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Title: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Marcb on November 27, 2010, 10:12:05 AM
Curious to see which Amigas (if any) everybody on A.org owns...

+wanna change the home page poll for Franko :lol:
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Kesa on November 27, 2010, 10:35:52 AM
Quote from: Marcb;594639

+wanna change the home page poll for Franko :lol:

You bastard. I had him exactly where i wanted him   :madashell:  :madashell:  :madashell:
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Marcb on November 27, 2010, 10:48:42 AM
Quote from: Kesa;594643
You bastard. I had him exactly where i wanted him   :madashell:  :madashell:  :madashell:


:laughing: To be sure, to be sure

@fingers , as you can see I still have the CDTV:)
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Fingers on November 27, 2010, 11:07:04 AM
Quote from: Marcb;594644
@fingers , as you can see I still have the CDTV:)


Good-o, she's still working fine I hope?

PZ.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Franko on November 27, 2010, 11:22:57 AM
Quote from: Marcb;594639
Curious to see which Amigas (if any) everybody on A.org owns...

+wanna change the home page poll for Franko :lol:


Only A1200's left in my collection these days... :)

PS:Thank's for getting rid of that other poll for me... Cheers mate... :drink:
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Templario on November 27, 2010, 11:42:19 AM
I have one Amiga 500 but with much added, rom 2.05, harddisk, extra memory, etc.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Tahoe on November 27, 2010, 11:50:07 AM
I selected all. Although I own a lot more then option in this poll... :)
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Marcb on November 27, 2010, 01:15:16 PM
Quote from: Fingers;594646
Good-o, she's still working fine I hope?

PZ.


Oh yeah, sitting proudly in the TV cabinet under the DVD recorder and Xbox360!

Quote from: Franko;594652
Only A1200's left in my collection these days... :)

PS:Thank's for getting rid of that other poll for me... Cheers mate... :drink:


Seems like the 500's and 1200's are the most popular on here, I thought there'd be more 1000's though... Although I have all mine set up I must admit my A4000 & 1200 get the most attention... Although the A4000 is in pieces at the moment waiting for some bits & pieces to get her going again:(


Quote from: Tahoe;594657
I selected all. Although I own a lot more then option in this poll... :)


:) I decided to limit my buying to only one of each, running out of room... And money!
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: commodorejohn on November 27, 2010, 02:46:21 PM
I have a 2500 that's my more beefed-up machine for screwing around with development and such, and a stock 1MB 500 for my dad to play Lemmings on. I'd kind of enjoy getting ahold of an AGA machine to fiddle around with for a bit, but I'd have find a new home for it anyway just due to space considerations (my computer room is just a little crowded...)
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: dannyp1 on November 27, 2010, 03:15:25 PM
I had everything on the list except for a CDTV and an A500.  I have more than one of each that I have except I only have one A600.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: cicero790 on November 27, 2010, 03:17:50 PM
My original A500 was sold (regrets), but my A1200 is the one I used in the 90ties. My A600 I got two years ago.
Very nice, and I might add, very yellow. Looks like it spent its life next to an ashtray.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: fitzsteve on November 27, 2010, 04:00:36 PM
Voted for A600, A1200 & A4000...

I have:

A600 with Apollo 620 & 4gb Microdrive
A1200D With Blizzard 1230MkIV & SCSI + FastATA MkIII & 4gb CF
A1200T with Blizzard PPC 240mhz/060 50mhz, + Mediator/Voodoo5/40gb SCSI-IDE
A4000D With Apollo 4040, PicassoIV, Tocatta, Buddha IDE/DVDRW, HD FDD.
A4000D (In Elbox Tower) Work in prgress...  Z3 Fastlane + 256mb & A3640 being upgraded to 33mhz, PicassoII, X-Surf.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: marcfrick2112 on November 27, 2010, 04:05:05 PM
;BEGIN Rant
Well, I would have liked the 3000/4000 Tower models as separate options.... but..

2 A4000D
1 A1200T
2 A1200D
CD32
currently'sleeping' ..... A4000T Toaster/Flyer system... :(

I had A500's and 'shared' an A600 ('030/32MB :) ) but they have gone to that great computer store in the sky....

;END Rant
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: motrucker on November 27, 2010, 07:12:50 PM
Still using the A1000 with a whopping 2.5Mb of RAM, and an A2000/040 with 32Mb. Currently unpacking from yet another move!!
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Karlos on November 27, 2010, 07:36:52 PM
Unsurprising to see the A1200 / A500(+) machines in the lead.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: nicholas on November 27, 2010, 08:26:33 PM
Do Kickstart ROM chips and varous empty cases, Amiga floppy drives and IC's count?
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Buzzfuzz on November 27, 2010, 08:29:08 PM
I got all of them except A3000 D/T and CDTV and 4000T, I wish I had them also, but maybe in the near future.
Already spent a fortune this year!
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: nicholas on November 27, 2010, 08:37:05 PM
Quote from: Buzzfuzz;594777
I got all of them except A3000 D/T and CDTV and 4000T, I wish I had them also, but maybe in the near future.
Already spent a fortune this year!


Over the years I've had most of them (except the 3000 and 4000) in various editions and models, with various franken-1200's upgraded to the hilt.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Franko on November 27, 2010, 08:44:15 PM
Quote from: nicholas;594775
Do Kickstart ROM chips and varous empty cases, Amiga floppy drives and IC's count?


NONE... YOU VOTED NONE...

Brings a tear to my eye that does... :(

If we all chip in together I reckon we could maybe get enough cash together to buy nicholas a second hand miggy on ebay, or maybe some glue and a soldering iron and he could build his own from the various bits n pieces he has... :)

Good grief man how can you live without an Amiga... :eek:
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: tone007 on November 27, 2010, 08:52:29 PM
Filling out this poll made me realize I still have too many Amigas.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Kesa on November 27, 2010, 08:54:21 PM
I'm surprised so many people are using A1000's. I didn't really think many people used them     :)
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: tone007 on November 27, 2010, 08:55:05 PM
Quote from: Kesa;594787
I'm surprised so many people are using A1000's. I didn't really think many people used them     :)


Owning and using aren't the same thing.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Franko on November 27, 2010, 08:55:22 PM
Quote from: tone007;594786
Filling out this poll made me realize I still have too many Amigas.


Donate one to nicholas then, he needs it... :)

(still can't help feeling sad for the poor guy... :( )
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: tone007 on November 27, 2010, 08:57:47 PM
My inferior NTSC machines with 110V power supplies could probably be obtained locally in PAL format with correct PSUs cheaper than it'd be to ship them overseas.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Kesa on November 27, 2010, 08:58:51 PM
Quote from: Franko;594789
Donate one to nicholas then, he needs it... :)

(still can't help feeling sad for the poor guy... :( )

Do we really need to?     :)

I've seen Amigas on ebay for about 5 dollars! I wish i bought that A1000 a couple of months ago as i've always wanted one. It was only $12 i think...  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: orb85750 on November 27, 2010, 08:59:08 PM
Quote from: Kesa;594787
I'm surprised so many people are using A1000's. I didn't really think many people used them     :)


The poll is not about using, it is about owning.  That said, I sold my A1000 because I never used it!  (However, I did like its keyboard.)

But really, do 3 out of 4 active members on this board own an A1200?  They're certainly not the most common here in the US.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Franko on November 27, 2010, 09:05:54 PM
Quote from: orb85750;594792
The poll is not about using, it is about owning.  That said, I sold my A1000 because I never used it!  (However, I did like its keyboard.)

But really, do 3 out of 4 active members on this board own an A1200?  They're certainly not the most common here in the US.


I'd noticed that the A1200 doesn't seem to be too big over the pond, seems it was mainly sold in the UK & Europe. Is there a reason for this or are you just skinflints over there in the US... :)
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Karlos on November 27, 2010, 09:07:17 PM
Quote from: Franko;594793
I'd noticed that the A1200 doesn't seem to be too big over the pond, seems it was mainly sold in the UK & Europe. Is there a reason for this or are you just skinflints over there in the US... :)


The Amiga boom in the US happened first and it tended to be more big-box machines rather than the home computer keyboard-only format that was popular here.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: tone007 on November 27, 2010, 09:09:47 PM
Speaking as someone in the US who was "into" computers in the 90's (albeit only in my early teens when the 1200 came out,) I don't recall very much advertising at all for Amiga systems.  The last commercials I recall for Amiga were A500 era.  Maybe I was just too busy playing Nintendo and fighting with Apple IIe's and 8088s, who knows.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Franko on November 27, 2010, 09:15:21 PM
Quote from: tone007;594796
Speaking as someone in the US who was "into" computers in the 90's (albeit only in my early teens when the 1200 came out,) I don't recall very much advertising at all for Amiga systems.  The last commercials I recall for Amiga were A500 era.  Maybe I was just too busy playing Nintendo and fighting with Apple IIe's and 8088s, who knows.


You must've been too busy playing the Nintendo, cos I've been gathering all the old Amiga ads from the net to put together on my sight and 90% of them are US ads... :)
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Kesa on November 27, 2010, 09:25:44 PM
PSSSSST Franko, where are the dirty pictures?
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: nicholas on November 27, 2010, 09:26:46 PM
Quote from: Franko;594785
NONE... YOU VOTED NONE...

Brings a tear to my eye that does... :(

If we all chip in together I reckon we could maybe get enough cash together to buy nicholas a second hand miggy on ebay, or maybe some glue and a soldering iron and he could build his own from the various bits n pieces he has... :)

Good grief man how can you live without an Amiga... :eek:


It's difficult my friend, very difficult indeed. :(
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Franko on November 27, 2010, 09:33:58 PM
Quote from: nicholas;594806
It's difficult my friend, very difficult indeed. :(


Good grief... there's two off them now nicholas & Oldsmobile_Mike... :(

Now I've got tears in me other eye... :cry:

(hope there's no more of you with invisible Amiga's cos I'm running out of eyes here... :eek:)

(anymore of this and I'll have to write to Bob Geldof and see if he can organise Amiga Aid.. :))
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: nicholas on November 27, 2010, 09:45:49 PM
Quote from: Franko;594810
Good grief... there's two off them now nicholas & Oldsmobile_Mike... :(

Now I've got tears in me other eye... :cry:

(hope there's no more of you with invisible Amiga's cos I'm running out of eyes here... :eek:)

(anymore of this and I'll have to write to Bob Geldof and see if he can organise Amiga Aid.. :))


You'd cry if I told you how much I let my Towered KS3.1 A1200 + BPPC + Mediator + FastATA Mk3 go for a couple of years ago. :(
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Karlos on November 27, 2010, 10:14:03 PM
Quote from: nicholas;594817
You'd cry if I told you how much I let my Towered KS3.1 A1200 + BPPC + Mediator + FastATA Mk3 go for a couple of years ago. :(


I bet the person that bought it was smiling though...
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: nicholas on November 27, 2010, 10:35:10 PM
Quote from: Karlos;594829
I bet the person that bought it was smiling though...


Indeed!

Did I say "how much"?  I meant "how little". :(
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: redfox on November 27, 2010, 11:48:21 PM
A2000HD + CD-ROM + A2058 RAM expansion + Microway FlickerFixer AGA 2000 + AmigaOS 3.1

I never did put in an accelerator, so it still has only the original 68000 CPU.

---
redfox
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: A4000_Mad on November 28, 2010, 11:58:54 AM
7 X A4000 Desktop

3 X A1200 Towers

10 X A1200 Desktops

1 X A2000

2 X A1500

3 X A600

5 X A500 Plus

4 X A500

:drink:
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: kedawa on November 28, 2010, 07:04:31 PM
Quote from: Franko;594800
You must've been too busy playing the Nintendo, cos I've been gathering all the old Amiga ads from the net to put together on my sight and 90% of them are US ads... :)
Commodore may have produced a lot of ads, but they certainly didn't get much play on television in north america.  I've only seen ads for the A500, and those were pretty infrequent.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Alex2000 on November 28, 2010, 07:29:08 PM
I bought an A2000 brand new when I was young...
Now I'm getting crazy finding expansion cards, accelerator, etc...

The Amiga is fantastic!
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: stocksj on December 09, 2010, 04:26:35 PM
I started in the 80's with a new A500, the moved up to an A2000HD. Sold that one in 1992. Later in 97 bought a used A500 then another A2000HD.
 I still own a C64 2nd Gen which was my 2nd C64. I've had about 5 different old Mac's which are no fun. Can't hack 'em.
 
 Jim
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: mechy on December 09, 2010, 04:40:09 PM
Quote from: tone007;594796
Speaking as someone in the US who was "into" computers in the 90's (albeit only in my early teens when the 1200 came out,) I don't recall very much advertising at all for Amiga systems.  The last commercials I recall for Amiga were A500 era.  Maybe I was just too busy playing Nintendo and fighting with Apple IIe's and 8088s, who knows.


You poor bastard,that must of scarred you for life..You are right,amiga commercials even in the 80's/90's were few and far between.Leave it to commodore to try and keep it a secret :)
I wouldn't of known what an amiga was if i hadn't had a friend who had a A1000,he had plenty of money and it was expanded well,he printed full color C= newgroup letters with fairly hi-res color graphics back in 87' time frame,we were all amazed. Seeing the newtek demo reel on a A500 in the PX was amazing.. had to  get one for sure then.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: dammy on December 09, 2010, 05:16:50 PM
Quote from: Karlos;594769
Unsurprising to see the A1200 / A500(+) machines in the lead.


True, those machines had a great bang:buck ratios that played cool games.  Take away the bang:buck ratio and the games and you have an entirely different situation.
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: motrucker on December 09, 2010, 05:34:49 PM
I seem to remember an A500 TV ad that launched a house into orbit... That is the only TV commercial I can remember.
Another point - Commodore placed ads in all of the Commodore and Amiga magazines, but ads in other computer magazines were really scarce. Odd strategy, that
BTW - I am using the old A1000 even more now that I found a copy of B.A.D. to use with it. Works well - until I can find a hard drive set up.....
Title: Re: Which Classic Amigas do you own?
Post by: Buzzfuzz on December 09, 2010, 06:34:15 PM
Quote from: nicholas;594782
Over the years I've had most of them (except the 3000 and 4000) in various editions and models, with various franken-1200's upgraded to the hilt.

Oh yeah, most my machines are accelerated or/and fast ram added and with HD.
 
A500 Plus rev 8A 2MB chip > GVP A530 4MB fast 105MB Quantum HD
A500 Plus rev 8A 2MB chip > BSC Alfadata Alfapower 8MB fast (bulding CF/4GB)
A500 rev 8A > 2MB fast RAM IDE (Tom Thul) (bulding CF/4GB)
A500 rev 6A > 2MB fast RAM IDE (Tom Thul) (bulding CF/4GB)
5 A500's more in build
 
A600, various models with 2MB chip, but none accelerated.
 
A1200 Blizzard 1230 50Mhz 64MB fast 4GB CF
A1200 Blizzard 1230 50Mhz 64MB fast 4GB CF
A1200 Mtec 28Mhz 8MB fast 128MB CF
A1200 Blizzard 1260 64MB fast + SCSI kit 32 MB fast, tower project in progress
A1200 (maybe 18 December) Blizzard 1230 50 Mhz, 32MB fast
All 1200's have kick 3.1 and run Classic WB 3.1 except for the 1260, that will run 3.9
 
A2500 GVP Combo 030 33Mhz and 33Mhz FPU 12MB fast 4.3GB Quantum Atlas
A2000 A2620 EC020 14Mhz 2MB fast and 4MB fast GVP HC8II 2.1 GB IBM
A2000 GVP Combo 030 40Mhz and 40Mhz FPU 16MB (card arrives tomorrow, machine in build)
5 more A2000's in build and 1 A2500
 
CD32 SX32MKII 8MB fast 1.4GB 2,5" HD Classic WB 3.1
another CD32 stock, but trying to fetch an SX32 Pro for this
 
A4000D A3640 full 040 25Mhz 16MB fast 4GB CF Classic WB3.1
A4000D A3640 full 040 25Mhz 16MB fast 4GB CF Classic WB3.1
(yes 2 of them, not a copy error)
A4000 Micronik tower Cyberstorm 060/PPC 50/200 Mhz 128+16MB fast with Cyberstorm Vision PPC and 36GB IBM Ultrastar, setting up 3.9 and in the future 4.1
A4000D A3640 full 040 25Mhz 16MB fast, work in progress as black edition A4000 (yes, fully black painted with original black Amiga mouse and CDTV keyboard)
 
I'm having the most fun configuring them and seeing what is possible and what not.
When Christmas is there I will pickup the A1200's and register WHDLoad and then it's game on :roflmao:
So as you can see, I have more than enough acceleration in the Amiga's, but my primary goal is to have them setup as WHDload machines, so basicly most will be the same and I will try to play on many of them as possible, although the ECS machines will be less used then the AGA machines.