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Back Again :)
« on: May 16, 2011, 08:24:41 AM »
Hi folks...

About 10 years ago I packed away all my Amiga stuff, But now its all back out :)

About my Machine....

Currently setting up my main machine...

Specs.

Amiga 1200 3.1 Roms
Blizzard PPC 603e@240MHz + 040@25MHz
64MB Fast Ram
4GB Solid state HD

So far....

I also have a power tower that im going to put everything into along with

CD Rom Drive
BVision GFX Card
Extra cooling

Im trying to keep it fairly simple so may not use the BVision and may stick with WB3.0 rather than 3.9 :)

The PPC Card seems to be overheating, Now I suspect its the PSU thats causing it as I never had problems before even with it in the standard 1200 case. But Im fairly sure I had a much heavier PSU before, So will dig this out soon.

Also have....

A2000 With 6MB ram, 030@25MHz 250MB HD, CD Rom, Rom 2.04???
CD32
A600 With HD and 1 meg ram expansion
A500 With Action replay + Ram
A500+ With extra ram

Lots of other bits such as sound samplers, printers, monitors, genlock etc :)

Next job for me is to get the PCMCIA network card working, Ill be very happy once thats done :)

About me...

I currently work as a computer programmer for a 3D CAD Company (its good fun too)

I have also worked in Electronics and Robotics as well as being a fully qualified Car Mechanic :)

I used to write a LOT of software on the Amiga, So will certainly be getting back into that once the hardware is ready.

My other passion in life is my Nissan Skyline R33 :)

How was that for an intro ?  :)

Mark.
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Re: Back Again :)
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2011, 02:27:41 PM »
Thanks for the welcomes :)

And thanks to franko for his efforts, Without which im sure replacing my broken 3.1 disks would have been rather harder :)

And, For the ones who are unfamiliar with the Nissan Skyline...

The R32 GT-R dominated JTCC, winning all 29 races it entered in the series, as well as taking the series title every year from 1989-1993.

It took 50 races from 50 starts from 1991-1997 (latterly R33) in the N1 Super Taikyu.

And so on....  The latest incarnation, the R35 or GTR (they dropped the skyline name now) has just won the lap of America, so still going good :)


Back on the Amiga front, I just ordered Storm C V4.0 :) Should be fun...

I didnt quite neglect Amiga for 10 years, I have the Cloanto offering, But an emulator just isnt the same...
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Re: Back Again :)
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2011, 02:29:53 PM »
Pics ? Well, There isnt much to see really, But I will sort you some out if you wish, Do you want pics of the components or whole machines ?
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Re: Back Again :)
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2011, 02:39:45 PM »
I found a few pics of my stuff on my photobucket account....

You can make out the BVision and PPC card here...


2K


500 + AR


CD32


One of the Skyline (With Porsche 924s in background)


Ill get more pics of the Amiga stuff as I put it back in the tower....
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Re: Back Again :)
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2011, 03:40:38 PM »
Quote from: Iggy;638136

Why would you put something like that away?
Do you know how many posters on this forum there are that would kill for a system like that?


I know back in the day it was quite a potent machine, But I honestly had no idea it would still be considered with any regard, Guess I have to treat it nice now or risk the wrath of you lot :)

The reason it went away mainly was me losing touch with the community when I started a business about 10 years ago or so.... Just never had time for it back then and never fetched it back out untill recently.

Coding on the PC lacks soul, its so much more fun on the Amiga...
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Re: Back Again :)
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2011, 03:47:59 PM »
Quote from: CSixx;638132
Welcome back, very nice a1200 you have there.
Car-wise, I'd rather look at the 944 you have in the background :)


Its a 1985 924S, which is the 924 body but with the larger Porsche made 2.5 liter inline 4, Its not in fantastic condition as I dont really use it much but its mechanically sound... Im not sure what I will be doing to it, Possibly a full restoration, or maybe Ill just clean it up...

And Iggy is right, the Skyline is significantly faster and better in the corners, But the Porsche is just as much fun....
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Re: Back Again :)
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2011, 08:55:38 PM »
Quick update...

Its all back in its power tower, and OS3.9 is installing as I write :)

All the overheating and crashing problems went away when it was plugged into the towers PSU, Also installed but not yet using the BVision.

Just about managed to hook it up to my router too :)
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