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Title: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: 1985BMWK75 on August 14, 2008, 05:20:07 PM
Hi all!

I just signed up, and I'm happy to see so many Amiga fans that are still active :-)

I aim to support the Amiga community in several ways:

*Source rare (some new) and hard to get hardware, and sell it at a reasonable price.

*Develop new hardware, and sell it too at a reasonable price. I have just completed a project in fact...more on this soon.

*Invest some of my own money &/or profit back into the Amiga commnunity by (a) donating to keep this site going (which I have done already) and (b) developing more hardware.

*Help other users by sharing my knowledge (where possible) - not that I am an expert on things Amiga :-S

I'm a pretty friendly guy, so anyone is more that welcome to contact me at any time ;-)

Thanks for your attention :oops:,

Nathan
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: amigakit on August 14, 2008, 05:25:01 PM
Welcome!
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: yetihw on August 14, 2008, 06:13:44 PM
Nihil est--in vita priore ego imperator Romanus fui.



Welcome  :crazy:
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: Aminik on August 14, 2008, 06:20:45 PM
Welcome!

....and greetings from Greece!

I am also a newbie here!! :-D

Nick
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: kreciu on August 14, 2008, 06:23:15 PM
If your cable ATX-PSU would work, maybe Amigakit.com would be interested in selling it? Paying $40 in comparison to yours ~$20 sound really good for me  :-D
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: AmiBoy on August 14, 2008, 06:28:13 PM
@1985BMWK75,

Welcome to A.org! I hope you enjoy your time here.
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: AmiBoy on August 14, 2008, 06:28:44 PM
@Aminik,

Welcome to you also!
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: quarkx on August 14, 2008, 06:32:31 PM
Welcome from a fellow newbie :-D
Good to see an interest in new Affordable stuff
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: 1985BMWK75 on August 15, 2008, 02:44:39 AM
@kreciu

He he. It does work. It's very simple. I sell modified 500W PSU's for Amiga, and it's what I power my A500 & GVP with ;-) I decided to make a cable as well to suit overseas buyers who would have to pay a fortune on shipping/postage, due to the weight of the PSU. I am also having trouble selling my 500W ATX PSU's for Amiga 500/600/1200/A4000/CD32. I bought 10 of them, and have only sold 2 so far :-S Obviously, I spent a fair bit of money buying them, so I may not buy any more once they all sell. I will probably stick to cables. My wife is not to happy with me!

Nathan
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: klx300r on August 15, 2008, 03:25:05 AM
Welcome Nathan...the more Amiga lovers the better :-D
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: adz on August 15, 2008, 04:44:18 AM
Welcome to the org from a fellow Aussie :pint:

You'll never leave...


(http://www.amiga.org/gallery/images/3540/1_2914.jpg)
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: darksun9210 on August 15, 2008, 12:12:04 PM
hey look! :-) new people! Hello there!  :cheers:
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: Amithony on August 15, 2008, 12:17:57 PM
And one old one popping in to visit. Hi everyone :)
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: tonyyeb on August 15, 2008, 12:25:10 PM
Welcome bud! Hope you enjoy your stay.
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: InTheSand on August 15, 2008, 12:41:56 PM
Hi Nathan,

Welcome from across the ditch!!

 - Ali
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: djbase on August 15, 2008, 12:53:40 PM
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I am also having trouble selling my 500W ATX PSU's for Amiga 500/600/1200/A4000/CD32. I bought 10 of them, and have only sold 2 so far :-S Obviously, I spent a fair bit of money buying them, so I may not buy any more once they all sell.


what did you expect? do you think everyone was waiting for you? you are some years too late. there are already other solutions around. ;-)
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: Hans_ on August 15, 2008, 03:00:03 PM
Welcome.

Hans
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: 1985BMWK75 on August 21, 2008, 02:27:48 AM
@all :-D

I felt that I should defend Amigkit.com when I saw this post (not that it is offensive or anything), but forgot about it. Also, not to say that you were attacking him/her/them ;-) Anyhow...

My own personal experience with Amigkit.com: - 1) Their prices were the cheapest I could find across the various webshops selling Amiga hardware (without turning over every rock) & (2) I received items in a timely manner in the post, and I found their shipping/postage charges to be very reasonable. Answering of e-mails was good too.

Also, regarding a business, (of any size - where the proprietor earns a living from it), they must achieve certain profit margins to survive. They may have staff to pay, hosting fees etc etc - overheads. So, just because you see someone selling an item significantly more expensive than mine (or not!), doesn't necessarily mean they are trying to rip you off :-) I personally believe that Amigakit.com are one of the good guys out there selling Amiga hardware :-)

Nathan
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: Pyromania on August 21, 2008, 02:45:43 AM
Hello and welcome
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: trekiej on August 21, 2008, 03:24:09 AM
A big Howdy from Texas USA and welcome to amiga.org.
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: roguebeck on August 21, 2008, 03:33:10 AM
Hello and welcome. There's a ton of helpful people here to assist with all things Amiga.

Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: jahc on August 21, 2008, 08:43:22 AM
@1985BMWK75

I'm just wondering.. why did you use choose the 500watt psu?
(I thought the a500 brick psu was 60 watts and ample for expansions)
Title: Re: Glad to discover an active Amiga community :-D
Post by: meega on August 21, 2008, 10:23:39 AM
An A500 brick might draw 60-80W from the mains but it's more like 30W actual output. It's enough for a base machine with a teensy bit of RAM and an extra floppy drive  but not really enough for any well-expanded machine. That's why a lot of Amiga peripherals came with another PSU brick.