Hello

[lassie]

Hey, everyone. I've never posted an introduction on a forum before, but  this time, I thought it might be fun, and perhaps a bit necessary. ; )  So here it goes.

I guess you could say I'm sort of a "Joe  Everyman." I was born in 1990. My first computer was a Packard Bell  running Windows 95, and up until a couple of years ago, I had never even  heard of Commodore or the Amiga. Moreover, until I began  learning about vintage computers, I never thought about things like DOS,  BASIC, operating systems, GUIs, or anything else that actually makes a computer.

So  how did I get here? Well, I've always had an interest in computers.  Growing up in the 90s, I can remember I time when computers were "cool."  Typically I remember seeing hip, skateboarding teenagers in dark rooms  with half-a-dozen monitors, furiously typing random lines and somehow  hacking mainframes or the like. It was always something that intrigued  me, but I never understood just exactly what the hell was going on. The  only thing my computer did was play solitaire. lol

Ultimately,  though, it was my love of video games that introduced me to Commodore,  Amiga, and vintage computers in general. Growing up, I had everything  from NES to PS2, but several years ago I started actively collecting  again, and it wasn't too long after surfing the net I stumbled upon the  Commodore 64. Something that apparently had quite a significant impact,  on the market and also people's lives, but I was totally unaware of.

About  a year later, I came across one in a thrift store and my journey into  this realm began. Since then, pretty much the way it's worked is: I come  across something I've read a little about, I buy it, and then I spend  days trying to figure it out. Currently, I have several different  machines, but it's the Amigas which seem to really peak my interest.

Basically  all of the above combined is why I'm here. I have quite a bit of  interest in the Amiga, but practically 0 experience with it, and I'm  hoping this is the place to learn. I've registered to a couple of other  sites, but the members there haven't been as helpful as I had hoped.

Most of my posts will be help-related. I apologize for any/all ignorance, and I thank you all, in advance.

Welcome here it always nice to here from someone who shares the same interese as myself. What computers/Consoles do you own now?

[lassie]

Thanks for the welcome, lassie.

For consoles I have the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Master System, Genesis, PS1, and PS2. Plus a few variants and duplicates.

For computers I have the C64 (and 64C), A1000 (just got for free a couple of days ago!), A1200, and a TI-99 with no software. Plus a few random, more "modern" ('94 - '99) machines that I've picked up at yard sales and what-not for storage and experimenting with Linux.

Then we have some of the same machines I think i am a lot like you, i also had purchased many Computers i did not know about, and then tried my way with them. Here are my collection so far

Amiga 4000 030 18 mb ram, 16 giga hard disk
Amiga 2000 030 9 mb ram, 1 giga hard disk
Amiga 2000 68000 5 mb ram, 500 mb hard disk
Amiga 2000 68000 9 mb ram, 1 giga hard disk
Amiga 1200 Apollo 1230 34 mb ram 16 giga hard disk and 4 gig CF.
Amiga 600 4 mb ram, 4 giga hard disk
Amiga 600 1 mb ram, 60 mb hard disk
Amiga 500 1 mb ram
Amiga cd32
Commodore 64
Commodore 64c
Commodore 128
Commodore 128D
Atari st
Nintendo Nes
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Sega master system 1 and 2
Sega mega drive 1 and 2
Sega mega cd
Sega 32x
Sega Saturn
Atari Jaguar
Playstation 1 and 2 and 3
Xbox
Philips Cdi
And some old pc

[lassie]

Can I come and live at your house?