New Yorkshire Guy Onboard

[ElMarco]

Hi everyone,

Well, it's been 20 years since I touched an Amiga.
Back then I got hold of a few not working A500's and fixed them then a 1200 which I installed 3.5 on and had a lot of fun with.

Life throws the odd curved ball and here I am with another 4 A500's (now working) and a troubled A1200.
I'm getting there with it and have some interesting learning to do once I get hold of a copy of 3.2! That is harder than I thought for some reason.

Still. We are where we are as they say.

So... a little about me.
My background is electronics with design experience around 6809 and Z80 systems.

I worked in R&D for a PC manufacturer around the time of 386/486 systems and had a lot of fun.

I still repair older systems, QL, Dragon 32, Spectrums, ST's, Amstrad etc.

I used to love programming for DOS and CP/M and will, when I get this A1200 sorted, start playing with 68k assembler again.
I'm no expert but get by

I will ask some dumb questions as I learn the system and am a voracious reader so will be all over this place.

Great to see such an active board, if I can help with PC or 8 bit problems get in touch. I'm always happy to help out.

Cheers,
Mark

[TCD]

Welcome to EAB ElMarco Enjoy your stay.

[chip]

Welcome to the forum

[zenox98]

Welcome fellow yorkshireman.

[StevenJGore]

Hi, and welcome, from another Yorkshire member!

I'm having difficulty getting hold of 3.2 too, had it pre-ordered for a while now.

[Superman]

Welcome from a fellow Yorkshireman!

[alexh]

Hullo, cuppa tea?

Welcome. Leeds in Yorkshire was renown for (UK) Amiga Hardware back in the day, the home of Power Computing!

I came from the other coloured rose, Preston, which had Ladbrokes Computing their biggest competitor.

War of the Roses Amiga style.

[nikosidis]

Cheers mate. Enjoy your ride into Amiga computing.

[StevenJGore]

Originally Posted by alexh

Hullo, cuppa tea?

Welcome. Leeds in Yorkshire was renown for (UK) Amiga Hardware back in the day, the home of Power Computing!

I came from the other coloured rose, Preston, which had Ladbrokes Computing their biggest competitor.

War of the Roses Amiga style.

And Team 17 was just down the road from Leeds in Wakefield!

I'm originally from near Preston too. I defected to Yorkshire when I started uni.

[Tajmaster]

Originally Posted by StevenJGore

And Team 17 was just down the road from Leeds in Wakefield!

I'm originally from near Preston too. I defected to Yorkshire when I started uni.

By defected, you mean "saw the light"

[Tajmaster]

Originally Posted by StevenJGore

Hi, and welcome, from another Yorkshire member!

I'm having difficulty getting hold of 3.2 too, had it pre-ordered for a while now.

I got my copy at the Doncaster Video Game Market from the Amiga Addict stand, not sure of the name of the guy who sells it but I think hes on here? Might be worth asking

[ElMarco]

Originally Posted by StevenJGore

And Team 17 was just down the road from Leeds in Wakefield!

I'm originally from near Preston too. I defected to Yorkshire when I started uni.

One of my old drinking buddies Rory was a graphic artist at Team 17. Lovely guy and very talented... Great guitar player too

Thanks for the warm welcome all...