Hi from NZL.

[westy]

Hi,

I'm an Amiga user from New Zealand. I recently got my dusty 1200 out and am starting scan auction sites for parts to upgrade it to run OS3.9 nicely. Also got a 500+ and a CD32 which I think are still working. Guess I'll get stuck and need to ask a few questions I hope you guys can help me with! =)

To save making a new thread to ask a new-be question, I thought I would ask here, what is the deal with softhut.com? Do they actually have all the stuff on their site in stock? They have Blizzards, AmigaOne mobos etc on their site. I e-mailed them but got no response.

Chris.

[westy]

Hey, thanks for the responses.

actung_bab wrote:
hi there am getting back into it also l assume ur a west aucklander...

l have 3 amiga 1200s 1 working the others as parts so if u want my help be pleased to help u

l be in auckland for concert 21-23 rd septemper

l have good knowledge of amigas over the years so feel

free for and help or advice .. am in process of getting

a order from amikit myself and whould recomend

also if u want list l might have parts u need


 :-D

actung_bab; West Hamiltron

My eventual plan is to put the 1200 into a tower with a Mediator PCI board and a Blizzard card. And use an old Voodoo GFX card I have.

But, since finding a Blizzard will take a while and I don't want to start the tower project until I have it, for now I'll just stick to my stock 1200 with a 8MB ram expansion. And purchase a IDE->CF adaptor to use for the HDD and get a PCMCIA CF adaptor to use to transfer files from PC->Amiga.

Hopefully I can find an IDE and PCMICA --> CF adaptor here that will work and not have to purchase from Amikit etc right away, that should save a bit of money.

[westy]

duffsta wrote:
Hi westy
iam from new zealand 2 ,christchurch
I ve just jumped back on in past couple weeks building up my amiga 1200 picked up a 030/28hz with 8meg ram couple weeks back for $20nz i have a 8meg ram board iam not using now if you would maybe like it makes workbench and whdload alot faster or try trademe.com theres a 8meg card on there at moment goin cheap.
Your post made me sign up to this site iam also a member of amgians.net and morphzone check out those sites for future amiga hardware you seen morphos?
Anyway you have any questions about amiga stuff let me know iam off to south africa for holiday on sunday so ill try email you back before then. cheers. Amigas rule!

Hey man, good to hear from another NZ amiga user. Where;d you get an 030 at that price? That's an awesome deal! Just had a look on Trademe, lots of Amiga listings at the moment, I must sign up for an account.

I haven't heard of those other sites you mentioned I'll check them out now. Enjoy the holiday man.

[westy]

duffsta wrote:
Yeh nz seems to have alot of amiga users,
MY mate down the road from sold me it cheap. he has like 15 amiga's  he has 4 amiga 1200's and a towered one and a spare 030 he might wanna sell its a 030/33mhz with 16meg ram if you keen i can ask him. let me know. trademe always has cool stuff though there seems to be couple hardout amiga users on there out bidding people with lots cash lol . ..

My first amiga back in 1990 was 500+ i love those amiga's need to pick my self up anther one it had 2.04 rom workbench was nice on it for a 500 had the yellow workbench tabs, only problem i found lots old games didnt work and when i was young that really pissed me off lol found out years later theres a program called softkick or something that lets you boot back to 1.3rom lol ohh well  :roll:  

Yeah I would be keen on an 030 anyday, be cool if you could ask him. I check Trademe occasionally but like you say, most the good/rare Amiga stuff goes for prices too high for me.

500+ was my first amiga too, and hah yeah I had the same problem - getting games from my friends with 500s and them not working on the 500+. We were too young to ever work out why..

[westy]

I'm just going to get a new piece cut out for the back of a case I have, should be simple enough. I might ask for the wiring diagrams sometime, haven't found too much info about using the PC PSU.

The 8MB card that was on Trademe got taken down by the seller There is an 060 on eBay at the moment I saw before, GBP 359 though!