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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: redrumloa on July 13, 2008, 10:13:13 PM
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I am working on a new project which has top priority until completed. As it is coming in shape, I figured why the heck not post a topic? The house I recently bought has an unfinished 12x12 workshop. I am in the process of finishing it out.
So far the workshop has:
* Multiple conduit between house and workshop
* Ample electric
* DirecTv satellite
* New A/C
* Insulation
Still to do:
* multiple electrical outlets
* Pull cat 6
* multiple electrical box/ receptacles
* multiple network box receptacles
* Hang and finish drywall
* tile floor
* drop ceiling
* two 2x4 drop-in light fixtures
This will be my computer room when completed. I will have a minimum of two 8bit Commodores, one Amiga, two CP/M boxes and a PC hooked up. I will also have a test bench, for all the friends and family who want me to make repairs. I will probably also have a project bench. Of course, fridge and nuker and whatever else I think of :lol:
Can you beat that? :-D
(http://i35.tinypic.com/9bepo6.jpg)
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Need a conduit of cool from the main house central air conditioning so in case that mini air conditioner dies or maybe better so it won't be super noisy in there. You're going to need one wall blank for the giant projection screen and a big couch in the middle with cup holders.
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weirdami wrote:
Need a conduit of cool from the main house central air conditioning so in case that mini air conditioner dies or maybe better so it won't be super noisy in there. You're going to need one wall blank for the giant projection screen and a big couch in the middle with cup holders.
:lol:
Actually the A/C is brand new, but if it dies I can repair it myself. On top of that, I own a spot cooler for such emergencies. This wall-shaker is fairly quiet. For a TV I am going very basic for now. The previous owner left a TV in the workshop, which I will use for now.
(http://i35.tinypic.com/nwkcg1.jpg)
BTW that electrical mess in the picture is not mine, that is previous owner's idea. I am rewiring the whole workshop myself.. PROPERLY..
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weirdami wrote:
You're going to need one wall blank for the giant projection screen and a big couch in the middle with cup holders.
No no no, we want him to work there! :)
redrumloa wrote:
I will also have a test bench, for all the friends and family who want me to make repairs.
See? ;-P
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(http://i35.tinypic.com/nwkcg1.jpg)
BTW that electrical mess in the picture is not mine, that is previous owner's idea. I am rewiring the whole workshop myself.. PROPERLY..
Hey, what are you doing in my house? :-x
Oh wait, there's a broom, THAT's not my house. :lol:
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This is a great idea. When you're done you'll have a nice place to chill out and relax, irritation free. I'm guessing you found work?
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Hey Red,
Sounds good but can you compete with Blakespot's computing den?
http://www.bytecellar.com/qtvr.html
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koaftder wrote:
This is a great idea. When you're done you'll have a nice place to chill out and relax, irritation free.
Yup, that is the idea :-D
I'm guessing you found work?
Yes sir! I got a good new job and started with no lapse of employment. I was really nervous there for a while, but things have worked out :-)
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uncharted wrote:
Hey Red,
Sounds good but can you compete with Blakespot's computing den?
http://www.bytecellar.com/qtvr.html
I don't know, that looks pretty sweet! We'll have to see when I am "done" :lol:
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What the heck, an update...
http://www.redsretro.com/workshop/
The bench (only partially shown) is getting stained this weekend. Yaaa! As the other picture shows, space is a little limited :-/ How about that snazzy retro tv?!??
I'll pimp it out more over time ;-)
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Can you beat that? :-D
Oh... I think I can beat that. In my computer room ...which I call my "Command Centre", I have 21 different 80's/early90's computers all hooked up and ready to go. (...plus another 7 sitting around, just to look interesting)
I'd post a picture, but I'm worried that too many people would cry onto their computers, causing them to short out and burst into flames. I don't want to be responsible for the legal consequences.
(actually, I don't have a digital camera)
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I reckon my geek'o'sphere(tm) is pretty decent for someone who didn't want to tear the plaster from his walls, but I do look forward to seeing the finished product Red :)
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I really need to improve my computer room. I have three computers (two windows machines and an Amiga A1000) all going to one LCD monitor! No room for anything else. My A1200 and C-128 can't fit in this room at all. They are set up in a niche elsewhere in the house.
The A2000 and A4000? don't ask.
I may be moving soon. That can't hurt!
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What the heck, an update...
http://www.redsretro.com/workshop/
The bench (only partially shown) is getting stained this weekend. Yaaa! As the other picture shows, space is a little limited :-/ How about that snazzy retro tv?!??
I'll pimp it out more over time ;-)
NICE!
Lucky you, I live in a one bedroom apartment. I have a lot of gear. Computers all over the living room. My girlfriend hates it, but this is all we can afford right now. Times aren't so good right now. I've gone back to college to get a degree, this limits my employment opportunities for the short term. If you can call a few years short term.
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NICE!
Lucky you, I live in a one bedroom apartment. I have a lot of gear. Computers all over the living room. My girlfriend hates it, but this is all we can afford right now. Times aren't so good right now. I've gone back to college to get a degree, this limits my employment opportunities for the short term. If you can call a few years short term.
Hang in there dude, it will get better. From your post it is clear you are on the right path to better yourself. Tough it out and get your degree, it will likely help open doors. There is no shame in living in modestly while working and going to school.
Very few people are lucky enough to be born with a silver spoon in their mouth, and they might not even be lucky. Lord knows I was not one of them, we struggled terribly for more than a decade raising a family living well below the poverty line. I worked ~80 hour weeks for 6+ years. We really didn't start making progess until ~2003 and somewhat getting ahead until ~2005. I know poor very well and I know how easy it is to become poor. We are not wealthy today, more like lower-mid middle class. That said I appreciate everything I have and worked so hard for. I remember in the mid-late 90's getting internet access and being amazed at what was available for the Commodore 8bit and Amiga. I wanted everything so badly, but could afford nada. I would post like a super fanboy, but would be teased because I didn't even own hardly any hardware except the cheap clone I cobbled together for net access. Been there, done that, probably explains my obsession with projects like the 128T.
Keep your chin up, if you ever feel down PM or email me and I wil tell you some stories of what we went through... I know what you are going through very well.
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Can you beat that? :-D
Oh, I forgot to mention... the main desk in my computer room, a huge office desk - was made by Commodore! Do I get points for that? :D
It was a weird coincidence. The desk was left by the previous owners of my house because it was too big to move. I only found out it was a Commodore after I set up my computer room and put a bunch of Amigas on it. (inside the top drawer, it has the Commodore logo and "Made in Canada")
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Oh, I forgot to mention... the main desk in my computer room, a huge office desk - was made by Commodore! Do I get points for that? :D
It was a weird coincidence. The desk was left by the previous owners of my house because it was too big to move. I only found out it was a Commodore after I set up my computer room and put a bunch of Amigas on it. (inside the top drawer, it has the Commodore logo and "Made in Canada")
Nerd!!!
JK! That's pretty cool actually. Do you still have that desk?
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Of course. It's the main part of my "Command Centre". At the moment it has a C128, A4000, Atari 800XL and CoCo 3 on it. (along with floppy drives and a couple 1084 monitors )
It's a Commodore all right. It crashed on me - literally. When you pull out the centre drawer, it falls off the rails and crashes to the ground.
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Hey Jim,
I find myself really envious of the computer room you're building. I'm still using the 9' x 10' third bedroom myself, having not even decided on moving into the larger guest bedroom.
As you can quite imagine, my outside garage is still covered to a depth of about 4 feet with the ex-wife's crap, with me still too emotionally involved to go out there and do the right thing (chuck it all). I guess I'll have to hire you and Angel to come up here one long weekend and help me get over being stuck then insulate / board it all up for an office.. :)
I did however -- for the record -- hollow out an 8' x 12' space for the bike, which is all I really need right now.
Wayne
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Hmmm.... sounds like "Thiis Old Data Center" ;-) I think Bob Vila is free..... or if not free, then resonably priced...
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Hi,
@Mr A500
Is that all you have, I have more computers under my bed, I would take a picture, but it is dark under there and the flash went bad in my digital camera. Now up in my attic I have at least 15 other old computers but it is dark up there too, I have to use a flashlight don't you know.
Please don't cry in your computer, I don't want to feel bad about all those arcs and sparks.
I am not counting the 6 computers that we are using on the ethernet, can't take pictures of those either, the wife says we have to save electricty when using them and she keeps turning off the lights LOL :-)
smerf
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Nice work Red, it's always interesting to see someone else's computer[room] setup.
Maybe others can also upload their pics to their album to be able to link to them in their new blog.
It would make interesting reading. :D
Then we can maybe vote on the best setup in another thread or poll. What dya think?
I haven't finished my garage conversion and forgot to take before and during pics but I will try to upload some when it is finished. I know Mine Will Rock.
Who said comparing willy sizes was old fashioned? :lol:
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@Mr A500
Is that all you have, I have more computers under my bed, I would take a picture, but it is dark under there and the flash went bad in my digital camera. Now up in my attic I have at least 15 other old computers but it is dark up there too, I have to use a flashlight don't you know.
I've got 22 different computers (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=456233&postcount=22)(not counting duplicates or "modern crap") all set up and ready to go and you ask "is that all you have"?
Actually, now that I think of it... I'm starting to feel a bit ashamed about how few I have. It's not my fault! I have a wife, you know. Combine a computer collection with a wife and you could have a potentially volatile situation. Like plutonium, when handled correctly, she's relatively stable. But one more computer and I might just reach "critical mass"... then, CABOOM!! I can't risk it.
(....well, maybe a Commodore PET, Burroughs ICON, Wicat 150....)
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CABOOM indeed. Though after my wife reach critical mass and the shock wave has passed by there is this moment of tranquility I've learned to appreciate, at that moment it might even be safe to get another computer.
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CABOOM indeed. Though after my wife reach critical mass and the shock wave has passed by there is this moment of tranquility I've learned to appreciate, at that moment it might even be safe to get another computer.
Ah, I see you're experienced in the handling of plutonium... I mean... wives. However, getting another computer after a "shock wave" has passed is like sneaking out of a hole in nuclear devastated wasteland to quietly grab another ICBM. It's dangerous and a sure sign of insanity.
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All the radiation makes you numb, in that moment of apathy when contemplating the bitter future ahead you need to rise up and remember your mission (the computer in this case).
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Yeah, even though I said it's "a sure sign of insanity", I secretly acknowledged your post as a piece of useful advice. :D
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Hi,
@mr a500
Know what you mean, about the wife that is, mine threw out my C64, 128, 128D and my Amiga 1000 one day when I wasn't home, that wasn't to bad she also threw out all my software for the C64 and 128 & D. Closest we ever been to the big D. I almost cried about the C64 I had all the switches that a person could want for memory copy, cartridge copy etc. The darn thing had a multitude of switches that I put in. So I went out and bought a new C64 last year, then I asked my wife where were all my mags, guess what she threw those out too! Women just don't understand about a mans collections, they think that it is all just junk. Never will be able to replace my A1000 though, that had a 2mb memory expansion, supra scsci card and six hard drives, 4 floppy drives, a modem and switches on the front to turn them all on and off, and yes it was put in a old obsolete big Xerox word processing tower. Really was proud of that machine and lets not forget the accelerator a 68010 replacing the 68000 and then the 68030 accelerator that plugged into the 68000 socket
Why couldn't they make women with an off switch?
smerf
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There is nothing more cool than having a dedicated Man Cave.
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The desk is stained and sealed! Now I have to wait 72+ hours for this "fast dry" sealer to dry :-/
http://www.redsretro.com/workshop/shop3.JPG
That desk is almost 12 feet long, can't get the whole thing in a good picture. if I get a chance in the next day or so I will update with some more pics of everything else that has been done. This has been a HUGE project, as you could imagine.
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Hey Jim,
I find myself really envious of the computer room you're building. I'm still using the 9' x 10' third bedroom myself, having not even decided on moving into the larger guest bedroom.
As you can quite imagine, my outside garage is still covered to a depth of about 4 feet with the ex-wife's crap, with me still too emotionally involved to go out there and do the right thing (chuck it all). I guess I'll have to hire you and Angel to come up here one long weekend and help me get over being stuck then insulate / board it all up for an office.. :)
I did however -- for the record -- hollow out an 8' x 12' space for the bike, which is all I really need right now.
Wayne
In your place I'd think the 2nd bedroom would be a better starting point than the garage, would take much less work. The garage would work, but adding A/C and the bump in electrical usage would be significant.
As for taking a trip up there, it'd be nice for a social visit and to get away for a while. I probably won't be able to make a trip for a while though :-/
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Cool project. Looking forward to the updates.
Hey, you could blog it (http://www.amiga.org/forums/blog.php?u=88)!
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Nice work Red, it's always interesting to see someone else's computer[room] setup.
Maybe others can also upload their pics to their album to be able to link to them in their new blog.
It would make interesting reading. :D
Then we can maybe vote on the best setup in another thread or poll. What dya think?
I haven't finished my garage conversion and forgot to take before and during pics but I will try to upload some when it is finished. I know Mine Will Rock.
Who said comparing willy sizes was old fashioned? :lol:
It's nice to be able to get to a point to be able to build out a custom computer room and/or man cave. My bragging was in jest, but a bit of light hearted boasting among friends could give ideas or motivation to improve the space. I'd like to see pics if you take them.
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@Smerf
My "Man Cave" is off limits to my wife and kids. Trespassers will be severely dealt with. :whack:
In my case, there could be some cats missing if any of my toys upped and got lost. :D
The Dawg
Hi,
@mr a500
Know what you mean, about the wife that is, mine threw out my C64, 128, 128D and my Amiga 1000 one day when I wasn't home, that wasn't to bad she also threw out all my software for the C64 and 128 & D. Closest we ever been to the big D. I almost cried about the C64 I had all the switches that a person could want for memory copy, cartridge copy etc. The darn thing had a multitude of switches that I put in. So I went out and bought a new C64 last year, then I asked my wife where were all my mags, guess what she threw those out too! Women just don't understand about a mans collections, they think that it is all just junk. Never will be able to replace my A1000 though, that had a 2mb memory expansion, supra scsci card and six hard drives, 4 floppy drives, a modem and switches on the front to turn them all on and off, and yes it was put in a old obsolete big Xerox word processing tower. Really was proud of that machine and lets not forget the accelerator a 68010 replacing the 68000 and then the 68030 accelerator that plugged into the 68000 socket
Why couldn't they make women with an off switch?
smerf
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Cool project. Looking forward to the updates.
Hey, you could blog it (http://www.amiga.org/forums/blog.php?u=88)!
Thanks!
That's a thought, I may do that. When I originally started this thread was before the new goodies. Maybe I'll move it there.
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Looking great Red!
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WOW that is sure nice.. Now i cant wait to buy my new house (already told the wife of my 2 needs (Big Computer Room and a Double garage long enough to fit a 3m long 90cm high work bench :) ) that all i care about), you all are giving me soo many ideas that i think by the time i am done i will be heading for the Big D :D .... LOL
RED can't wait to see all your hard work pay off.
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Sure beats my Computer Corner by a mile.
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@Smerf,
I think the Japanese are working on a replacement wife with an on/off switch. I think it is being designed to have that turn "ON" effect, on the male clients it is aimed at as potential purchasers. :roflmao:
I need to take a picture (a better picture) of the computer desk I made a while ago and submit it for your viewing pleasure. It is somewhere between 9-11 feet long, has three seating locations with pull out keyboard trays, holds 3 - 20" monitors, two of which are huge crt Toshiba TIMM's and one Dell widescreen LCD. There are 4 - 1084S monitors above for use as Toaster/Flyer composite monitors for Preview and Live output displays, while the TIMM's are used for the Amiga RGB output of the Toaster/Flyer control screen. It also serves as a book shelf for the 50 to 75 Amiga books I have and the 25 - 35 VHS training tapes, mostly for Lightwave and Toaster/Flyer training, but some for DPaint, DCTV, Brilliance and maybe a couple of other programs.
All this sits in the big Game Room next to the Pool Table in my MAN CAVE!
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It's nice to be able to get to a point to be able to build out a custom computer room and/or man cave
It sure is. :)
My bragging was in jest,
As was mine. :D
...but a bit of light hearted boasting among friends could give ideas or motivation to improve the space.
That was the idea. It would be great to get a variety of pics to compare for inspiration.
I'd like to see pics if you take them.
Sure. I just need to get over this DIYer's block. Once I' re-start the work on the room I will be sure to take some snaps.
Keep up the momentum. Every man needs his computer hideout. A place to unwind after a hard days work. Seriously great work. I'm probably going to regret trying to compete with that now. :D
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Thanks!
That's a thought, I may do that. When I originally started this thread was before the new goodies. Maybe I'll move it there.
It's as easy as clicking on the little icon at the bottom right of any post you want to blog. Very convenient.
(http://www.amiga.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=19&pictureid=106)
(http://www.amiga.org/forums/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://www.amiga.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=19&pictureid=106%5B/IMG%5D)
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Taking advantage of the gallery, here is the right side of the desk.
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=3015