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Offline GilthanazTopic starter

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Hi community!
« on: July 27, 2011, 10:03:48 AM »
Ahoi!

Today I'am 30 years old (ya... FML :P), but already registered here a while ago. How that relates? Well, I decided to wish for something I actually wanted when i was way younger, but could not afford: An Amiga 1200 :D

However, my knowledge of Amiga Soft- and Hardware is basically not existant; Except for games. Lots and lots of games. I think i still know most cheat codes for the games I had for my A500, which is a lot ;)

That said, I'am primarily here to meet people who also love Commodore machines. I'am sure I can learn a lot and will bathe in nostalgia to keep myself from thinking of how old I just turned :/ (subjective feeling, I'am not saying that anyone else 30+ is old or has to feel old just because i feel that way).

So on friday I shall get my new toy, an Amiga 1200 in great condition with a 4GB IDE-CF Adapter+Card, 030 Turbocard, ADF Transfer Kit and a lot of other things, together with a lot of original games - basically all my favourites from back in the earlier '90s.  

I'am sure I'll ask a lot of questions and hope to find answers. Also i want to fix my A500 and C64 and hope for people with more hardware knowledge to help me find the broken parts.

Oh, and my first language is not english, but german, so please correct me if I have wrong spelling or grammer :)

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- Gil
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2011, 10:44:34 AM »
Hi Gilthanaz... :)

Welcome to the happy place called Amigaland AKA the Nuthouse... :)

Sigh... I'd love to feel a 30 year old (but the neighbours would talk and I'd get arrested) and anywhoo I can't really remember that far back in time (think when I was that age we still had dinosaurs roaming about)... :)

Well hopefully on Friday when you get your nice new Amiga (good choice the A1200 by the way) we'll be hearing a lot more from you as you discover both the joys and frustration that only Amiga can bring... :)

I'm sure all your questions will be answered by the natives here, you may not like all of the answers but they will get answered none the less... :)
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2011, 10:48:26 AM »
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grammer


grammar ;)

Welcome, and enjoy. The setup you have on the way sounds very nice.
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2011, 10:50:23 AM »
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grammar ;)


grandad... :D
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2011, 11:07:15 AM »
Darn, I had it correct first and corrected myself wrong ;)

Well, the fun will definitly begin when I have to install the turbo board and CF HDD - however, i think the latter will not pose much of a problem. So far i could not find out yet if the A1200 IDE Bus allows for two IDE devices to be connected per Master/Slave, as known from PC compatible. Probably it can even fit two CF-HDDs then, if there's enough space :D

After I get all the hardware working, i'll try to install Workbench 3.1 on the HDD and get the machine to boot from it. So far i've read on many forums that a WB 3.1 installation to HDD can be pretty stressy :)

AmigaOS of the native 3.1 appears to be a lot like a *nix/DOS hybrid, so as a *nix Sysadmin and Oracle DBA I'll probably feel right at home once i've got the default device names memorized ;)

Yesterday I built shelves for the Original Games in my computer room. Right now I'am pondering how to protect them from smoke so they dont turn yellow over time - I guess some of those freezer bags to keep food fresh with ziplock should do a good job :D

Picture of my Computer/LAN Party room (sorry, its a mess - picture is pretty old, too). On the left side where the big CRT TV is, the Amiga will get his new home. The shelves would be on the left side wall which can't be seen on this picture - but i'll get some more when the Amiga is set up and the boxed games found their place :D




I'am collecting a lot of machines and we're having LAN Parties quite often, so all of this eats a LOT of power :( But, well, there is a solution for every Problem :D SOLAR POWER! WEEEE! :D




:D


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- Gil
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2011, 11:19:32 AM »
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So far i could not find out yet if the A1200 IDE Bus allows for two IDE devices to be connected per Master/Slave, as known from PC compatible.


It can but you'd have to keep the cable very short indeed to try and avoid problems... :)

Much better (and advisable) to get a buffered interface board for your A1200. I use both the 4xEIDE & FastATA MKIII boards in my various A1200's and they make adding CD/DVD ReWriters and HD's a breeze. The FastATA MKIII is the best and really speeds up HD/CD/DVD read/write access, but it's more expensive and I believe you can still buy it new from AmigaKit... :)

Love the Solar Panels by the way... neat... (just wish we had enough sunlight here in Scotland to make them cost effective)... :)
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2011, 12:49:26 PM »
Nope you spelt it right the first time. Wow how easily you just fit in amazes me. You truly are an Amigan! Welcome home buddy   :)

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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2011, 12:57:17 PM »
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grammar ;)

Welcome, and enjoy. The setup you have on the way sounds very nice.

Nope. Grammar is spelt grammer. See above.

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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2011, 01:06:45 PM »
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Nope you spelt it right the first time. Wow how easily you just fit in amazes me. You truly are an Amigan! Welcome home buddy   :)

http://www.amiga.org/forums/group.php?groupid=50

Such a warm welcome :D

Let's see... usually I start/go-back to a hobby, all easy in the beginning... to then get utterly insane with what I want to get to work up to really weird hardware modifications :P Like setting up a 286' Webserver or control all the light switches in my house via parallel control of a linux machine, triggering relays XD

Or I'll just get stuck playing A-Train, Apidya, The Clou and UFO: Enemy Unknown AGA for a loooong time...

- Gil
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2011, 01:14:21 PM »
You sir are going to be very popular here on Amiga.org   :)
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2011, 01:40:57 PM »
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Sigh... I'd love to feel a 30 year old (but the neighbours would talk and I'd get arrested)

Pure gold :D
 
Anyway, welcome Gilthanaz (boy is this hard to type right...), and enjoy your Amiga resurrection :)
My money's on UFO Enemy unknown :) You'll lose weeks with that one.
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2011, 01:52:12 PM »
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Pure gold :D
 My money's on UFO Enemy unknown :) You'll lose weeks with that one.

I do a complete playthrough of X-COM 1+2+3 at least once a year ever since they have been released :) Interceptor about every 3rd year, and Enforcer only in LAN Coop if I'am really bored. I also helped Scott with XCOMUTIL many years ago. I own every X-COM game several times, even from the pre-X-COM (when it was still named UFO) era :D That reminds me, I must complete my X-COM shrine soon.....

Hm, I guess I've literally spent months of my life playing X-COM 1 to 3 over and over and over again up to superhuman difficulty :P

I'am really looking forward to games that I couldn't play back then, tho. I never played Syndicate and other famous titles, and since they are supposedly incredibly good, I'll be busy with them for a while.

Well, given I get the Hardware to work together and can set up the sytem to boot from HDD and so on, I'am off work the next two weeks and might just waste all those free days with gaming ;) I'am just glad my wifey is a gamerchick and plays as much as I do, also cross-platform :D So no one will whine if I play a lot, heh! Except for me if she kills my highscores that fast again....

Maybe I even manage to resurrect the C64 and A500 :D (C64 boots but all keyboard input is garbled; The A500 stops before the "insert disc icon" appears, my guess is that the kick rom went *pfzfzfz*)

This appears to be a very nice community, I feel home already ;)

- Gil
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2011, 02:02:01 PM »
Hello and welcome to the Amiga!
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2011, 02:02:02 PM »
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Pure gold :D
 
Anyway, welcome Gilthanaz (boy is this hard to type right...), and enjoy your Amiga resurrection :)
My money's on UFO Enemy unknown :) You'll lose weeks with that one.


Sad thing is, it's true... ;)

Guess I'm on another "ignore list", only one to give Githa.. Gilthza... (you're right it is hard to type) the new guy some advice on his IDE question and not a dicky bird in response... :(

Oh well, it means I can still talk about him anyway and he wont get upset... :D
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Re: Hi community!
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2011, 02:08:32 PM »
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Hm, I guess I've literally spent months of my life playing X-COM 1 to 3 over and over and over again up to superhuman difficulty :P

Oh man, how do you do that? I get my ass kicked on veteran :) Still, I try to play "fair" and not use the save option.
 
Also Syndicate is a top top top game. You'll really enjoy it. And when you finish it - there's the American Revolt mission pack, yaay :laugh1:
 
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