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15 February 2005, 22:08
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Captain
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Sheffield / England
Age: 43
Posts: 205
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start of something beautiful
hey all, long time no log-in! i'm pleased my account hasn't been deleted!
 anyways, just a little post to show you what i'm up to with my beloved a1200 - the one that has been left in the garage for the past year and has been home to a family of mice who have peed and pooed all over it. i've salvaged the useable parts and built the worlds first Amiga powered cardboard box! http://www.pocketgopher.co.uk/amiga_rebuild i was so happy when i plugged it all up and it just worked like a dream. also, gotta say that power computing is an awesome shop, i ordered the keyboard converter yesterday afternoon and it was here first thing this morning. thats less than 24hours! by the end of next week, this should be in a nice case... will post pics as it gets closer  that is all! |
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15 February 2005, 23:00
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BlizzardPPC'less
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Finland
Age: 46
Posts: 3,210
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LOL! Nice "case"
 . Well, an Amiga is still an Amiga, even on a cardboard box. What's gonna be your next "upgrade" Anyway, great it works even if mice chew it for breakfast... |
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16 February 2005, 07:56
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Ioannina/Greece
Posts: 5,040
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nice, you were lucky!
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16 February 2005, 08:02
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flaming faggot
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Versailles
Age: 55
Posts: 2,808
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you have the ugliest Amiga of all time. Ugly ass desk too.
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16 February 2005, 08:19
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Amiga-Mad
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Sweden
Age: 46
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16 February 2005, 08:50
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The Ancient One
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kansas City/USA
Age: 68
Posts: 685
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The main thing of course is that the Amiga still works, so congrats on that! But every good motherboard deserves a home. An interesting project might be to figure out what sort of common object could potentially be converted into a "case" that could hold the mobo and drives, while providing enough ventilation to prevent overheating. A toilet would be a novel case if only it were large enough to do the job, but you get the general idea. Maybe you should start a "Help me design a new case" thread and see if anybody here can come up with any irresistible ideas for a hardware project.
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16 February 2005, 09:10
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Czech republic
Posts: 580
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I think home made transparent acrylic box will be cute, you have only to buy acrylic plates and special transparent glue.
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16 February 2005, 13:44
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Captain
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Sheffield / England
Age: 43
Posts: 205
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 just to clarify, this IS going to be re-housed inside something posh like it deserves, i was just so happy and proud of my little machine that it had survived 2 long winters in a cold garage, kept a family of mice warm AND still works perfectly! i hereby name it "Achilles", a true warrior! 
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16 February 2005, 13:57
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R3tr0 G4m3r
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Lisbon - Portugal
Age: 44
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