra. It has many extra features, like slowmotion and autofire/rapidfire. NICE joystick. The Competition Pro Minis are cute, too. Me wants one :)

[Shadowfire]

First, my bedroom (primary computer) -
Athlong 4 1.53Ghz/ 892MB RAM/ RAID / 21" monitor/ HP PSC 750/ DVD ROM / SCSI CDROM,CDR, & DAT tape drive/ boatloads of original games for PC & Playstation

[Shadowfire]

Now, the living room. An all-Sony entertainment setup (with exception of the Dreamcast). I have boatload of other consoles too, but dont have them hooked up since the living room has to stay "neat".

[Shadowfire]

Downstairs, at my electronics workstation. Internet access here, too. Two P3-1000 systems under the desk.

[Shadowfire]

This is my Amiga 3000 in a tower case. A3000/25, 8mb Fast, 2mb Chip, 4GB Seacrate Barracuda, 2x/6x CD Recorder/reader, multisync monitor, blah blah blah, also more electronics stuff.

[Shadowfire]

Finally, a dual-cabinet MAME rig. Dual 25" Capcom cabinets, (1 SF2 layound, 1 D&D Layout) powered by a P3-933 w/ 256MB RAM, AdvanceMAME & AdvanceMenu. I converted the bigger one from a 3-player Aliens vs. Predator to a Street Fighter layout. Great fun with friends, but no, I'll never ever put that much work in anything ever again...

[birdy-scc]

All I can say is .....

BASTARD!!

Cool setup. :p

[Twistin'Ghost]

Wow. That was very impressive!

[RetroMan]

Today I got a new item in my "game room" ... a C128D with steel case and a Commodore 1701 Monitor :) Since I never owned a C128D before, could someone please tell be how to switch to C64-mode and where to get a CP/M disk...... thx in advance :D

Edit : forget it, I just found out :) Now I only have to find my X1541 cable :D

@Shadowfire

VERY impressive "game room" ;):)

[Shadowfire]

Samurai: No, I use AdvanceMenu, an arcade-box frontend for MAME. You can choose what game to launch & launch it. Then I have it set to pull up an Exit menu from within AdvanceMame ... by pressing P1 Start & P2 Start at the same time, then choosing Exit, it goes back to the front end. No mousing about. The Joystick/buttons control the whole thing. When I want to update the emulator/ROMS, I just open the back door, yank out the hard drive (its in a removable swap tray) & bring it to the machine in my bedroom and copy the files right there.

[Akira]

EXCELLENT setup, Shadowfire... I plan to add a Jamma cab to my room next year... but I'll prolly put proper games in there rather than making it onto a MAME cab... I loved the pics, keep'em coming guys!

retroman: either bootup./reset by holding down the C= key, or type GO64 at the 128 basic prompt :) Since you live in germany you should avoid thsoe metal case 128Ds and go hunt a rare plastic case german 128D, they are MUCH cooler!

[Shadowfire]

Oh they can be converted back to cps2 cabs in about 15 seconds, the original games are still in there its just a matter of moving the jamma harness from the PC to the CPS2 board. Want pics of the insides?

[andreas]

Well, it´s definitely no rarity, I would call it a "Womens Comp. Pro" cause it also has some silver glitter sprayed all over it´s case
So a "Gays' Comp. Pro" would have a PINK stick, then? :laugh
(and the plastic case would be covered with VELVET, then, I guess :D)

[Akira]

Shadow: good, you have space for PCBs in there too :) That's what Id like to do, making a JAMMA harness for the PC taht would be easily removable for the inclusion of a normal PCB... If I can do that, I might consider a MAME cab

[Fred the Fop]

Waiting for pic of Twists joint...............

[Amigaboy]

Here's a pic of my game room (I wish ;))

http://www.homearcadecorp.com/arcade.jpg

[Twistin'Ghost]

That's my room (above).

I won't shoot a pic until the rest of my stuff gets here (in a few weeks, hopefully) since it just looks like a bunch of PC's right now. But I will eventually shoot something.

[bippym]

Here is my Amiga b4 I got the PC and packed it away!!

A1200/040 +16Mb
4.3Gig HD
Sony CDU928E CD-R
Creative 36x CDRom
33k6 Modem :(
HP Deskjet 690c

and a few other bits 'n bobs!!

[Akira]

Hey bippy, how can you stand having your Amiga all gutted like that? I would drive crazy if I had the slightest bit of computer inners outside of their case. My A600s diskdrive lies outside of the case, and that alone drives me completely nutz :)

[Akira]

I've thought about it already, samurai ninja pig :) Once I get an 030 I will tower it, but it loses that 'compact, demiportable' feel the A600 has...

So I'd need a new A600 :)

[Kodoichi]

Originally posted by Akira
I've thought about it already, samurai ninja pig :)

Weee! You just reminded me of an anime I've completely forgotten - Samurai Pizza Cats :D

[Akira]

I was thinking about that very same anime, porcupine friend :) It was quite funny for me :)

[bippym]

The Amiga isn't setup anymore, as I have a PC, but TBH it didn't bother me ;)

It was okay and I ran a BBS which was on 24/7 so it needed to be cool :)

[Tim Janssen]

Since my appartment is only 30 square metres in size I don’t have a game room. I am already glad there is some room for my PC, printer and scanner! Oh, I have also an Atari Lynx with some games (inlcuding original boxes) in my posession. It is stored in a cabinet between cans of soup and packs of milk.

My god what do I h-a-t-e my house. :kill
This morning I have found out my toilet is broken (and turned the bathroom in a jacuzzi) and water would not go away in the kitchen sink. Tomorrow a plumber will repare the mess for 'only' 60 Euro!. Until then, I will dream of a house consisting of multiple rooms including a computerroom for my Lynx, PC and Amiga and where I can go to the toilet without getting wet feet.

[MethodGit]

Originally posted by Twistin' Ghost
That's my room (above).

Sure, Twist, whatever you say..... :rolleyes

That also happens to be my dream room. Except I'm dreaming of one with a few extra additions of my own..... maybe an extension to put all my various consoles and handhelds in perhaps. ;)

[Akira]

Originally posted by MarzAttakz
maybe an extension to put all my various consoles and handhelds in perhaps. ;)

Do tell me about your collection. Let's share lists.

(now dont you say i dont try to have normal conversations with you :P)

[Uukrul]

Originally posted by Akira
I've thought about it already, samurai ninja pig :) Once I get an 030 I will tower it, but it loses that 'compact, demiportable' feel the A600 has...

So I'd need a new A600 :)

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1303807367

Here you'll find an Apollo 620 accelerator but the bastard only ships to United States :(

BTW, Do this accelerator use standard PC EDO simms ?

[RCK]

Originally posted by Tim Janssen
This morning I have found out my toilet is broken (and turned the bathroom in a jacuzzi) ...
...where I can go to the toilet without getting wet feet.LOL ! :laughing

[Akira]

Originally posted by Uukrul

BTW, Do this accelerator use standard PC EDO simms ?

AFAIK, standard it is. Though I think yopu can put up to 32MB... or was that the Apollo 630?

Not a bad price, I might try to score it ;)

[Akira]

* 10 times speed increase, or more on math intensive applications!
* Mounted internally on top of the 68000
* 68020 CPU running on 25 MHz!
* 68882 math co-processor running on 25 MHz included!
* Approximately as fast as the Amiga 4000! (030 version)
* Up to 8 MB of 32-bit RAM! (One SIMM socket of 1, 2, 4 or 8 MB)
* Uses cheap and easily available standard 72-pin SIMM without parity
* PCMCIA friendly - PCMCIA port available up to 4 MB
* Autoconfiguring memory


So 8MB it is, the 630 must be the one that accepts 32MB... what can you do with just 8 megs? :) but afaik, the 630 is very rare... ;(

[Akira]

And here's a nice comparison:

http://user.tninet.se/~ohp942r/Apollo/600.html

[Paul]

Back to top due to this thread:D

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2821

[Akira]

Nice to see you've got an arcade cab, samo!

here are pics of almost everything I have:

http://www.theblastshack.com/bsakira.htm

[Twistin'Ghost]

Damn, dude! A freakin' museum! :)

[Bloodwych]

Originally posted by Twistin'Ghost
Damn, dude! A freakin' museum! :)

Too right! :D Are you opening to the public? How much is the entry? :)

[Akira]

Open for free to anyone who loves old computers as much as me :)

I have a dream that someday I'll have enough spare money to open up an old computers/videogames store, just for the fun of it, and not to gain any bucks! I could repair old machines for free, to make someone happy reviving his/her hardware.. that sounds nice! And it could havea section with classic arcade machines! Wow, I'll never have enough money :(

On those pics, only my latest addition is missing: the Mattel Intellivision. And all the machines I've got in the US (6 of them). I dont know how to bring those babies now that shipping prices have skyrocketed over here! :(

PS: can you see the old amplifier and turntables too? :) oldschool city!

[DPainter]

This is my command center. No stand up arcade cabinets or Amiga 4000 towers here, but proof that I do buy some games.

[Akira]

DPainter, WHERE is the A1000? :(

[DPainter]

Originally posted by Akira
DPainter, WHERE is the A1000? :( Well, it's on my dresser with its case half open. I hooked it up a few months ago and it was working for about two minutes, then the floppy drive went out. I opened the case and pulled out the floppy drive because I was curious, then put it back minus a few screws. The sad fact is, my A1000 is dead and I don't know what to do with it.

It reminds me of when my parents' dog died ten years ago. They got the dog's ashes in a brass urn and planned to bury it somewhere in the hills. They never got around to burying it and the ashes are still in the urn in a drawer at their house. :eek

[Akira]

Originally posted by DPainter
The sad fact is, my A1000 is dead and I don't know what to do with it.

That's sad to hear. Just not burn it!

BTW this is the first time I hear about a pet being burned instead of buried.

[BuZz]

Sorry to revive an old thread. But since I only just discovered it (Thanks to Paul), i felt it my duty to post some pics of my Lounge.

I need to get some pics of my bedroom done too. More computers hehe...

Guess what.. I dont have a girlfriend. Suprised? :)

http://totem.fix.no/~buzz/photos/

[RetroMan]

@BuZz

Kewl :cool Finally a room that is as chatoic as mine is :D I´m sure if I would make a visit to your home, I would think it´s mine :p :laughing

[BuZz]

Oh, and Akira, you have some really cool stuff. Can i come and visit too? :)

And DAMN... I would love an arcade cabinet in here. Id like some kind of Jamma/neogeo/mame mix so i can play the real boards as well as emu'd games.

[Akira]

Thanks Buzz, I love my old technology :D. And don't worry about girlfriends, as we discussed with whiteb, they are incompatible with computers, even less the old ones! Better get a replacement peripheral, like an Intellivision speech module (:D :D :D).

Come and visit anytime, the trip will be expensive though :P

A JAMMA cab is the next step... It's teh right thing to do! :D

[edit] Hahaha! I loved the pic with you and the C64! We love them old compies, don't we :D

[Bloodwych]

LOL Buzz!

You don't need a radiator in that room with all that stuff running! :eek

I think you need a bigger room!

You're a brave man having that laptop near that HUGE looking speaker (it is a speaker, yes?)! That thing must be like a second north pole! :eek

And the sheer amount of equipment :eek

Did I say :eek :eek :eek

[Riempie]

And here some pics of the gaming room of me and my brother(living room:))

We've took them with a very small digital camera so that's why the quality isn't that good... Well, you will get an impression!

Picture 1:
http://www.vev67.nl/phpBB2/images/koa/06.jpg

On the right you will see all our (mainly) Amiga software....

Picture 2:
http://www.vev67.nl/phpBB2/images/koa/74.jpg

A close-up of some of our Amiga and Atari Software.. Just look at all those Kick Off titles!

Picture 3:
http://www.vev67.nl/phpBB2/images/koa/75.jpg

This is our computer table... Left the pc and right our Amiga 1200 which we use most...

[BuZz]

Originally posted by Akira
Thanks Buzz, I love my old technology :D. And don't worry about girlfriends, as we discussed with whiteb, they are incompatible with computers, even less the old ones! Better get a replacement peripheral, like an Intellivision speech module (:D :D :D).

Come and visit anytime, the trip will be expensive though :P

A JAMMA cab is the next step... It's teh right thing to do! :D

[edit] Hahaha! I loved the pic with you and the C64! We love them old compies, don't we :D

Hows the current financial situation there effecting you ?
Are you able to get at savings or its limited? I read the government is trying to get people to except bonds, but to me that just seems an unsafe gamble.

Im moving soon and if after paying the rent for a larger place (buying in this city is impossible it hink. its soo expensive... £130,000 gets you a small flat) i intend to get a decent cabinet and buy a select few of my favourite arcades. speciall mutant fighter, since i loved it when i was younger and its unemulated due to encryption hardware etc.. typical data east stuff..

aah yes. c64 is my baby.. infact although you cant tell from the photos easily ont he large pictures. i am viewing a website on my laptop. that website is hosted on my c64!! running LNG

http://lng.sourceforge.net

I even coded some ofd the webserver myself for this project, although onyl a small amount (default document support and some bug fixes)

But hey, im thinking of going somewhere different for my hols. So how much you charge for a room. One with a view would be nice.. I mean no windows. just Commodore and old hardware everywhere :)

[BuZz]

Originally posted by Bloodwych
LOL Buzz!

You don't need a radiator in that room with all that stuff running! :eek

I think you need a bigger room!

You're a brave man having that laptop near that HUGE looking speaker (it is a speaker, yes?)! That thing must be like a second north pole! :eek

And the sheer amount of equipment :eek

Did I say :eek :eek :eek #

it does get a bit hot.. the HP9000 server is a noisy wanker too.

the speakers have been swapped since that pic.. well for larger ones. but it hasnt effectetzzZZZZ sdkncnedekcndvkvkijntvjnfjvfjvfjvfv

READY.

10 PRINT "EVERYTHING IS FINE"
20 PRAY

im drunk, so i couldnt end this post without saying "I love you"
and "I love you"

:)

[Akira]

First off, the situation over here is complete ARSE. It affected me enough to not be able to buy more computers! :D but I am in a pretty good situation after all, getting a good ammount of NICE freelance design jobs. So I'm cool. but I wish I could spend my cash on old compies again!

Our rooms have similarities mate. Check out our old amps (what is it with Amiga users and old amplifiers? They sound SO MUCH BETTER eh? :D), and the compact macintoshes! :D

I'm curious about the black screen with green text though.. It's LNG right? I thought you needed SuperCPU for that to run... I assumed C64 is your baby since you have about 7 of them :D How many of those actually work?

Feel free to visit and stay for free, an old computer nutter is alwasy more than welcome in my house :D

[BuZz]

Originally posted by Akira
First off, the situation over here is complete ARSE. It affected me enough to not be able to buy more computers! :D but I am in a pretty good situation after all, getting a good ammount of NICE freelance design jobs. So I'm cool. but I wish I could spend my cash on old compies again!

Our rooms have similarities mate. Check out our old amps (what is it with Amiga users and old amplifiers? They sound SO MUCH BETTER eh? :D), and the compact macintoshes! :D

I'm curious about the black screen with green text though.. It's LNG right? I thought you needed SuperCPU for that to run... I assumed C64 is your baby since you have about 7 of them :D How many of those actually work?

Feel free to visit and stay for free, an old computer nutter is alwasy more than welcome in my house :D

LNG is for base c64's. Designed for a 64kb system although it has support for other hardware (REU's etc)

i have around 11 c64's at the moment 8 or so work. the others i use for spares..

check the lng page i posted earlier for more info :)

well, i'd love to visit.... although im not sure the english are very popular in your country! however.. hehe.. you can protect me.

[Akira]

Originally posted by BuZz

well, i'd love to visit.... although im not sure the english are very popular in your country! however.. hehe.. you can protect me.

Most argies are jackasses.. They have this inane thing against England...

I love it, and have many brit friends, so no prob :D. You know, I *almost* wore England's shirt when Argentina lost (I hate footy :D)

"God save the Queen, coz we sure as hell won't!"

[Twistin'Ghost]

Anybody ever seen *this* C64 before?

[Akira]

Yep, made to commemorate some number of unit solds (1million?) units sold... And what about the Silver VIC-20? anther celebration machine. I dont have a pic right now (Where the HELL has the Secret Weapons of Commodore site went??)

[spooner]

Hi Guys,

im new to this board and wanted to say hi.....

ive been following the amiga emu scene on and off since early 97, it was a chance discovery that i found UAE.

One day i woke up and suddenly remembered an old strategy game that i just HAD to play again. That game was Carrier Command. I owned an original of this game when i had my first A500+ way back in 1990.

I started looking on the net for any instances of perhaps a PC port of this game, but stumbled upon the old Lazarus site, and from there picked up on UAE. Back then it was just DOSUAE, and i had lots of fun remembering all the old amiga DOS commands, Workbench stuff, and trying to play my old fav games.

anyways, heres a peek at my "lab" hehe

p.s. : sorry about the mess

take it ezeeee:laughing :laughing

[Jussi T.]

I write here although at the moment i don't have pics about my positioning of machines...Mainly i use the pc (Amd 1000mhz/Windoes Me,Suse Linux (working on to get using of it..amiga like easiness in the programs of their own make and Help system is truely help system and of course there is too that getting started thing..(KDE-system i'm using and that easiness means..program can be open freely when you are taking info to use those stuff)/Amiga Forever...(well that one has been only waiting time to get amiga work and to get cable that can access information from pc to amiga (you've been speaking of some program called PctoAmiga...or something..is it better than AmigaE..)..I have in my pc peripherals like:DVD-player/Cdr-Cdrw Writer Hp Deskjet 890C Pro Series,CanoScan N650U..Hpscanner isa-scsi is plainly not usable...no isa ports..;P...HItachi 19" CM751ET and the 3 1/2 drive (floppydrive)..so those where seeable...inner parts consist of..Matrox 450 (my sister is going to give me G550 but i'm thinking to buy Parhelia (G1000)..but when it's price has gone truely low...*before it goes away from the market...*I have to start sparing*)...then it's much better than any other..
I'm hoping that the new Amiga4.0 would come fast and that the Pc peripheral side would be tested soon...so I would get in hay a lot..(although i'm using my equipments to get it...no drunkaholic,drugaholic or Coffeeholic way)...
Amiga has:3.1 rom in it..(just the Wb needs to be installed..),Supraturbo 28 turbo and Golden Image second floppydrive....
At the moment my rooms tables and floor is flooded with dirty clothes (and clean one's)...sdome schools book of my upper school has to get to their place to the shelf...maybwe this week then...

Before I will take a photo I'll arrange things a bit..amiga things and linux things and pc stuff to their places and making them seeable...and of course game things too..(NWN from pc side,and amiga diskshelf and then things which means to me a lot...)...

So I make that one of my "Top Secret Projects"...You've not heard it you've not read it ;) Got it....:D

[Mick_AKA]

ok, i found a pic of one of my little corners, does not do my room justice but its the only pic i can find!

[Akira]

Woo! All boxed! nice :)

[CodyJarrett]

Here's my complete Amiga Power collection... mmmmm ... Amiga Power!

[CodyJarrett]

Here's my computer station - Amiga tower and big TV on the left and PC box on the right. Most of my good Amiga stuff has been banished to the shed by my Mum!

[CodyJarrett]

And a close up of the Amiga.

[CodyJarrett]

This is Snowy the cat, guarding the door, in case anybody tries to steal the Amiga games.

[Fred the Fop]

Love your cat Cody :) Cute lil guy is probably eyeing that tasty bird on the lawn ;) .
Now, I see a scanner and a massive collection of Amiga Power. Hmmmmmm.........:D

[CodyJarrett]

Snowy! Guard!

[Fred the Fop]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:laugh :laugh :laugh

[RetroMan]

@Cody

Did he play until the end :laugh :laugh ???

[CodyJarrett]

Hey, that 'she' is a 'he'!

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by CodyJarrett
Hey, that 'she' is a 'he'!
Sorry :rolleyes *edited* :rolleyes :D

[Fred the Fop]

Retroman is just used to me calling everyone here a "she" :cheese

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Frederic
Retroman is just used to me calling everyone here a "she" :cheese

@Frederica

Now that´s a hell of a statement :laugh

[Fred the Fop]

Thats Liberace(a) to you :laughing

[Akira]

Originally posted by CodyJarrett
Here's my computer station - Amiga tower and big TV on the left and PC box on the right. Most of my good Amiga stuff has been banished to the shed by my Mum!

Hey, you got a CD32 up there, why dont you mention it? it's gonna get sad and suicide itself killing its custom chips :D

[CodyJarrett]

Yup Akira - I'm glad you noticed the CD32! I've got an A2000 up in the shed too, as well as A500s, A600s and A1200s.

And 600 boxed Amiga games.

[Mick_AKA]

I used to keep all my stuff in the shed, but then after a whyle my 520ST started getting mould on it! so it all came out and got put into the house again :)

[Bloodwych]

Codyjarrett, you should be ashamed of yourself! :mad

Oh no! That's terrible! All those POOR Amiga's living in such horrible conditions! :eek How could you! You.....you.....BEAST! :mad :eek

I'm so sad I'm going to cry! :crying

As Amiga preacher, I'll pray to the CPU prophets for there release and send the computer cruelty society around your house mate! :mad

OR

If you want, I'll give those poor orphans a nice warm home in my Amiga shrine. A good meal of electricity should brighten up the poor souls as well.

All it will cost you is international shipping. That's the very least you could do after being so cruel! :mad

;) :laughing :cheese

[Mick_AKA]

I cleaned out my shed last week, I found a boxed copy of Frontier, an A1200 and these:

[CodyJarrett]

Hey, it's not my fault! :)

I want all my stuff in one room, but it's not my house!

[Bloodwych]

Mick_AKA:

You rescued the Atari ST from the shed but placed an A1200 in there as well! :mad Sinner!!! :mad :mad

As for the evil Inhell chips, my first thought when seeing those was:

They'd make great keychains!

You should run a competition on EAB!!!!!

[Bloodwych]

Cody my EAB brother, this is what you need to do:

Get one of those huge screens that people get dressed behind and place it in you room. Start storing all your dirty smelly socks in some container behind the screen and tell the house owners that’s where you keep your dirtiest laundry from now on. Leave it there for a few weeks until other people learn not to go near the screen and suspicion about its presence dies down. Then transplant all your Amiga stuff behind it! :D

Out of sight, out of mind.

[Mick_AKA]

Originally posted by Bloodwych
Mick_AKA:

You rescued the Atari ST from the shed but placed an A1200 in there as well! :mad Sinner!!! :mad :mad

You should run a competition on EAB!!!!!

:( sorry, i diddnt know it was there, i did not realise there were 6 A1200s in the shed not 5, cant think where the extra one came from! maybee there breeding!!!

[Bloodwych]

Originally posted by Mick_AKA

cant think where the extra one came from! maybee there breeding!!!

LOL! :laugh

Yep, just like those soon-to-be Inhell keychains!

You've got a silicon breeding colony in your shed! :D Cyber sex on steroids methinks! :D

Can I place some stuff in your shed? Sounds like a goldmine to me.

No wonder the poor Americans can't get hold of A1200's and other Amiga's - people are keeping hundreds locked away in there garden sheds :rolleyes

I mean why have one Amiga when you can have 6. ;)

[Mick_AKA]

hehehe, poor americans we should send you aid packages full of amigas :)

There isnt as much respect for them over here, i got my seccond a4000 out of the back of a ford capri in my local scrap yard!

[Akira]

Fuck, I wish I could go into the shed and magically FIND an A1200!

You lucky brits :D

[Mick_AKA]

I got an A500 that fell out of the sky!!!!!!!!!!

Well not quite, on my last day of high school someone threw it off the roof, it hit me on the head almost knocking me out and in my dazed state the only thing i had running through my mind was "get the amiga" ! how fucked up is that?!

[Bloodwych]

They're literally growing off trees over here Akira, or er, falling from the skies! In fact they're so common people are putting them in bloody sheds because they're a nuisance! It’s a disgrace!

The world needs Amiga’s and us Brits are chucking them out of our homes! :(

As an Amiga preacher it makes me sick. I'm setting up an Amiga orphanage. Donations welcome. ;)

I hope the Amiga was OK Mick_AKA. I prey it had a soft landing on your head. ;)

[Mick_AKA]

lol it's acctually my only working A500!
I will donate to the orphanage, get a website going :)

[Akira]

Originally posted by Mick_AKA
I got an A500 that fell out of the sky!!!!!!!!!!

Well not quite, on my last day of high school someone threw it off the roof, it hit me on the head almost knocking me out and in my dazed state the only thing i had running through my mind was "get the amiga" ! how fucked up is that?!

HOLY SHIT, man, what school did you go to? Disk bombs, stealing BBC micros, people throwing Amigas thru the window... If they throw old computers at me head I want to go! :D

I'm glad that teh Amiga was OK! hahaha

[Mick_AKA]

My school was fucked up, before we left on the last day we put the main server onto a skate board and ran away down the street with it! me and my mates probarbly still have the whole thing between us! I got the case with one rack and my mates took all the other racks out of the case, so we all got dual pentium pro racks :D

[Oscar Castillo]

I've been looking for this thread for some time. I like to see pics of other people setup. I'm not much into games, but do like seeing the hardware. Here's my computer room.

On the left:

PowerMac 800
1.5GB RAM
40GB HD
SuperDrive
Radeon 7500
OS X.1.5
Apple 17" Studio Display
Apple Pro Keyboard & Pro Mouse
Wacom Graphire
Just behind it a Motorola Surfboard Cable Modem & Linksys Router
Macally iShock controller
Out of site further left an Epson C80 Inkjet

Middle:
Sun Ultra 10
440Mhz
512MB RAM
Solaris 8
32X CD-ROM
Sun 21" Tritnitron

On the right:
Home-built PC
Athlon XP 1500+
512MB DDR RAM
Acer 12X DVD
Mitsumi 32X10X40X CD-RW
USB ZIP100
HP LaserJet 5P
Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Gamer
Canon N670U USB Scanner
Altec Lansing 5.1 Speakers (sub is behind tower)
MS Sidewinder Forcefeedback joystick
19" Samsung SyncMaster 955DF

Completely out of picture is my software shelves and a bunch of hardware in my closet, inlcuding PC hardware, 2 Amiga 4000s, 2 Amiga 1200s a A500. Various monitors 1084, 1084S, 19" SVGA.

[Akira]

WHOAH, nice setup Oscar!

BTW you forgot to mention a very important peripheral:

FAR RIGHT: your hand clicking on the mouse button to take a snapshot :D


Dude, gotta love your G4-800

[Oscar Castillo]

You know I just recently got rid of my G4 on Ebay. I only purchased it July 1 of last month. With the rebate I received from Apple I broke even and now I'm out for the dual 867.
Aside from not mentioning the MS optical mouse. I maid a mistake I don't have 2 A2000s, it's 2 A4000s.
Also I used the Dazzale DVC-80 to connected to my Hi8 Hitachi camcoder to capture the snapshot.
I really do need a DV camcorder or digital camera though.

[Mick_AKA]

Dont worry about it Oscar I still use an old Sony CCD-V7AF 8mm camera my parents brought in 1986!
Nice room by the way :D

[Fred the Fop]

Dual 867?? DRooooolllll.
Oscar, you ever work on Long Island?? Seems familiar...

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Frederic
Dual 867?? DRooooolllll.
Oscar, you ever work on Long Island?? Seems familiar...

Only a few times for some freelance work. If you deal with Xerox or Oce printers and/or software, we may have met.

[Akira]

Mega drool, dual 867s!

[Oscar Castillo]

Still even though my Mac is going to be new, I still miss the stuff I can't get back cause I never took the time to back it up. My Amiga Sculpt-Animate projects, Turbo Silver and Imagine projects too. I hate myself when I think that I just threw most of that stuff away thinking never again would I want it back. Damn it!
I envy you guys with all that stuff you;ve held on to and collected.

[Fred the Fop]

Ey Oscar. Nope, not the one I knew. In 1992 I was working in a wine shop and we installed a new database/ cash register system and MS DOS and the first Pentium were out. Ahh..the memories. Oscar was the guy who installed it, and many , many , many a time he had to come and fix it. *L*

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Akira
Mega drool, dual 867s!

Check it out! My new dual!

[Oscar Castillo]

Got abit nostalgic the other day and since I recently sold my Ultra 10 on Ebay I thought I'd setup my Amiga 4000 in a proper place between my new PowerMac and Athlon system. Just to keep em apart. I only really use ne of the A1200s you see in the picture to run demos when I'm bored. Or to get new ideas for sketching or perhaps some rendering.

[Oscar Castillo]

This is what it all looks like through the fish eye.

[Oscar Castillo]

Stuff I absolutely have no room for, but wish I did. An A500 and acouple of unfinished towers I was working on. Another Amiga 4000 and a Sun 21" Trinitron left over from the Ultra 10 I sold on ebay. If you can find these used any place get one, they are excellent monitors. You'll need an adapter though for VGA.

[Oscar Castillo]

My rather modest library of books and software. I need more shelves.

[Jim]

My "game room" has the following. It beats the spec of everyone including Oscar :)

These are rough guesses as my gaming room gets new equipment added every day.





Ready ?








700 Intel Pentium III PC's with 19" monitors.
30 Apple Mac's
730 swivel chairs.
730 PBX digital telephones (the dogs bollox in phones these are!).
12 water cooler machines.
3 coffee machines (it makes tea, and a lovely espresso choc!)
2 vending machines (chocolate, crisps etc..)
1 cash machine
20 laser printers (including 4 colour)
10 photocopiers (1 colour)
2 (possibly more) girls who model topless

Well, I do work in a open plan office (so it's one big room - 3 levels !) and when I'm there I play Windoze Solitaire (a game) most of the day :D

[Oscar Castillo]

Forgot I had this book. May be of interest to Frederick and any other Atari fans here. Read what what I found on pages 48 and 49 in the book. Look like iTunes and Windows Media Players screen candy had a begining at Atari.

[Fred the Fop]

Lit joint? Atari? California? Naaaaah. That combo sounds more like a certain Atari ST hater with a Johnny quest avata <SNIP>

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by Frederic
Lit joint? Atari? California? Naaaaah. That combo sounds more like a certain Atari ST hater with a Johnny quest avata <SNIP>
Moi? I'm from Nawth Caroliney...we smoke rabbit tobaccer here. And straw from the cattle barns.

So the Atari guys were hopped up on dope, eh? That would explain a lot about the stupid-ass ideas that afflicted the ST. I can see those guys all stoned now going "Hey, man...coooool...let's make the function keys crooked...awesome!" or "Colour on the desktop...green is groovy...ugly icons are faaaaar out....and like, how about a fly for the busy pointer...totally awesome, dude! Hey, don't bogart that joint!"

[Akira]

Originally posted by Oscar Castillo
Look like iTunes and Windows Media Players screen candy had a begining at Atari.
Not quite right. The visualizations you see today in iTunes and winap and Windows Media PLayer, were first tried by Jeff MInter with his VLM program for the JagCd... At least that's what I think.

[Fred the Fop]

LOL!!!!!
You wanna hear something sad, Twist? I once went to a pal's house to play cards and heard this one guy, who owned an Atari ST like me, brag about Dungeon Master. I felt embarassed and confronted him: "Amiga will have it soon and do it better. When's the last time you booted Shadow of the Beast?
He shut up.

[Twistin'Ghost]

It's funny...ST guys, like clockwork, all seem to sing that same broken record tune about Dungeon Master. It's a freakin' dungeon game...like many text based ones before it, only it had average graphics attached to it. And RPG elements. What about those elements makes this game such a panacea to them?!?

[Fred the Fop]

Once again, if I had the cash I would STILL have my Amiga 1200 all souped up. I would not care if WinUAe ever got AGA chipset routines correct or not!
But dems da breaks. O yeah this guy is a big Bill Gates booster now. Yuk.
Another thing..oh wait..don't wanna get off topic. Headng to the WinFellow section......
UPDATE There IS no WinFellow section anymore. Have they implemented AGA emulation yet?

[Akira]

Originally posted by Frederic
Once again, if I had the cash I would STILL have my Amiga 1200 all souped up.
Is not like you need a lot... I got my 030@50 A1200 for 1754 dollars!

A mere 10% of the cost of your iBook ;)

[Fred the Fop]

$1754 dollars? Thats a couple of hundred more than my iBook!!!k ::eek :lol :eek

[Akira]

Bwahahaha! I meant 175$(forgot to press shift)!!!!!!

Now let me listen to Alphaville :D

Big in japan, tonighT!!! aiieiiiii!!!!1

[Mick_AKA]

My game room has sadly now been reduced to my dual P4 system only as I was rapidly running out of room :(
Think I will have to convert my attic into a game room :D
Speeded up my system recently, now have another 2 120gig HDD, one for video capture and one completely for virtual memory!
Still cant find a graphics card to out perform my overclocked voodoo 5 5500!! overclocking the VSA 100 chips to 220mhz each! had to slap some new fans on though. Outperforms my geforce 4!

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Twistin'Ghost

....and like, how about a fly for the busy pointer...totally awesome, dude! Hey, don't bogart that joint!"

I totally forgot about the fly pointer. I guess they were so stoned they messed up the phrase, "Busy as a....fly?"
Maybe it's a bee, but the pixel and screen depth doesn't do it any justice.

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Mick_AKA
My game room has sadly now been reduced to my dual P4 system only as I was rapidly running out of room :(
Think I will have to convert my attic into a game room :D
Speeded up my system recently, now have another 2 120gig HDD, one for video capture and one completely for virtual memory!
Still cant find a graphics card to out perform my overclocked voodoo 5 5500!! overclocking the VSA 100 chips to 220mhz each! had to slap some new fans on though. Outperforms my geforce 4!

Faster then the GeForce 4 Ti 4600? Wait for the Radeon 9700 Pro. It's pounding the GF4 Ti 4600. Or if you got the cash you can get a Wildcat board or GeForce Quadro.

[oldpx]

Outperforms my geforce 4!

Do both run under 16 bit while you're testing?

[Mick_AKA]

My geforce is in my portable P4 (not a laptop) housed in a very small tower case with a laptop screen attached to the side, runs off 12v or 240v more use than a laptop :)

[Fred the Fop]

Oscar, love the dual G4. Looking at that work of art, I am releived to say, no Winblows peeceeeeeeeeee or OS can come close to having the elegance and stylr of Apple.

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Frederic
Oscar, love the dual G4. Looking at that work of art, I am releived to say, no Winblows peeceeeeeeeeee or OS can come close to having the elegance and stylr of Apple.

I still have yet to come across any PC cases I can buy that have the sort of styling you get from Apple. I do like the aluminum PC cases, but I'll vomit if I have to look at an aluminum case and beige faceplates all day.

[Fred the Fop]

LOL!! Oscar! I was just about to buy a case. Look here.


http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=C455-6044L


But, maybe there are dcals to cover the ugly gray face od the dvd/cd-r drives and floppy drives?
What do you think? I am hoping this case is compatable with my mobo.

[Akira]

make your own:

www.pimprig.com

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Frederic
LOL!! Oscar! I was just about to buy a case. Look here.


http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=C455-6044L


But, maybe there are dcals to cover the ugly gray face od the dvd/cd-r drives and floppy drives?
What do you think? I am hoping this case is compatable with my mobo.

Lian-Li aluminum cases, which are the better looking ones in my opinion do sell faceplates to replace the beige ones certain CD and DVDs, but the buttons remain white. Horrid!!!

[Fred the Fop]

Hmmm. Thanks for the tip, Oscar. Unfortunately, their website do not list prices. I guess all pc's wanna look like the Apple Titanium Powerbook now. Its pathetic how they keep poorly imitating Apple. Laughable, really.

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Frederic
Hmmm. Thanks for the tip, Oscar. Unfortunately, their website do not list prices. I guess all pc's wanna look like the Apple Titanium Powerbook now. Its pathetic how they keep poorly imitating Apple. Laughable, really.

Check this site out. The prices are typical of Lian-Li cases.

http://www.bzboyz.com/store/cases_lianli.html

[Pete]

Originally posted by Oscar Castillo


but the buttons remain white. Horrid!!!

Nothing that a little silver paint couldn't fix ;)

[Fred the Fop]

Ay! Now thats much better, Oscar, thank you! Pete, you have a point.

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Frederic
Ay! Now thats much better, Oscar, thank you! Pete, you have a point.

Putting together a new system? Or going to tower a 1200?

[Oscar Castillo]

The place where I actually kick back and watch movies and play games on my Xbox and PS1. 60" RCA Home Theatre, Kenwood receiver, equalizer and carousel CD player. Philips CDRW. RCA DVD player. JVC SVHS VCR. PolkAudio speakers front and center, identical rear speakers no in picture. And an Acoutic Research subwoofer. Dead or Alive 3 on screen.

[Akira]

A new look at me HQ:
http://kikencorp.com/temp/kikenHQ01.jpg
http://kikencorp.com/temp/kikenHQ02.jpg
It misses the iBook though!

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Akira
A new look at me HQ:
http://kikencorp.com/temp/kikenHQ01.jpg
http://kikencorp.com/temp/kikenHQ02.jpg
It misses the iBook though!

Now what is that on the shelf? Your collection of retro-Cola? :)

[Konrad]

I've put nearly all of my stuff away. I just have my PeeCee and my A4000 in my room. There are also some boxed games in a rack. That's all.

In the loft I have an Atari Mega ST 2, C64 with floppy and games, a C128, and the board of an Amiga 2000.

AAANNND: My poor Amiga 500. A friend of mine found it IN THE WOODS. IN NOVEMBER. WHILE RAINING LIKE SHIT.
He knew he'd have a good home at my house, so he gave it to me. For FREE. Muahahahaha.

BTW: It works just fine.

[Mr Softy]

Not exactly a gaming room, but I spend hours in what used to be a stable! :D Most of the time, when I leave, It is way past 2 in the morning... :p aaah the joy of unemployment!

[Mr Softy]

Another view, including my two beloved 1210 MK2...

[Mr Softy]

... the rolling table! Censored of course. :theparano

[Mr Softy]

Here is a nice self-portrait, reflected in my nice retro-lamp.

My ego is well, thank you. ;)

[Akira]

Originally posted by Oscar Castillo
Now what is that on the shelf? Your collection of retro-Cola? :)
haha, actually, it's Dr. Pepper, me fave drink :D

Softy: hehehe, rolling table :DDDD

[Mr Softy]

Originally posted by Akira
Softy: hehehe, rolling table :DDDD
Sometimes I don't know if I feel very weird in this room because of me smoking roaches or... because the floor's not flat! It was a stable before, you know, and all the animal's shite/piss had to flow outside in a way or another. Then, the bottom of the room is lightly higher than the entrance. I have the feeling it messes with my brain quite a lot.

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Mr Softy
... the rolling table! Censored of course. :theparano

You gotta import that? Or grow your own?

[Mick_AKA]

Found Quite a nifty old picture of my bedroom, ah those were the days, plugging my old rotary dial phone into my accoustic coupler and playing pong against my best mate who was over 20 miles away, and damn I thought I was so clever!!

[Mick_AKA]

*Mental Note To Self* When my girlfriend asks me to pull out my "pink pet" dont get the wrong idea!

[Mr Softy]

Originally posted by Oscar Castillo
You gotta import that? Or grow your own?
In this pic the weed is some homegrown stuff from a friend's garden.
But if SweeedZerland is not Holland, the situation here is very close. Not legal but... the authorities dont really care about you smoking cones. And legalization is on its way.
There is already plenty of "legal" (ahem) shops exploiting a grey area. :) Without getting much trouble too... :p

[Drake1009]

Not much of a game room, more sort of the room I live in, all that's not shown in one of the pics is my bed and you can see edges of that on 2 of the pictures.

Kinda cramped in there too. And quite distasteful curtains, had them for over 7 years should get some new ones.

My A500, My A1200, My PC

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Drake1009
Not much of a game room, more sort of the room I live in, all that's not shown in one of the pics is my bed and you can see edges of that on 2 of the pictures.

Kinda cramped in there too. And quite distasteful curtains, had them for over 7 years should get some new ones.

My A500, My A1200, My PC

Is that a cable modem next to your A1200? Are you're Amigas connected to it by way of a router?

[Drake1009]

No that's a stock A1200 I've got. The cable modem is for my PC but the coax cable is connected in the living room and it's too darn short to pull all the way across the room, so it's there with the switch and then I have a UTP cable running under my bed.

I'd love to have internet connection on my A1200 though, but with 2 MB ram and no network card I doubt very much it'll happen.

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Drake1009
No that's a stock A1200 I've got. The cable modem is for my PC but the coax cable is connected in the living room and it's too darn short to pull all the way across the room, so it's there with the switch and then I have a UTP cable running under my bed.

I'd love to have internet connection on my A1200 though, but with 2 MB ram and no network card I doubt very much it'll happen.

I had my Amiga 4000s connected. Only recently i decided that I just do not have time. Only really wanted them to fool with a Video Toaster and download demos for my A500 and A1200. I may actually let my Amigas go once I can get my hands on OS4. Don't know when that will be, but I figure it's better than just having them sit in a closet all this time. I may actually just keep 1 A500 and an A1200 just to view demos.

[Echo]

Just got round to nicking my Mum's camera, so here's mine...

http://www.btinternet.com/~echo147/echos_amiga_and_ps2.jpg
Entertainment station: (shelf sits over bed for relaxed gaming :D)
Sony 29" WEGA pureflat TV connected to Playstation 2 and Amiga 1200 (68030/10mb/2gb hd/scsi zip drive)



http://www.btinternet.com/~echo147/echos_pc.jpg
PC:
Athlon 1.4ghz, 512mb, Geforce 3, 60+40gb hds, 24x cd-rw burner, 2x dvd-rw burner, Belinea 19" monitor, ADSL Broadband 512/256kbit



http://www.btinternet.com/~echo147/echos_fruit_machine.jpg
My high tech piggy bank :laughing
I have a big interest in fruit machines and emulation - active member of the biggest FME community around, www.fruitforums.com

[Drake1009]

Whoa that's a nice Miggy setup you've got there.

[Steve]

Just seen this thread today for the first time. Nice. My fave pics are the one's of Cody's cat Snowy. I want more Snowy pics Cody!

[Paul]

/me slaps Steve with AtariST after chopping my head off

Steve-----> :bash <-----Me

[Steve]

Originally posted by Paul
/me slaps Steve with AtariST after chopping my head off

Steve-----> :bash <-----Me

:lol I knew you'd like it. :D

[adolescent]

Well, I was cleaning my desk so I decided to snap a photo so everyone can see the squalor I live in. :)

[adolescent]

And also one of my gameing setup. Notice the mess of wires, and the rather empty left hand side. This will be fixed once I get a new stereo reciever in.

[adolescent]

And what I was playing before I took the above picture...

[rattus]

yikes. forgive me if i'm wrong but is that a neo-geo? :eek

you've got some nice gaming kit there thats for sure :) you must be very proud of your 'babies' :D

[RCK]

nice black NGC :cool

[cv643d]

I like that Wildcard DX2 with the Diskdual. If I had the money... :sad

[adolescent]

Yes, it's Last Blade 2, playing on the NeoGeo CDZ in the above picture. I have a cart system also, but only 2 games (Samurai Spirits 1 and 2) because I can't afford to buy more, and it's easier to get MVS carts for my 1-slot candy.

Also, the thing sitting under the CDZ is the Sanyo T.R.Y 3DO. Rare, but still a 3DO so I guess it isn't that cool.

[ElectroBlaster]

@Echo

I see you have a black 802 there :D *did you get it from Overclockers.co.uk?

[Antiriad]

Well heres me little den...
On left is me 060 A1200 with built in SCSI and a CDROM drive attached to a 17" Monitor and an external floppy.

Next is the 020 A500 with a nice A500HD+,a Amiga 1011 floppy drive and a 1084 monitor. (between the two miggys is a Commodore branded cd case which i bought recenrly)

Then theres a CPC6128+ with monitor and some 3" disks ive written dsk images onto.

Finally theres the Atari 520STe attached to a nice Philips CM8331
monitor and a external floppy. On the shelf are boxes of blank dd disks intended for putting some ST games on :)

[Antiriad]

My preciousss A1200, as you will note i have a penchance for Amstrad Mega PC controllers due to their nice white color

[Antiriad]

My A500 (the motherboard i swapped recently) which is sadly a little too yellow for my liking

[Antiriad]

The most advanced CPC of em all

[Antiriad]

Finally the ST which is kept at a safe distance from the Amiga brothers. The observant among you will spot the Optimus Prime Trailer on the shelf!

[Twistin'Ghost]

Excellent job of keeping all that stuff clutter-free! Can I come play with all those toys? /me covets Antiriad's gameroom...

[ElectroBlaster]

@Antiriad

Thats just how i wanted my room when i lived at home years ago!
where did you get those amstrad mega-pc joypads?

[Echo]

Originally posted by ElectroBlaster
@Echo

I see you have a black 802 there :D *did you get it from Overclockers.co.uk? I did indeed sir :D

I actually ordered a beige case, because my floppy/cd drives were beige. But they sent me a black one by mistake. It was worth a tenner more so I kept quiet!

Does look a bit daft though, I should paint them or something :laughing

[ElectroBlaster]

they dont sell them 802's in black anymore :( i bought a black one to go alongside my modded beige 802!

i borked the black one's side panel so its looking a bit sad at the moment! *ocuk have started selling biege panels so i wil get one and spray it black!

how come you have your hard drive on top of the miggy?

[Echo]

Because many moons ago, Gasteiner Technologies sold me the 3.5" drive on the premise that it would fit inside!

It is now inside since that pic though, I decided to butcher the poor A1200 and rip out the shielding.

Still have a minor connectivity issue with the IDE cable though, I think the pins on the board are a bit dodgy :(

Back on the case front, I'm probably going to get a Chieftec for my next upgrade, loads of lovely bays :D

[Akira]

Antiriad, I have a question for you!
Can you measure the size of the desks you got there? I am planning to build some on my new studio and the size yours have seem to be the perfect one to put all my computers...

Thanks in advance and, great colection :D

[Antiriad]

The length of the table is 180cm or 71 inches :)

Y, know id love to have a shelf to put all the monitors on!

[Akira]

And what about the depth?? I want the full measure boi :D

[Pyromania]

Please excuse the graininess, it is dark in my room right now.

Two Amiga 4000T 060 machines.

Sony Vaio 2GHz P4 Winblows crate

CD32

SGI O2 (one of two)

[Pyromania]

iMac G3 500Mhz (a loaner)

Video Toaster [2] SX-8

DVD Player & VHS Player

Tops of two A4000T 060 machines

[Pyromania]

SGI 1600SW Flat Panel http://www.sgi.com/products/legacy/displays.html

SGI O2 (two of two)

Normal desk sh*t

Why only one monitor with all these systems you ask? I use a Cybex Autoview Commander to control/switch to all systems from one keyboard & mouse.

http://www.kvm-switches-online.com/avocent-cybex-autoview-200.html

[oldpx]

Nice collection, especially the sgi :) but don't your 4000s collect dust as their cases are open :eek I nearly killed my GeForce2 because of dust preventing the fan to spin. I'm paranoid about my 1200 tower collecting dust after that. :nervous

[Pyromania]

Originally posted by Burseg
Nice collection, especially the sgi :) but don't your 4000s collect dust as their cases are open :eek I nearly killed my GeForce2 because of dust preventing the fan to spin. I'm paranoid about my 1200 tower collecting dust after that. :nervous

They are normally closed, I am upgrading them right now.

[Antiriad]

75cm/29.5" wide and 74cm/29" high;)

[Akira]

Thanks for the measures Anti ;D

Pyro, nice collie!

[Pyromania]

Originally posted by Akira
Thanks for the measures Anti ;D

Pyro, nice collie!

Thanx Akira, here is a final widescreen shot of my desk.

;)

[ElectroBlaster]

@Pyromania

whats the sgi to use? looks pretty funky m8 :)

[Pyromania]

Originally posted by ElectroBlaster
@Pyromania

whats the sgi to use? looks pretty funky m8 :)

I use the SGI's to develop effects software for the Amiga Video Toaster Flyer and Video Toaster [2]. I also use them for my Unix studies.

[Mick_AKA]

Just set up my A1200 again (missed megaball too much!!) and here it is:

[Mick_AKA]

OH FUCK IT YA MAY AS WELL SEE THE WHOLE ROOM!!! :eek
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room/1.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room/2.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room/3.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room/4.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room/5.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room/6.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room/7.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room/8.jpg

[ElectroBlaster]

And i thought i was bad lol!

m8 i love that old telly :)
your monitor! thats a dell aint it? im after one of them to go with my black custom setup!

and i see you have red dwarf! i have the full set on vhs... just bought series1 on dvd!

[Antiriad]

http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room/2.jpg
Just what is that "interestingly shaped" thing in front of your black joystick??? :D:D:D

[ElectroBlaster]

looks dodgy! :lol

i reckon its a hands free phone....

[Mick_AKA]

Its a knackered old cordless phone I was messing about with, its now in pieces somewhere :)

Got my nice 21" Dell flat screen in a clearance sale for £100!!

Glad someone likes my old TV, its still used occasionally for my NES or my C=64.

And not that anyone was curious or anything but the cars on top of my P4 case are citroen 2cvs :D

[ElectroBlaster]

yeh i noticed the 2cv's m8! dont seem to see many around our area anymore!

[Mick_AKA]

And now for the storage room where I thrown all my other stuff!:

http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/1.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/2.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/3.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/4.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/5.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/6.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/7.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/8.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/9.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/10.jpg

[Mick_AKA]

Storage room continued....

http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/11.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/12.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/13.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/14.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/15.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/16.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/17.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/fegnet/room2/18.jpg

And thats all I can be bothered to post!!
:cool

[ElectroBlaster]

m8 im totally gobsmacked! my missus moans like fuck at me and you have more than i do! :shocked

m8! could you help me out with some stuff?
i will pm you!

:)

[Unknown_K]

Very Nice collection Mick_aka, i am impressed!

[Paul]

@Mick_AKA

You are as bad as Akira and Retroman:eek

BTW: good to see you back ;)

[Mick_AKA]

hehehe thanks, I have alot more stuff, got really stressed last night coz I cant find my PET that is packed away somewhere and I also have 2 MSX machines that I am afraid may have been lost last time we moved :(

[cv643d]

I played with my A1200 today and took a picture.

[ElectroBlaster]

Nice looking place there m8 :)

[cv643d]

This is whats inside the white bench under the TV.
Theres supposed to be a Saturn there to.

[Deadraque]

Arggg the only thing i don't have or ever had is a digital photo or cam :( But i will try to find one quick so i can put it here... And my mom says it is a mess when she visit me at home!!!

I sure need to show her a few of your pics :lol

[Nexjen]

I seen one too many beds there werent made. Messy Men.

[RCK]

cv643d: say hello to the z64 for me ;)

[Mick_AKA]

Here is yet another pic of my place, this is after i have been in one of my tidy moods! :eek

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Mick_AKA
Here is yet another pic of my place, this is after i have been in one of my tidy moods! :eek

What ya got there running on the PC? 3D rendering program? Which one?

[BuZz]

Well. since this thread is still alive and I have moved house, here are some pics of my "new" computer room.

http://totem.fix.no/~buzz/photos/newroom1.jpg
http://totem.fix.no/~buzz/photos/newroom2.jpg
http://totem.fix.no/~buzz/photos/newroom3.jpg

[Oscar Castillo]

@BuZz

Boy I thought I kept a messy office, but compared to most people here I have a sanitized operating room. I just cannot get anything done when there's a mess on my desk.
I need space to write and at times sketch out what I want to I want to do. And when I'm coding being able to have a reference book or tutorial open in front of me is a must.

@all members
By the way, the thread says "game room".
Are these all game rooms or home offices? Or a little of both?

[Mick_AKA]

Originally posted by Oscar Castillo
What ya got there running on the PC? 3D rendering program? Which one?

Its running TrueSpace 5.1 and thats my citroen 2cv model on there :D

[cv643d]

Originally posted by RCK
cv643d: say hello to the z64 for me ;)

They booth send greetings back to you :)

[Oscar Castillo]

Originally posted by Mick_AKA
Its running TrueSpace 5.1 and thats my citroen 2cv model on there :D

Ol Caligari!!! I could never get use to the interface, but then I never really gave it a good try. Always stuck with the more traditional interface like Imagine and Lightwave.
I thought about getting TrueSpace recently, just to fool with and see how far its come.

[Oscar Castillo]

I rearranged a bunch of stuff around and finally bought a decent 5 megapixel digital cam.

My dual PowerMac 867 and my trusty Sun dual 450MHz Ultra 60. Specs below, no need to repeat.

[Oscar Castillo]

My OEM Athlon XP 2200+ and Silicon Graphics Octane systems.
A dual 300MHz MIPS R12000 on the desk and a single 195MHz MIPS R10000 on the floor below.