Hi all, my name's Spiro and I'm based in Wellington, New Zealand.
My first Amiga was back in 88 or 89 and my path took me into the world of Linux. But I've always loved the Amiga and get back into retrocomputing every so often.
I ended up selling everything many years ago, and then started buying things back over the last few years.
A couple of years ago I bought an A500 (off the guy I sold all my retrocomputers to back in the day) and only just started working on it this last week. It's up and running, and has a new 3.2 ROM in it, albeit the internal FDD doesn't work and the PSU is a bit iffy (ordered a new one).
Currently considering my options for it. I think I want to keep it as a 68000, but want extra mem for WB 3.2 and want to get a hard disk/CF upgrade for it.
I've ordered an A600GS and that will scratch my itch for accelerated Amiga.
Pretty excited to see what's current in the Amiga scene as I've missed so much being away so many years. But there's so much good stuff out there.
My main goal with the Amiga is to do coding on it. Assembly/ML is where my heart is at and working my way through a couple of tutes/books.
I'd be keen on knowing if there are many NZers on here and if there are any meetups, clubs, or demo/copy parties still happening.
I remember Syntax party from Australia and I'm guessing they're still going (saw one last year online).. Do many/any NZers go to that?
Anyway, hi, nice to meet you all.
