Hello!

[zje]

Hi everyone!

I'm new here! - I started using the Amiga when I was a kid, we had an Amiga 1000. After almost 22 years of faithful service, our A1000 died and my Dad recycled it. I now have an A500 which I have put in an ATX case. I got the motherboard and power supply which was (unknown condition) and I ended up getting it working and it is now in a semi-vintage ATX tower.

My name is Josh, but everyone calls me either Zvend or Polar Bear (That's my nick name)... If anyone wants to know why I'm called that, I'm happy to tell the story 

Looking forward to my time here!

zje

[zje]

Hi everyone!

Wanted to share a photo of my A500T - You can see a card attached to the back, that's a card I built with the power input, power switch and some other ports. I added the Amiga text to the front. That's an older Compaq ATX case from (2000? / 2001).

zje

[zje]

Okay so the nick name, lol

Several years ago about March / April I was at a friend's house, and he has an above ground pool. He told me that the pool was clean but very very cold. But if I wanted to swim I could. So I did... It was 50-49F - So very cold. I got in and swam for about an hour. I got out and came in the house and he started calling me Polar Bear. And the name stuck, and everyone started calling me that. Also, the name "Zvend" comes from my heritage - I'm over half-Norse, - Danish, Norwegian and also North German. I spell it "Zvend" (The German way), not "Svend" the more Nordic version. Why? I just like the way it looks Z instead of the letter S. Also it's a nod to my North German heritage as well.