My Amiga 500 tribute page

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Paul

Great first entry that. Just left me wanting to read more. Couple of real items of interest for me there... The Slingshot... Not come across that before. Certainly shows the many ways the A500 could be expanded. Who made that and could you take a pic of it on its own... Make and manufaturer details etc. Nice collectors piece. Also the box is one that I am not familiar with. Where did you buy your A500 from... How much etc. What do you you think you paid for your kit over the years. Also that stand to your monitor is just magical. Just left me wanting to see more of what you had. Like do you still have all the bits and pieces from inside the box and what were the contents..

Just excellent. Watch the old cheese 501 cus there is a dreaded battery in there that is probably leaking.

Well done and simply excellent... More pages please.

scuzz
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[scuzzb494]

Hi

Those are wondefully sharp images of the Prespect Technics card and helps greatly fill in gaps with regard to expansions made for the A500. Well done.. just magic for serious collectors like me. Just need to get one now... Lucky you.

You can see where the collecting takes you though, cus with the variety of differing boxes even there is always something of interest from anyone who decides to photograph and display what they have. It really does help with the collating of the vast history of Commodore Products. Already from your site there are at least three specific items I had not even heard of. Just wish more Amiga enthusiasts would be so keen as to show the world just what they have.

Thats all very mouthwatering to me and I certainly will link you to my website. Would be great to get a full list of what you have down to the various leaflets, gurantees, cables, books, receipts even. It all paints a very vivid picture of the true Amiga ' set-up '. You can get kit off Ebay but you will never replace an Amiga original setup. I am lucky I still have my Amiga ' set-up ' .. All the various bits and pieces that have sat around the machine since birth. You seem to have quite a lot of what you originally have so you can best demonstrate what it was to have an original Amiga. Truly a unique situation and one you should be very very proud of. For me its not about acquiring an A4000 off the Bay and trying to make it into a modern PC. Its more about being able to appreciate an Amiga for what it truly was... The greatest computer ever made.

That is what Keeping the Faith is all about.

Just excellent.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi

Sorry.. One last thing in respect of context. I travel around the UK picking up kit and I am always very very sad when I come across a serious Amigan getting rid of his kit. Cus, I know what it was to live the dream. Having grown up with the Amiga you appreciate that it was more than just the computer it was the whole world that existed around the computer, and your setup at home reflected a small part of that world. So seeing someones Amiga world fragmented and broken up is kinda really sad. The worst I ever had to deal with was a whole atic dedicated to the Amiga from a guy that must have died... And I was offered the whole lot for the collection. I just wished I could have taken the whole room undisturbed... Better, to have met the person to understand just what went on in his Amiga world. I have an old picture on the website of the actual Checkmate in context but it cannot begin to actually reflect the magical space that existed. As I say, if you are an Amiga thoroughbread and lived the dream you will appreciate what I am saying here... As I said earlier, that is something neither collectors off Ebay or users of the emulator will ever really appreciate.

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scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi

You need to get the battery off. What I do ... Others will say different, but the computer is so valuable. I just rock the battery back and forth gently till it snaps off. I then clean with a cotton bud with vinegar and then neautralise with bicarbonate of soda [ small amounts ] Then dry with a very gentle heat from a hair dryer.

The A4000 and the A2000 snap off easy. The A3000T has tracks running below the battery and I would not do the same procedure.

The battery is a killer and should either be replaced, monitored or replaced.

Damage to the ' cheese '

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scuzz
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