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Title: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: NAVVARR on January 22, 2008, 10:42:42 AM

Hi everyone, i've just stumbled upon your forums, i've been a big fan of the Amiga from the early days.
My first Amiga was a A500+ -i had some great gaming moments on that machine- loved Project X, Magic Pockets, Super Frog, Alien Breed, Chaos Engine - i could go on all day.
I then moved on to the A1200- I still have mine- i've went out and got a Blizzard 030 accelerator so i could play Alien Breed 3d on it- what a difference!
Anyway- i've been following the Amiga on and off since then.
My current Amiga set up consists of
A1200 + 128 meg Sim + Blizzard 040 + 720 meg hard drive + Picasso graphics thingy.

I also have my old amiga 1200 + 32meg Sim + Blizzard 030 + 120 meg hard drive

oh and a A500 + 1/2meg upgrade
and a CD32

I've also got various bits and pieces of Amigas lying about for spares too.

Its a fantastic computer -loved the gaming side of it- got to grips with AMOS and Blitz Basic - and I still fire the old machine up for the odd game of Tower Assault.

Luckily I have a very understanding wife who doesn't mind all my computing stuff lying around- i have a small room in  my house to keep it all together and ready to play- whenever i get a few spare minutes.

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: gertsy on January 22, 2008, 11:07:50 AM

Hello, and welcome to Amiga.org.
All the best from down-under.
 :-)

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: mgerics on January 22, 2008, 11:51:30 AM

Horray! And welcome. Hey, only thing I want to know is where you get the few spare minutes? I need some!

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: marcfrick2112 on January 22, 2008, 12:08:59 PM

Greetings from Wisconsin, USA, and welcome to Amiga.org! Very pleasant and helpful people here!

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: ami_junki on January 22, 2008, 01:11:09 PM

Ez Navvarr, welcome to Amiga.org, this is a great place and you will meet some really nice people.  Sounds like quite a wicked set up you have and a very nice wife.  Funnily enough my wife is fine about the Amiga stuff too but not about Playstation or anything else lol lol

Oh yes and hello from Japan!

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: AndyC on January 22, 2008, 02:03:24 PM

Good afternoon from Edinburgh!

Where abouts in Scotland do you stay?

AndyC

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: Retro_71 on January 22, 2008, 02:14:34 PM

Hello and Welcome from Australia.  :-D
You think your wife can talk to mine and get me some extra understanding  :lol:

Cheers and enjoy

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: NAVVARR on January 22, 2008, 02:36:50 PM

Im from Glasgow- or Bearsden to be more precise.

Hello to everyone else- seems a friendly place!

-i'm always on the lookout for interesting Amiga related stuff- i used to subscribe to Amiga Format (remember that mag) -but then it folded.

So, i'll check out the forums and post when i can if i feel i've anything noteworthy to contribute.


Here is a link to my retro- collection- as you can see i collect most games consoles- not just Amiga.


http://www.gamestm.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1533

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: Retro_71 on January 22, 2008, 02:48:33 PM

WOW nice collection!!!
I only have CD32, Sega Saturn, Sega MegaDrive+CD..
Can't convince my wife to let me buy more...  :-(
But then again between, Amiga, C64/128, Apple II's  :lol:  not much money left !!!!  :-D

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: Fujisawa on January 22, 2008, 03:33:39 PM

Hello from the highlands !

welcome to the forum, nice to see some Vic20 tapes amongst that lot, just got my old vic back (broken :( ) from an extended loan to some relatives (about 20years worth of loan lol).

Looking forward to figuring out what they've done to it !

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: DaBest on January 22, 2008, 03:36:03 PM

Hello from Vancouver BC, Canada and welcome.
This is s great place to get info on the Amiga on just about anything. One again  :-D WELCOME :crazy:

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: Tripitaka on January 22, 2008, 03:49:21 PM

Greetings from I, Tripitaka, High Priest of Great Cthulhu and welcome to Amiga.org

I hope you enjoy your time with us before The Great Old Ones come from beyond to eat your soul.  :-D  :evil:  :-D

I used to live in Scotland too, Peterhead to be exact....I used to wake up in the morning to the smell of fish and pickle.....take a stroll along the seaweed encrusted rocks that locals called a beach....and take in the sights of Peterhead.....mostly seagulls the size of Pteradon's and the maximum security prison....ahh....such times.  :roll:

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: NAVVARR on January 22, 2008, 04:11:00 PM

The Vic20 was my first computer I ever owned- I loved programming it in Vic Basic and even mastered a bit of Machine code.

Favourite games on the Vic were Jetpac, Lazer Zone, Matrix, Vic Panic and Dodo Lair.

-ah -happy memories!

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: swift240 on January 22, 2008, 04:14:23 PM

Oche eye, the noo.

Welcome to the group, they are a good bunch here.

Mike. :-)

Title: Re: Hello from Scotland!
Post by: Fujisawa on January 22, 2008, 04:52:37 PM

The Vic was my first too, Scramble and Omega run all the way for me !

The "farting" mouse in Radar Rat-race also held my 6 year old attention span for some time too as I recall !