Who owns a real Amiga ? - Page 25

Brass · 31 October 2006, 21:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeewolf

Oh no they were definitely destroyed! Put in the compactor Im afraid.

All boxed and in great condition. Never been so devasted. As you can probably tell, it wasn't an amicable split!

Sue her for the loss of rare and valuable historical articles. Destruction of property. Pain and suffering.

Sheesh you dont hear about guys doing things like that.

Woman := Guru.meditation all the time.

Dont get mad - Get money and lots of it.

shillard · 01 November 2006, 09:25

I still run the A4000 I bought brand new in 1995.

Back then it was a 24MHz 030 with 6Mb RAM, and a 14.4K Maestro modem to dial up to FidoNet, local BBSs and the Uni's Lynx internet browsing service.

Now it's a 200MHZ PPC/ 50MHz 060 with 80Mb RAM, running OS3.9 with a Thylacine USB, Xsurf card linked to my broadband router, CD/DVD Drive, Picasso IV card and two HDDs (one IDE, one SCSI).

I use it for everything - from playing FRONTIER, DUNE II and F/A-18 Interceptor (amazing that the original disk purchased in 1987 still works!), to web browsing and email to just mucking about.

Instead of the 1942 Monitor I bought with it, I've linked it up to an LCD Monitor. The 1942 is in the museum/ spare parts shed now, along with another 4 A4000s, 1 A4000 MB, 3 A1200s, 3 A500s and an A1000.

I migrated from the C-64 to the A500 in 1987 with an A500/ 1084/ 1Mb RAM expansion.

Then upgraded to an A1200HD/40, then the A4K.

Emulator, schmemulator. The only emulator worth exploring is C64.com, so you can play "Theatre Europe" on your laptop mid-flight....

05 November 2006, 22:17

Brought my first Amiga, the A600 back in 1993, upgraded to the A1200 a couple of years later. Still have 2 A1200's, both accelerated & still have an A500 too. I would still have an A600 but my brother threw it away without asking me if I wanted it, can't believe he chucked it lol

They all work perfectly still, but mainly stick to using winUAE as real hardware is hard to replace if it goes wrong, & I'd hate for my Blizzard 1260 to kick the bucket

06 November 2006, 01:30

Wow.. havn't been on this board in a loooong long time

Great to see things are still going solid!
Well my gf left me a long time ago so I figured I'd take the opportunity to appease my fetish for real amiga hardware/software.. as you do lol
Well I already had 2 500's, a 1200 and 4000 - but in the past year I've aquired an a1000, a2000, a3000T, a600, a1200, cd32, 7x a500's, and a bucketload of hardware and software..
Amiga is better then sex? I should bloody well hope so

16 November 2006, 18:39

Amiga 1200, blizzard (I think) accelerator with 68EC030 CPU, 8 megs RAM, 2 Gig hard drive (just about internal), dopus workbench.
Main use? - not at all now as I have transfered the hard drive contents onto PC using WinUAE and use that for gaming.

Hungry Horace · 16 November 2006, 19:13

i dont own A real amiga. i own lots of real amigas... how can i answer the poll??

a1200s, cd32s a500s and a4000s mostly. in various states of dis-repair.

the a1200 with 030 and 24meg fast gets the most (ab)use.

Graham Humphrey · 16 November 2006, 21:30

My main Amiga is an A1200 with an Apollo 040/33 card, 32MB fast RAM, 2.1GB internal 2.5" hard drive, external floppy drive, a Squirrel with a CD-ROM drive attached, one of those neat joystick/mouse switcher things, and an adaptor to use a PC mouse in the mouse port.

I mainly use it for gaming, programming, and writing. But I use it for quite a lot of things overall.

I also have two broken 1200s and a 500+ (also broken).

Paul_s · 25 November 2006, 16:54

2 x a500's

One I use all the time spec;

Philips CM8833Mk2
KS 1.3/ECS Agnus/1mb/Power External drive

My other A500 is an early 1.3 machine with ECS Agnus but with red power light... ooh

CD32 is bog standard - not upgraded

Carcenomy · 22 January 2007, 09:41

Rev5A A500, Rev6 A500 w/ 501 and A590, two CD32s, A1200HD40 w/ 110Mb drive, 8Mb fast, FPU and RTC. Nothing earth shattering, but I love them all equally.

Fingerlickin_B · 30 January 2007, 12:01

I have not voted & can't recall posting, so here goes.

Had 2x A500s, but they gave me the sh*ts and got sold on eBay.

I've now got a towerised A600 (external connectors not finished yet, due to me being lazy

).
It's very basic so far and has:
2.05/3.1 Kickstart switch/ROMs,
2x internal FDDs,
Switch to turn DF1 off when the noise becomes annoying and to preserve it when not required,
CF card and laptop-style 44 pin IDE adaptor for HDD,
PC keyboard adaptor,
Planning on installing a CD drive...one day

I'd like a RAM expansion, but they seem pretty hard to find & expensive for 600s, but once I get one I think that'll be enough for me.

Additionally, I have a regular "keyboard" A600 with 3.1 ROM and CF card for HDD installed, but still waiting on the floppy drive from overseas (set up the CF in tower and then transferred to A600 due to lack of installed FDD to do it in place).

PZ.

superBuster · 30 January 2007, 18:22

i have several, whats to say I maxed out a 4000tower but my ppc cpu is toast so now I use an mkII060, works great. I have a toaster and flyer as well as a PAR and TBCIV, so I can do video like it's nobodys business. I also have a picasso V that rocks as the scandoubler works with the toaster..... I also have a 3000 and 4000 desktop, I have had the 3000 since collage and did lots o work with it for the news station I used to work for.....

Chaeo · 31 January 2007, 22:21

I bet you have an empty wallet now, though.

Retro-Nerd · 01 February 2007, 11:17

I won an Amiga 1200 (Kick 3.0) last week on eBay for 51 €. But the best thing is: A good friend of mine still has an Amiga 1200 with Kickstart 3.1 & 6 GB hardisk. He will sell it to me, only 20 €.

Another friend donated me his trusty Amiga 500 some month ago. I'm very happy with the hardware.

Fingerlickin_B · 01 February 2007, 13:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

I won an Amiga 1200 (Kick 3.0) last week on eBay for 51 €. But the best thing is: A good friend of mine still has an Amiga 1200 with Kickstart 3.1 & 6 GB hardisk. He will sell it to me, only 20 €.

Another friend donated me his trusty Amiga 500 some month ago. I'm very happy with the hardware.

Bargain city!

Very good deals man.

PZ.

Jope · 03 February 2007, 09:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fingerlickin_B

Switch to turn DF1 off when the noise becomes annoying and to preserve it when not required

Just use a no click-tool..

Fingerlickin_B · 04 February 2007, 12:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

Just use a no click-tool..

Good point man, but as I said, also to keep it switched off when not required...it'll last longer

PZ.

16 April 2007, 16:03

1 Amiga 500 with 1MB Ram (clock & ram upgrade)
1 stock A1200, 2MB Ram, 60Mb HDD
1 A1200 @ 28Mhz, 6Mb Ram, 120Mb HDD:
-- has a Blizzard 1220/4 (68020 @ 28Mhz, +4MB Fast Ram, clock, empty FPU)
1 Commodore-64 c

turrican3 · 16 April 2007, 16:52

i have 1 amiga500, 1200, 4000, cd32
i had an amiga 1000 too

boing_1000 · 16 April 2007, 17:09

Stayed true with the 1000, never bought anything else, except a 1200 which I briefly owned for a couple months, then sold because I needed cash fast.

sink · 16 April 2007, 17:43

at home today 3 amiga 500 with 2 classics commodore screen 1084s + c64 + 1200 with hdd 12 gigas in.. i have just one problem my wife don't like soundchip

View Poll Results: Which Amiga do you own?
Amiga 1000	24	2.40%
Amiga 500	161	16.10%
Amiga 2000	37	3.70%
Amiga 500+	31	3.10%
Amiga 1500	5	0.50%
Amiga 3000	29	2.90%
Amiga 600	67	6.70%
Amiga 4000	110	11.00%
Amiga 1200	450	45.00%
Amiga CD32	33	3.30%
Amiga CDTV	6	0.60%
I don't have one, but plan to get one	20	2.00%
I don't have one, and I don't plan to get one	27	2.70%
Voters: 1000. You may not vote on this poll

06 November 2006, 01:30	#484
VermillioN Posts: n/a	Wow.. havn't been on this board in a loooong long time Great to see things are still going solid! Well my gf left me a long time ago so I figured I'd take the opportunity to appease my fetish for real amiga hardware/software.. as you do lol Well I already had 2 500's, a 1200 and 4000 - but in the past year I've aquired an a1000, a2000, a3000T, a600, a1200, cd32, 7x a500's, and a bucketload of hardware and software.. Amiga is better then sex? I should bloody well hope so Last edited by VermillioN; 06 November 2006 at 12:45.

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01 November 2006, 09:25	#482
shillard Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Newcastle / Australia Posts: 143	I still run the A4000 I bought brand new in 1995. Back then it was a 24MHz 030 with 6Mb RAM, and a 14.4K Maestro modem to dial up to FidoNet, local BBSs and the Uni's Lynx internet browsing service. Now it's a 200MHZ PPC/ 50MHz 060 with 80Mb RAM, running OS3.9 with a Thylacine USB, Xsurf card linked to my broadband router, CD/DVD Drive, Picasso IV card and two HDDs (one IDE, one SCSI). I use it for everything - from playing FRONTIER, DUNE II and F/A-18 Interceptor (amazing that the original disk purchased in 1987 still works!), to web browsing and email to just mucking about. Instead of the 1942 Monitor I bought with it, I've linked it up to an LCD Monitor. The 1942 is in the museum/ spare parts shed now, along with another 4 A4000s, 1 A4000 MB, 3 A1200s, 3 A500s and an A1000. I migrated from the C-64 to the A500 in 1987 with an A500/ 1084/ 1Mb RAM expansion. Then upgraded to an A1200HD/40, then the A4K. Emulator, schmemulator. The only emulator worth exploring is C64.com, so you can play "Theatre Europe" on your laptop mid-flight....

05 November 2006, 22:17	#483
uk_amigafan Posts: n/a	Brought my first Amiga, the A600 back in 1993, upgraded to the A1200 a couple of years later. Still have 2 A1200's, both accelerated & still have an A500 too. I would still have an A600 but my brother threw it away without asking me if I wanted it, can't believe he chucked it lol They all work perfectly still, but mainly stick to using winUAE as real hardware is hard to replace if it goes wrong, & I'd hate for my Blizzard 1260 to kick the bucket

16 November 2006, 18:39	#485
RetroGamerUK Posts: n/a	Amiga 1200, blizzard (I think) accelerator with 68EC030 CPU, 8 megs RAM, 2 Gig hard drive (just about internal), dopus workbench. Main use? - not at all now as I have transfered the hard drive contents onto PC using WinUAE and use that for gaming.

16 November 2006, 19:13	#486
Hungry Horace Wipe-Out Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: . Age: 43 Posts: 2,538	i dont own A real amiga. i own lots of real amigas... how can i answer the poll?? a1200s, cd32s a500s and a4000s mostly. in various states of dis-repair. the a1200 with 030 and 24meg fast gets the most (ab)use.

16 November 2006, 21:30	#487
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	My main Amiga is an A1200 with an Apollo 040/33 card, 32MB fast RAM, 2.1GB internal 2.5" hard drive, external floppy drive, a Squirrel with a CD-ROM drive attached, one of those neat joystick/mouse switcher things, and an adaptor to use a PC mouse in the mouse port. I mainly use it for gaming, programming, and writing. But I use it for quite a lot of things overall. I also have two broken 1200s and a 500+ (also broken).

25 November 2006, 16:54	#488
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,334	2 x a500's One I use all the time spec; Philips CM8833Mk2 KS 1.3/ECS Agnus/1mb/Power External drive My other A500 is an early 1.3 machine with ECS Agnus but with red power light... ooh CD32 is bog standard - not upgraded

22 January 2007, 09:41	#489
Carcenomy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Invercargill, New Zealand Age: 39 Posts: 20	Rev5A A500, Rev6 A500 w/ 501 and A590, two CD32s, A1200HD40 w/ 110Mb drive, 8Mb fast, FPU and RTC. Nothing earth shattering, but I love them all equally.

30 January 2007, 12:01	#490
Fingerlickin_B Amiga Nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belco, Australia Posts: 2,242	I have not voted & can't recall posting, so here goes. Had 2x A500s, but they gave me the sh*ts and got sold on eBay. I've now got a towerised A600 (external connectors not finished yet, due to me being lazy ). It's very basic so far and has: 2.05/3.1 Kickstart switch/ROMs, 2x internal FDDs, Switch to turn DF1 off when the noise becomes annoying and to preserve it when not required, CF card and laptop-style 44 pin IDE adaptor for HDD, PC keyboard adaptor, Planning on installing a CD drive...one day I'd like a RAM expansion, but they seem pretty hard to find & expensive for 600s, but once I get one I think that'll be enough for me. Additionally, I have a regular "keyboard" A600 with 3.1 ROM and CF card for HDD installed, but still waiting on the floppy drive from overseas (set up the CF in tower and then transferred to A600 due to lack of installed FDD to do it in place). PZ.

30 January 2007, 18:22	#491
superBuster superFreak Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: planet earth Age: 51 Posts: 157	i have several, whats to say I maxed out a 4000tower but my ppc cpu is toast so now I use an mkII060, works great. I have a toaster and flyer as well as a PAR and TBCIV, so I can do video like it's nobodys business. I also have a picasso V that rocks as the scandoubler works with the toaster..... I also have a 3000 and 4000 desktop, I have had the 3000 since collage and did lots o work with it for the news station I used to work for.....

31 January 2007, 22:21	#492
Chaeo Monkey Slapper Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK Age: 52 Posts: 71	I bet you have an empty wallet now, though.

01 February 2007, 11:17	#493
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,438	I won an Amiga 1200 (Kick 3.0) last week on eBay for 51 €. But the best thing is: A good friend of mine still has an Amiga 1200 with Kickstart 3.1 & 6 GB hardisk. He will sell it to me, only 20 €. Another friend donated me his trusty Amiga 500 some month ago. I'm very happy with the hardware.

16 April 2007, 16:03	#497
EdeRyckman Posts: n/a	1 Amiga 500 with 1MB Ram (clock & ram upgrade) 1 stock A1200, 2MB Ram, 60Mb HDD 1 A1200 @ 28Mhz, 6Mb Ram, 120Mb HDD: -- has a Blizzard 1220/4 (68020 @ 28Mhz, +4MB Fast Ram, clock, empty FPU) 1 Commodore-64 c

16 April 2007, 16:52	#498
turrican3 Moon 1969 = amiga 1985 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: belgium Age: 48 Posts: 3,913	i have 1 amiga500, 1200, 4000, cd32 i had an amiga 1000 too

16 April 2007, 17:09	#499
boing_1000 A1000 Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Eastern USA Age: 37 Posts: 567	Stayed true with the 1000, never bought anything else, except a 1200 which I briefly owned for a couple months, then sold because I needed cash fast.

16 April 2007, 17:43	#500
sink Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: france Age: 53 Posts: 197	at home today 3 amiga 500 with 2 classics commodore screen 1084s + c64 + 1200 with hdd 12 gigas in.. i have just one problem my wife don't like soundchip

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