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Title: Hello everybody! Another Amiga newbie to drive you crazy!
Post by: dfreniche on March 03, 2006, 08:27:53 PM: Hi!

I'm an I.T. Trainer who has been using computers since 1988 (Amstrad CPC 464). In those days, I dreamed about owning an Amiga, but it was too expensive (at last, to me).
Last summer, I got an A500 with a Commodore 1084S monitor, a Joystick and lots of 3"1/2 DD disks. And the fever started. This awesome machine makes me bought a new A1200 at vesalia with a 80 GB HD.
An now, I have an A1200 with a Blizzard turbo card (68020) plus 32 MB, 10 M Ethernet PCMCIA LAN card, external IDE CDROM, two more HDs...
I've downloaded the whole aminet to my Linux server and burned it to DVDs. I've set up an internal Apache web server to transfer data to the Amiga. I'm trying to set up NFS, SMB, etc...
Someone has to banish these machines ! They are so addictive ! I need to sleep ! :-D
Title: Re: Hello everybody! Another Amiga newbie to drive you crazy!
Post by: drewz21 on March 03, 2006, 08:41:25 PM: Welcome and I know what you mean! I just came back on the Amiga scene recently and have several Amigas, software, etc...

It's good to be back.
Title: Re: Hello everybody! Another Amiga newbie to drive you crazy!
Post by: amigakit on March 03, 2006, 09:06:14 PM: Hello and welcome!
Title: Re: Hello everybody! Another Amiga newbie to drive you crazy!
Post by: amigagr on March 03, 2006, 09:17:51 PM: Quote

dfreniche wrote:
Someone has to banish these machines ! They are so addictive ! I need to sleep ! :-D

oh boy, i have said that so many times :-)
that's the amiga spirit, keep walking :-)
welcome home.
Title: Re: Hello everybody! Another Amiga newbie to drive you crazy!
Post by: tonyvdb on March 03, 2006, 09:48:42 PM: Hi and Welcome to AO.

My wife has almost grounded me from using my Amiga because once I start doing something on it I just dont stop for hours.

Have fun :crazy:
Title: Re: Hello everybody! Another Amiga newbie to drive you crazy!
Post by: amigagr on March 03, 2006, 09:58:29 PM: Quote

tonyvdb wrote:
My wife has almost grounded me from using my Amiga...

hey, take care about this, you never know :-)
Title: Re: Hello everybody! Another Amiga newbie to drive you crazy!
Post by: songoku on March 03, 2006, 10:18:00 PM: Well, I'm getting back into the Amiga scene myself after 12 years of withdrawals. My current system will be, when I get it:

A1200D 68030/40/66 total RAM
1.2 gig OS3.1/OS3.9, 14 & 60 gig spares (not in use atm)
PCMCIA 10Mbps Ethernet card

when I get a working CD setup I'll install OS3.9
Also have planned in the near future:

Elbox Power Tower w/350W ATX PSU
Mediator 1200LT (or SX)
DVDRW/DVD-ROM
and USB support

Gonna need a lotta advice later on, I think.

Oh and welcome to AO!!! I well remember spending hours on my miggy in college instead of studying. How the hell I kept my scholarship is beyond me.
Title: Re: Hello everybody! Another Amiga newbie to drive you crazy!
Post by: houbie on March 04, 2006, 07:02:59 AM: Welcome to your new life.
Title: Re: Hello everybody! Another Amiga newbie to drive you crazy!
Post by: dfreniche on March 04, 2006, 09:50:24 AM: Hi! I've noticed that lots of people are coming back to Amiga nowadays.

I agree, it's good to have these wonderful machines.
Title: Re: Hello everybody! Another Amiga newbie to drive you crazy!
Post by: dfreniche on March 04, 2006, 01:28:33 PM: To tonyvdb:
I clearly understand what your problem is: to get a divorce, or to play with your Amiga.

A question that is not so easy to answer :-)
Title: Re: Hello everybody! Another Amiga newbie to drive you crazy!
Post by: RobinGodd on March 04, 2006, 01:56:04 PM: Hello I myself are only 19 years old but i have been using amigas and other oldschool platforms since i was little. My first actual computer was a tape laoding amstrad given to me by my tide. :-)