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Title: Hi all!
Post by: BodyHammeR on March 29, 2006, 02:04:07 PM

Hello.

I joined this site some time ago and last week I finally got a Amiga 500 from a mate. It has been at least 15 years since I last used an amiga but you can consider me 'back' ;).

When I hooked it up when I got home it gave the green screen + flashing power led nonsense. After some goolging, I quickly solved it using 2 spacers, a small hammer and some contact cleaner.

My main reason for buying one is: Emulation will never be perfect. Plus, it's a lot more fun using the real thing anyway ;).

As soon as I have a decent amount of blank (and working) 2DD disks I will try to get some of the ADF images I downloaded earlier onto real disks using  Method A (http://adfsender.stoeggl.com/adfsenderterminal/methods.html). Yes. I only have Kickstart 1.2 and the Workbench 1.2 and 1.3 disks (just the system disks, no extras).

The last few days I have been mostly playing Pinball Dreams/Fantasies, Lemmings, Alien Breed SE'92 and Turrican 2, which were handed to me by the mate I mentioned earlier.

I plan on adding a A1200 with kickstart 3.1 a harddisk and some fastram later on. Also, a visit to the April 15 meeting of the Commodore GG in Maarssen, The Netherlands is firmly written into my agenda ;).

That is all for now...

- BodyHammeR

Title: Re: Hi all!
Post by: drewz21 on March 29, 2006, 02:04:54 PM

Welcome aboard!  Glad to see you here and watch the Amiga community continue to grow!

Title: Re: Hi all!
Post by: Narayan on March 29, 2006, 02:10:24 PM

 :idea:
 :oops:  :-P
 :evil:  ;-)  :crazy:
 :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D

Well, you know what they say, all the games you can play only on 2.04 and on the 4000 which is too fast, hey!, you can play in another life, eh, eh, eh!!!!

Title: Re: Hi all!
Post by: amigakit on March 29, 2006, 02:34:37 PM

Welcome to Amiga.org!

Title: Re: Hi all!
Post by: Oliver on March 29, 2006, 03:04:54 PM

Likewise, welcome.  The 1200 is a good machine (that's what I use), but if I were buying something today, I would want expansion slots included for graphics card.  Can't help feeling jealous of all those nice workbench screenshots around this site.

Title: Re: Hi all!
Post by: tonyvdb on March 29, 2006, 04:33:38 PM

Hello Oliver, Welcome to A.O.

Enjoy your adictive A500

Title: Re: Hi all!
Post by: Oliver on March 29, 2006, 05:01:16 PM

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tonyvdb wrote:
Hello Oliver, Welcome to A.O. ...

Ahh, thanks, but I guess you mean to welcome BodyHammeR?

Title: Re: Hi all!
Post by: tonyvdb on March 29, 2006, 05:04:55 PM

Oops! Sorry Not awake yet :-o

Title: Re: Hi all!
Post by: InTheSand on March 30, 2006, 07:20:53 AM

Welcome to A.Org, BodyHammeR!

Have fun with your A500, and good luck getting an A1200. We're a helpful bunch!

 - Ali

Title: Re: Hi all!
Post by: DaBest on March 30, 2006, 07:51:02 AM

Welcome

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Title: Re: Hi all!
Post by: DaBest on March 30, 2006, 07:51:48 AM

Welcome

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Title: Re: Hi all!
Post by: BodyHammeR on April 05, 2006, 03:56:54 PM

I recieved my A1200 today!

OH YAY! \o/

:-D