Who owns the 'oldest' Amiga?

Paul_s · 24 November 2007, 00:48

The requirements are that it MUST be 100% working to enter

My entry;

My beautiful 1000,

Can't believe it'll be 22 years old next year...

The only thing I would say it needs is a new fan for the PSU - still works great just a little noisy.

Anyone else beat that date (28th March '86)?

If you own the Lorraine prototype then sell it to meeeeee

alexh · 24 November 2007, 10:58

I've seen some of the beer matts they drew the original schematics on.

(Did you know they did that?)

Galahad/FLT · 24 November 2007, 11:18

My A500 1.2 is 1987, and all its failed on is a video pin being pushed in, and its got through about 3 disk drives.

alkis21 · 24 November 2007, 13:47

Unfortunately, I sold my first A500 in 1992 to buy the A1200 I still own. My 1081 monitor is 20 years old though!

formater · 24 November 2007, 18:17

My A500 Kickstart 1.2 is 1987 (updated kickstart 1.3 later) and work perfectly at this time. I own later a 1200 who work too, bat the 40 Mg HD is dead.

Pyromania · 25 November 2007, 05:57

It might be me, I'll have to check SN#'s on all my A1000's.

Graham Humphrey · 25 November 2007, 12:02

"All" your A1000s? How many do you have?

Calgor · 25 November 2007, 13:47

For an A1000, it would have to be an NTSC version. The PAL one I have (board is in storage replaced by phoenix but it is a working board) is only dated 8/8/1986 and it came with KS1.1 in early 1987, I think March.

Pyromania · 25 November 2007, 19:55

@Graham

I think I have 6 or 7 A1000's.

@Calgor

All my A1000's are NTSC. Are you using a Phoenix A1000? I heard the Phoenix is a great A1000 upgrade.

Paul_s · 27 November 2007, 00:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyromania

@Graham

I think I have 6 or 7 A1000's.

@Calgor

All my A1000's are NTSC. Are you using a Phoenix A1000? I heard the Phoenix is a great A1000 upgrade.

7?!

Man, I'm behind, must buy some more

Actually, I do have a soft spot for the A1K

Pyromania · 27 November 2007, 00:50

I need a Phoenix for one of them though. None of my A1000's even have a HDD, that would be a nice upgrade.

Paul_s · 27 November 2007, 00:52

Can you still obtain the Phoenix boards? Or are they really rare to come across? I've only ever seen the advert for them

Calgor · 27 November 2007, 14:01

@Pyromania

I do have a Phoenix board yes, it is great, better than the a500+. I did blow something on the mouse port though (I can only use it thru an extender) thanks to nothing warning me I could not plug the mouse in while the computer was on (the original A1000 unlike all other amigas had no such warning in the manual as I think it had some special protection to allow you to do so).

My phoenix board does not have SCSI, and only 1meg fast + 1meg chip, for about $1000 bank in 1990 or so. And also a switch to boot off df0/df1, and kickstart switch 1.3/2.04. We were not that rich to afford the 2mb chip or SCSI versions. I think there is a socket for the scsi chip though.

You could get an IDE hard drive on A1000 using the buddha phoenix edition hardware.

@Paul_s
I think there was some idea to get a rerun made, but I don't know what happened to that. The best website for a1000 is by far this one, which may contain rerun details: http://www.a1k.org/

EDIT: Blimey, looks like the website is updated since I last looked. There appears to be full schematics available.

Sune Salminen · 27 November 2007, 14:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calgor

I did blow something on the mouse port though (I can only use it thru an extender) thanks to nothing warning me I could not plug the mouse in while the computer was on (the original A1000 unlike all other amigas had no such warning in the manual as I think it had some special protection to allow you to do so).

Really?

I used to plug and unplug my mouse, trackball and joysticks like there was no tomorrow - while my Amiga was on. I don't remember having any problems with the ports.

Of course I wouldn't unplug my sampler (or printer, if I'd had one) while the Amiga was on but I always assumed it was different with the controller ports..

What can happen? Can it cause other things to break?

Charlie · 02 December 2007, 12:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calgor

...EDIT: Blimey, looks like the website is updated since I last looked. There appears to be full schematics available.

Oh, my! I wonder if Zetro / Narmi etc... know about this?

Zetr0 · 02 December 2007, 15:03

@Charlie

yepo... i have had them downloaded ages ago...

if you have a pheonix board i would also suggest you look into the PAK r3 project. it gives you upto an 030 with fast ram

Charlie · 02 December 2007, 16:26

Hmmm.

numbers, numbers always climbing...

Zetr0 · 02 December 2007, 16:32

@Charlie

have you got a bet on for highest post count ?

heres a yummy pic for Paul s to drool over

Charlie · 02 December 2007, 16:34

Very nice p0rn!

No bet, just been goaded into accelerating the rate a bit by a few comments.

BTW: thanks for another excuse.

(mind you I may have lost a few nudge-nudge

)

NorthWay · 01 April 2017, 23:02

(I am seriously necroing tonight. Sorry.)
Dave Needle did ofc! He had SN 1.

So, anyone selling a PAL A1000 then? It just looks _so_ nice.

24 November 2007, 00:48	#1
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,334	Who owns the 'oldest' Amiga? The requirements are that it MUST be 100% working to enter My entry; My beautiful 1000, Can't believe it'll be 22 years old next year... The only thing I would say it needs is a new fan for the PSU - still works great just a little noisy. Anyone else beat that date (28th March '86)? If you own the Lorraine prototype then sell it to meeeeee

25 November 2007, 05:57	#6
Pyromania Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,375	It might be me, I'll have to check SN#'s on all my A1000's. Last edited by Pyromania; 25 November 2007 at 07:22.

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24 November 2007, 10:58	#2
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	I've seen some of the beer matts they drew the original schematics on. (Did you know they did that?)

24 November 2007, 11:18	#3
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	My A500 1.2 is 1987, and all its failed on is a video pin being pushed in, and its got through about 3 disk drives.

24 November 2007, 13:47	#4
alkis21 Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Athens, Greece Age: 49 Posts: 1,408	Unfortunately, I sold my first A500 in 1992 to buy the A1200 I still own. My 1081 monitor is 20 years old though!

24 November 2007, 18:17	#5
formater Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Alicante/Spain Posts: 192	My A500 Kickstart 1.2 is 1987 (updated kickstart 1.3 later) and work perfectly at this time. I own later a 1200 who work too, bat the 40 Mg HD is dead.

25 November 2007, 12:02	#7
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	"All" your A1000s? How many do you have?

25 November 2007, 13:47	#8
Calgor (Amigas && Amigos)++ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Anrea Posts: 999	For an A1000, it would have to be an NTSC version. The PAL one I have (board is in storage replaced by phoenix but it is a working board) is only dated 8/8/1986 and it came with KS1.1 in early 1987, I think March.

25 November 2007, 19:55	#9
Pyromania Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,375	@Graham I think I have 6 or 7 A1000's. @Calgor All my A1000's are NTSC. Are you using a Phoenix A1000? I heard the Phoenix is a great A1000 upgrade.

27 November 2007, 00:50	#11
Pyromania Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,375	I need a Phoenix for one of them though. None of my A1000's even have a HDD, that would be a nice upgrade.

27 November 2007, 00:52	#12
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,334	Can you still obtain the Phoenix boards? Or are they really rare to come across? I've only ever seen the advert for them

27 November 2007, 14:01	#13
Calgor (Amigas && Amigos)++ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Anrea Posts: 999	@Pyromania I do have a Phoenix board yes, it is great, better than the a500+. I did blow something on the mouse port though (I can only use it thru an extender) thanks to nothing warning me I could not plug the mouse in while the computer was on (the original A1000 unlike all other amigas had no such warning in the manual as I think it had some special protection to allow you to do so). My phoenix board does not have SCSI, and only 1meg fast + 1meg chip, for about $1000 bank in 1990 or so. And also a switch to boot off df0/df1, and kickstart switch 1.3/2.04. We were not that rich to afford the 2mb chip or SCSI versions. I think there is a socket for the scsi chip though. You could get an IDE hard drive on A1000 using the buddha phoenix edition hardware. @Paul_s I think there was some idea to get a rerun made, but I don't know what happened to that. The best website for a1000 is by far this one, which may contain rerun details: http://www.a1k.org/ EDIT: Blimey, looks like the website is updated since I last looked. There appears to be full schematics available.

02 December 2007, 15:03	#16
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@Charlie yepo... i have had them downloaded ages ago... if you have a pheonix board i would also suggest you look into the PAK r3 project. it gives you upto an 030 with fast ram

02 December 2007, 16:26	#17
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Hmmm. numbers, numbers always climbing...

02 December 2007, 16:32	#18
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@Charlie have you got a bet on for highest post count ? heres a yummy pic for Paul s to drool over

02 December 2007, 16:34	#19
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Very nice p0rn! No bet, just been goaded into accelerating the rate a bit by a few comments. BTW: thanks for another excuse. (mind you I may have lost a few nudge-nudge )

01 April 2017, 23:02	#20
NorthWay Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Grimstad / Norway Posts: 839	(I am seriously necroing tonight. Sorry.) Dave Needle did ofc! He had SN 1. So, anyone selling a PAL A1000 then? It just looks _so_ nice.

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