Hello from UK

[BongoJoe]

Heya guys, total amiga n00blet here. I had a 500 about 10 years ago for about a year and that was it, Until now. I Was at a bootsale (think mmo-yardsale without the online part) the otherday and saw an A600 there for 5 quid so I though what the heck.

I got it home only to realise that the mouse wasn't registering any vertical movement so I got to looking and realised how modd-able (or whatever the real word for modd-able is) the amigas were, uhh except for the A600 apparently.

But yea I've done some very minor modding with PCs xbox/ps2/Dreamcast etc and like the idea of having the A600 as my next little hobby.

I'm mentally prepared for my ego to take a serious ass kicking as I'm sure it'll be waaaay more complicated than any other mods I've done in the past.

[Tahoe]

Welcome.
You'll find hacking the A600 is easier then adding a modchip to an x-box. However, there isn't that much hacking one can do with an A600

[Zero]

Welcome! :-)

[BongoJoe]

Sweet that's good news, though I didn't find the xbox hdd mod that difficult anyways.

I saw an adapter on ebay that allows you to use a standard pc mouse on amigas, is it possible to just throw an amiga mouse connection onto a ps/2 mouse or is the wiring completely different?

[Tahoe]

Not only is the wiring different, so is the protocol. That's why you need one of those adapters. Same goes for the keyboard.

Ebay is a good place to look for certain parts, mice can be found new on ebay germany for about 10 euro's. Localy you can always check www.amigakit.com, probably the only store in the UK still actively supporting amiga.

[amigakit]

Welcome.

The Amiga to PS/2 adapter is called the Cocolino -  great for adding a PS/2 scroll mouse.

Although there are still new Amiga mice available

[BongoJoe]

I was afraid of that. I didn't want to buy a mouse as it would be double what I paid for the amiga itself(£5/$10) lol.

[amigakit]

£5 is a bargain!

We have old second hand, but working, mice here that we dont sell on the webstore if this is any help.

[pp1977]

Ass, Cash or Gas no one rides ("mods") for free, that's the first lesson in the Amiga world, eh eh .

[BongoJoe]

Cool I'll look at those tomorrow. Most of my modding comes from cheap-ass sources I rarely pay a lot for components if I can help it. Travelling isn't out of the question if I really want something, but I try to give up as little ass as humanly possible whe it comes to getting the parts I need.

Late now so I'm outta here. See you guys tomorrow and thanks for the advice.

[Tripitaka]

Hi to you to Bongojoe. Where in the UK are you? you may have helpfull people close by with all sorts of Amiga related stuff lying about. ;-)
Nice to see you modded the XBox but What modding have you done to it? Mines chipped, 160Gb HDD, transparent blue case, ATA133 round blue cable, & 60mm fan. I still intend adding 2 USB ports & lights but I've been rather busy........still got a Viper USB mod to do on my NGC now I think about it.  :evilgrin:
Anyway, I'm sure I speak for all in saying...welcome to A'org. :-)

[Tripitaka]

......and a big hi to pp1977 too. :-)

[mintfresh]

Welcome to the fourm. I'm new here myself, but allready finding it a great community to be a part of.

Whereabouts in the UK are you based, if you don't mind me asking?

The A600 is a great machine in my opinion. It was the first Amiga I ever had, and I regret parting with it to get my 1200(although the 1200 is great itself)

Never did anything technical with it myself. I'd suggest getting a hard drive for it. Cheapest way I'd think would be to find an old PC drive that would fit. Needs to be 2.5" really, but 3.5" would be usuable with some work.

I think the 600 is often overlooked in favour of the classic 500 or the more powerfull 1200. But it really is a cool little machine.

Good luck with it and let us know if you do anything cool with it. I have a 600 I picked up cheap a while ago, just removed the floppy drive from it to replace my rusty 1200 one! But i'd like to put it to good use sometime.

[pp1977]

Hi everyone! I'm sorry I didn't properly introduce myself. Been an Amiga user for quite sometime (since 89 - my A500 still works flawlessly!), and finding a forum like this one was pure bliss, a hell of a community with people always willing to help, it's a rare find nowadays   :-)

[amigakit]

@pp1977

Welcome