Just won a A1200 on ebay

[save2600]

Irrelevant. The rude comments were made before you knew about that. If I was in his position I'd be quite upset to read comments like that on a forum, and to be honest I'd probably be tempted to piss on it too.

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moto

Oh c'mon -now that's an even less mature stance to take. You can't be serious.

Truth is, it is kind of embarrassing that the thread was discovered. I'm embarrassed for my comment(just hate seeing ads like that), Hell_labs and now this. It's just not cool or mature. But the fact remains, the ad was terribly written, he could have gotten more for his stuff had it been better read and now there's the ethical question of just what the seller actually did to the unit before shipment.

In any event - chalk this up to experience I guess. Bad or good, depending on your point of view. Either way, ePay sucks and Hell_Labs ignored a couple of red flags with this purchase, banking on the expectation that he was getting a "good" deal. So much for that prospect!  :lol:

[Damion]

I also once got an A1200 that smelled like cat urine. The problem with cat urine, it actually seeps into the pores of the plastic. I tried every cleaning solution known to man, but the room it was in always smelled horrible so eventually I had no choice but to toss it. :-(

[Dragster]

OK good deal. Now what's that pacman game on the TV screen? Is that running on the A1200?  I thought there was no official pacman version for the Amiga...

[save2600]

I don't know about that version, but there's Puc-Man from '96 that's excellent. Even maintains the proper vertical aspect ratio of the arcade instead of being all stretched out. You should be able to find it fairly easy by Googling or whatever if you don't already have it. I know there's a WHDLoad version of it...

[Tajmaster]

OK good deal. Now what's that pacman game on the TV screen? Is that running on the A1200? I thought there was no official pacman version for the Amiga...

Ive got one called PacMania, dunno if thats whats on the screen though. Maybe the OP can identify it?

[JC]

Deluxe Pac Man is great!

[Hell Labs]

The pac man game is called "pacman 96". I'm about to put the case in a bath full of soapy water, once I get this last rusty screw out. Anyone got any experiance with pulling the caps off an 1200 keyboard? It seems to be put together a bit different than el cheapo PC keyboard.

[save2600]

The pac man game is called "pacman 96". I'm about to put the case in a bath full of soapy water, once I get this last rusty screw out. Anyone got any experiance with pulling the caps off an 1200 keyboard? It seems to be put together a bit different than el cheapo PC keyboard.

Ahh.... so it has been lingering in a crummy environment all this time if the screws are rusty. The keyboard keys just pop off is all. I think there's only metal brackets for the space bar, shift and return keys. Those can be a little tricky re-installing.

[tone007]

It really is easier just to take the 20 or 30 little screws out of the back of the keyboard, pull the metal plate, and gently put the membrane aside (fragile things.)  All the keys will stay on the keyboard, and you won't have to worry about springs flying everywhere.  If it is dirty enough to require all the keys be removed, it's easier to pull the keys apart from behind with a pair of pliers anyway.

Just my experience, and I've stripped a few keyboards.

[Hell Labs]

It seems the keyboard stinks the worst! No signs of "fluids" anywhere inside the machine, thank god. I'll have to have a look at a new keyboard from amigakit. And a new mouse, this one doesn't go up or down. Maybe the hard disk, it boots from it "sometimes". I haven't took the RF sheilding off the motherboard, so god knows what thats like. None of the many many workbench 3.0 disks boot beyond an amigaDOS window.

[nagaflas]

63 pounds is about 95 bucks. Yes, you made off quite well!

[Hell Labs]

Just gave the case and top half of the keybaord a bath. There's not really a smell on it now, but when I came back to the room where the rest of the stuff was, I nearly passed out from the smell. Please god, let it be the box. Please. Not the disks. Not the joysticks. Not the manuals. just the box. Please.

[save2600]

Since you got such a good deal on the package and he apparently didn't have his cats purposely spray on your stuff, maybe the nice thing to do would be to send him some air freshener for the house and a coupon to a pampered kitty spa or something?  :lol:

I don't know what exactly it is with some cat owners, if it's the cats themselves or how well or not they're maintained, but I dated a gal once that (believe it or not), had this cat odor about her. Totally pretty gal mind you - but that litterbox smell permeated her entire being. Only got through a date or two before I couldn't stand it. Her house smelled like it too, so did her mother and her auto. Yes, there were cats, but the place wasn't all gross, hairy or whatever. Odd, odd stuff. I have one cat and you wouldn't even be able to tell I have one unless you saw her. Bathed her twice in 4 years (whores bath, not even a true water/shampoo dunking), feed her Wysong food and use a 'green' (like wooden saw dust), no clay based cat litter. Oh and she's been fixed. Maybe that's the difference. If your cats aren't spayed or neutered, they'll want to spray their scent all over the place in an attempt to mark "their" territory. But back to the litterbox... can't stand the silica (or whatever) dust most of the cheap stuff is comprised of AND it's been known to give 'em cancer. A little FYI for anyone with cats that would like to investigate that...

[Crom00]

It's even funner when some girls smell like funky cats and wear black with all the cat hairs on their cloths. I like cats but jeeeezzz.

I've know some folks that smell like wet dogs and tehy're cool with it.

[save2600]

It's even funner when some girls smell like funky cats and wear black with all the cat hairs on their cloths. I like cats but jeeeezzz.

I've know some folks that smell like wet dogs and tehy're cool with it.

LOL!  I use the wet dog analogy all the time to describe the smell of sooooo many of the natives around here in WI. To compound matters, almost everyone smokes and wears Carthart or those stupid puffy skiing type coats (even though they don't ski)... so yeah - there you have it... a cigarette smoking dog that has been left out in the rain wearing cotton so that the funkiness stays with 'em no matter where they go. Those people just must be so used to their own funk - to NOT get it. lol  

Oh and yeah, what's with women and their friggin' pets laying on them all the time OR their furniture?? Especially gross when they let them sit up near their faces when sleeping. Yuck.

May as well change the thread title to: "Pet lovers unite"!  :lol:

[stefcep2]

LOL!  I use the wet dog analogy all the time to describe the smell of sooooo many of the natives around here in WI. To compound matters, almost everyone smokes and wears Carthart or those stupid puffy skiing type coats (even though they don't ski)... so yeah - there you have it... a cigarette smoking dog that has been left out in the rain wearing cotton so that the funkiness stays with 'em no matter where they go. Those people just must be so used to their own funk - to NOT get it. lol  

Oh and yeah, what's with women and their friggin' pets laying on them all the time OR their furniture?? Especially gross when they let them sit up near their faces when sleeping. Yuck.

May as well change the thread title to: "Pet lovers unite"!  :lol:

Not just pet owners who smell.  Been to many an Amiga user group over the years and I can tell you that as a general group personal hygiene is not something they do well.  LOL