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Title: Just checking in
Post by: JLF65 on December 12, 2005, 05:11:55 AM

I've been slowly working back into the Amiga after being out of the scene for a few years. I've been mostly working with AROS and my old A1200, but I'm keeping an eye on both MOS and OS4.

I never get rid of any of my old computers, so I still have:

An Atari 400, an Atari 800XE, an Amiga 500, an Amiga 3000D, an Amiga 4000D, an Amiga 1200, a CD32 + SX32, an A1000 (purchased last when I had a chance to get one cheap), a P2 400MHz, a P3 1GHz (dead), an Abit BP6 dual-Celeron 530, a dual Opteron workstation (my main system), an old HP Pavilion laptop, an ECS G320 laptop, a PowerMac 5200CD, and a G3 iMac DV+. Uh... I have more, but they're packed away. Most of the above are linked together via ethernet.

Man... I need another hub for xmas.  :-D

Title: Re: Just checking in
Post by: amigadave on December 12, 2005, 05:27:55 AM

Welcome to Amiga.org, the best Amiga site on the Net (IMHO).

You sound like me with all those computers.  I have never sold any either and those that I have given away always come back when the person using them no longer wants them. I think my current count of Amigas is around 18 or so, one old 533mHz Celeron laptop (literally falling apart), my Titanium PowerBook that is in need of repair, an old P-II 400mHz PC and my Son's new Athlon x64 3000+ PC we built together in August that I am typing on right now.  I have been collecting network cards for the Amigas and hope to add several of them to the home network very soon.  I hope it is not too painful a task, but can't imagine it being any worse than my PC experiences with networking.

Is your SX32 the Pro version or the newer regular version w/out the 030/50mHz?

Title: Re: Just checking in
Post by: Argo on December 12, 2005, 06:55:27 AM

Where do you guys sleep? On a murphy bed? Wait, there probably isn't enough room to fold down the bed.

Title: Re: Just checking in
Post by: blobrana on December 12, 2005, 09:55:25 AM

LOL
sleep?

I`ve got better things to do...

Title: Re: Just checking in
Post by: JLF65 on December 12, 2005, 06:27:34 PM

There's plenty of room for a regular bed. The place is rather - cluttered - though.  :-)

I gave my brother my Athlon XP 1600+ system, or that would have been in the list as well.

As far as getting the Amiga networked, the biggest problem I had was getting enough power into the A1200 to use the PCMCIA ethernet card. I really need to get one of those ATX PSU to A500/1200 adapters. I have several heavy duty ATX PSUs lying around, but had to jury rig an old 125W PSU for the A1200. I could hack and slash an ATX PSU, but I'd rather have one of those adapters.

EDIT: Oh, the SX32 is the kind w/o the 030.