Amigas in Japan ... help!

[ami_junki]

Hello everyone, I am new here .... well kind of, was a member ages ago but couldn`t find my user name so re-registered.  Basically I am looking for some help, I moved to Japan 2 years ago and been wanting to get back into the Amiga but getting hold of them here is a nightmare.  Tried to buy an A1200 from eBay in England but shipping was crazy, so I was wondering if there are any other Amiga users in Japan who would have some info?

Thanks in advance,

Timo

[ami_junki]

hi, thanks for sending me the info, i had looked at yahoo before but the prices were quite high but if you managed to get an A2000 for 5,000 yen that is great ... i will have to keep my eyes peeled.  hopefully will get an A1200 sent via surface mail from england next week but have to wait 3 months where in japan do you live by the way?  i live in chiba - it cool to see that there are other amiga users here, thought i was the only one hehehe.  

[ami_junki]

Thanks James, I will keep looking for an Amiga but I must admit to it being a difficult task.

Cheers,

Timo

[ami_junki]

rednova wrote:
Dear Friend:

I am not in Japan...but I have an idea. Get 'amiga forever' is pc emulator for amiga, it costs little and you can download all programs for amiga and play for free. You can use amiga forever until you get a real amiga.
I use amiga forever...is easy to install and lets you play all amiga games. Pls find out more about it.
Cheers!!!
Sayonara!!!

rednova
-mobilis in mobile-

That sounds like a good idea unfortunately I don`t have a PC just a bloody MacBook which has been causing me all kinds of problems.  Hmmm maybe I should get a cheap pc just to run Amiga Forever for the mean time.  :roll:

[ami_junki]

countzero wrote:
well Rafaelle has a point. Japan uses american standarts so electricity is 110v and Tv's are NTSC. And it's impossible to find multi system Tvs except from Duty Free shops in Akihabara and the like. But the best solution is a LCD-Tv or LCD which supports 15Khzvertical-50Hz Horizontal. Last time I was in Akihabara I saw some LCD screens which supported these.

Also I recommend importing PAL amigas from Europe and 110v PSUs from america. I usually buy dead big box amigas here and put mobos imported from europe. NTSC mobos can give you headaches with some software (especially ECS-OCS systems).

by the way, in case you don't know, jmbattle is AIAB fame

Doh, I live in Chiba too At Gyotoku, near Urayasu (Disneyland).

Yes I was thinking of going to Akihabara to pick up a cheap LCD TV and see if I can find an American power supply or a transformer.  Makes me miss my old Amigas though, I used to have an A3000 and then an A1200 Towered with Power PC and Blizzard Video Card .... arrghh why I did I sell it?!  :-?  Well I have the A1200 shipping to Japan now and got one of the CF IDE adapters so just need to go down to Akihabara for the LCD TV and transformer.  

Thanks for the help as well, oh I live near Inagekaigan station, about 20 min away from Disney Land.

Cheers,

TImo

[ami_junki]

Wickid I will have to try that out, didn`t know the MacBook could do that - still wanna get rid of it though.  Anyone wanna trade a 2ghz MacBook for a some decent Amiga hardware?

By the way bought this - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEBTOX:IT&item=120191632739&_trksid=p3984.cTODAY.m238.lVI

was it is a good price?

[ami_junki]

OSS542 wrote:
I should mention.....
There used to be an active user's group in Tokyo...
I've heard it was becoming active again since Dennis' MiniMeg project.
There is also a small user's group in Kyoto (or there was).  I know a couple of the members.

Thanks for that, I might try to contact them - been having fun looking for parts for the A1200, didn`t realise how hard it is to find ram expansion though.  I was thinking of getting OS 3.9 but I guess you would need at least a 030 with Ram for that to work properly ....

Also just saw this CF Micro Drive 4 gb, does anyone know if these drives work, also if they are better to use than CF Flash drives?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290194436375