The Devil made me do IT!

[amigadave]

@Framiga,  Thanks, I think overall it was a good decision too.  Here is a link to the case we are using.  Just what every 12 year old boy needs.  Now I just need to figure out where to put the "Boing Ball" logo.  I am thinking a chrome and black boing ball would look better than the traditional red and white.

Xoxide Black PC case

[Framiga]

whot! only $27.99?

How they can produce a case with PSU and neon and so on! . . . i prefer don't know how! :-)

Incredible!

[amigadave]

$27.99 is for the case and one blue 80mm LED fan only.  The PSU, Cathode Tube lights and other fans are extra cost, but the total with a 350w PSU, UV blue SATA adapter and 3 blue LED 80mm fans was only $62.00 or so.  The shipping was over $30.00 which brought the case total to almost $100.  I could have gotten a cheaper case with more power and maybe cheaper shipping, but this case will excite my son to take more interest and better care of it (I hope).

[Framiga]

ah, OK . . .. a cheaper one? it seems a good price for me anyway.

[TheMagicM]

the 'ditch windows for linux' was a joke.. I knew it was for your son.. my son, who is 8 also has a Windows machine but wants me to install Linux so he can play around with it (dual boot).

[amigadave]

@ TheMagicM,

8 years old and ready for Linux???  See Noster's post below and buy that boy a football!

(just kidding, I hope Linux puts the screws to Bill Gates & Co. and ends up with 35% to 55% market share within the next 5 years.  It would be great if Gates would just take his billions and go screw up something else.  He has done enough damage to the creative possibilities personal computing could have had, if not for his devious business practices.)

[Dan]

I´m sure there are Linux livecds aimed at kids, there seems to be livecds for everything these days. :-P

[amigadave]

"I´m sure there are Linux livecds aimed at kids, there seems to be livecds for everything these days."

I am sure there are easier installs than others.  @TheMagicM, which Linux distro are you considering for your 8 year old?  I like the idea of installing a dual boot system and letting my son search for free Linux software to download and use instead of spending so much money for bloated Windows compatible programs.

[TheMagicM]

well, he sees me using it all the time.. when we went to Florida, we took my laptop which has linux on it (SuSE 9.2).. he played the games that I had installed and loved it.  Of course he has windows games also so thats his primary OS.  I think its just for the games it has installed is why he wants it.  I tried to made a AdvanceCD which is basically a linux operating system installed on cd that boots up into MAME..but I cant get it working properly..

-alex

[amigadave]

Amiga Forever 2005 ordered!  Maybe I'll be one of the first 50 to get two decals.  

[amigadave]

Has anyone else here decided that AF 2005 is worth the money and pre-ordered?  I am currently not working due to an injury and not making any income due to a disagreement with work insurance adjuster, but I still thought it a worth while purchase.

[Cyberus]

amigadave wrote:
Has anyone else here decided that AF 2005 is worth the money and pre-ordered?  I am currently not working due to an injury and not making any income due to a disagreement with work insurance adjuster, but I still thought it a worth while purchase.

Ah that sucks man. I think insurance companies always want to have their cake and eat it. They want you to pay for cover, but never want to pay out when someone makes a claim...




even without PSU etc, $27 seems like a steal to me....

[amigadave]

Okay, parts all here, build complete, just one apparent mistake made.  I installed Windows XP Pro (64bit edition) and notice that some setup files won't run because they are not XP certified.  Can't get onboard sound working or the Audigy2 card drivers installed or recognized yet, so I need to connect the new PC to my cable modem and search for updated drivers, BIOS updates, or other work-arounds.  God I hate Windows and appreciate Amiga (and even my Mac Powerbook) so much more!  I'll be installing Amiga Forever 2005 as soon as it arrives (was supposed to start shipping last Tuesday).

[blobrana]

Hum,
the onboard soundrivers on the cdrom that came with the mobo not work?

Also, you may have to disable the onboard sound to get the Audigy2 soundcard to work. (in Bios)

[amigadave]

@ blobrana,  I tried both setups in the BIOS for the on board sound.  My mistake is that I purchased the 64 bit XP Pro instead of the regular 32 bit version.  The drivers for the 64 bit version are incomplete and it rejects some setup.exe files from the device install CD-ROMs  I might try to return XP64 in exchange for the regular version of XP Pro.

[CLS2086]

I don't think you can return your M$ product as long as you have opened it (i was reseller in time...).

So my choice for half the price, you could have got a PPC card for a A1200/A4000 ( 250/400 $) or a 2nd hand Pegasos 1 G3 + ram (-$200), and for the games buy a PSP with a 1Gb MStick ($250) to download games, movies, music, amiga emulator (already avaible),... for free