Uh, "Price Gouging?"

[desiv]

I have to admit, one of the things I've never liked about the Amiga design is that some things CAN be plugged in either way and fried.
It wouldn't have been that hard to key the slot so it can only plug in one way.

Or, worst case and this is the design you have, add some diodes or something to protect the accidental reversal..  ;-(

Either way, good luck..

desiv
(Although it doesn't break anything, I always thought using the same ps2 connector for both mouse and keyboard, but it will only work the right way was dumb.  Can't tell you the number of times a "computer isn't working" was just someone had plugged those in backwards!!!)

[desiv]

Actually, I started on emulators, and got into hardware from there

Exactly the same here...
Emulators are just the gateway drug to get you hooked into mainlining hardware..  

er..

Well, you get the idea...

Now, I still use emulators for lots of things.
I have an Arcade cab I had an emulator in (it was Vantage instead of MAME for hardware reasons).  I now have a 60-n-1 board, which is still an emulator.
I'll probably eventually put a nicer computer with MAME back in there eventually.
But my 2nd cab (in need of a new Big Blue CAP I think, it's currently not working) is original.  I toyed with making it a racing multi CAB (it's  Pole Position II), but decided to leave it original.

And I use WinUAE/Amigaforever for config and testing things frequently before trying them on my real hardware.

desiv

[desiv]

There's still loads of classic Amiga goodies to be had for not a lot.

And of course, it helps if you live in the UK..

Certain other places, it's not quite as common....
I swear it seems like they are tripping over all the excess Amigas they have in the UK sometimes...
And then they go on about SCART..  Oh, you don't have SCART?  How do you watch Dr. Who and The IT Crowd and..  
Oh, you have to pay extra for BBC America on cable???

er..
um..

sorry, got sidetracked for a second...

Still, if you're patient, you can get a decent deal..  ;-)

desiv