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Offline ToddH

Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #29 on: September 09, 2011, 12:05:49 PM »
An A500 w/512k expansion, 1084s monitor, external floppy drive, a dot matrix printer (don't remember the model), and a modem. Used to dial into my university's network and download Amiga stuff from the internet before the WWW became a reality.
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #30 on: September 09, 2011, 12:46:51 PM »
A500 +512kb (fatter agnus/all chip mod), action replay, some extra floppy drives and a 1084s.
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #31 on: September 09, 2011, 01:03:04 PM »
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Now, stevee617's setup rocks!

I can't find the pic now, but my A500 sat a top a computer desk such as this. Had a 24-pin Panasonic dot matrix printer hooked to it, external expansion RAM, 1680 modem, but no HD back in '91.  :(


Thanks! I was really proud of that system. Check out the 2400bps modem!
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #32 on: September 09, 2011, 01:08:09 PM »
My machine was an Amiga 500 with some C= monitor I can't recall. I don't think it was the 1960 yet. It may have been 1701. It had an extra 512K of RAM, the brand new C= inkjet printer (where the print was smeared all the time due to design), an Amitech sound sampler and an external floppy drive.
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #33 on: September 09, 2011, 01:30:17 PM »
An Amiga 1000, with 1081 monitor and Cortex 4mb RAM expansion.  the 1081 died a couple of years later as a result I suspect of multiple trips to and from student accommodation.  The cortex ram expansion died for no apparent reason sometime around 1992.  in late 1992 the A1000 was replaced by an A1200, and the dead 1081 replaced by a 14" Sony telly, both of which are still going strong.  The A1000 is in my loft, but afaik should still work:-)
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #34 on: September 09, 2011, 01:34:16 PM »
In 1991 I was still using my 1000... with a Phoenix Toolbox holding a Commodore 2058 Ram card... (half filled). No HD, but I used the RAD to hold workbench and some common tools for a quick reboot after installing a Kwikstart ROM switcher. A 70's vintage stereo reciever for sound, and a 1080 monitor..
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #35 on: September 09, 2011, 01:36:54 PM »
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Here was my setup! I think this was closer to 1992. I had an A500 with an IVS Trumpcard with a 20MB hard drive and an IVS MetaFour card with 4MB of RAM. I thought I ruled the world.

The local computer club was an "every platform" club. I recall taking this to a meeting and just getting a barrage of questions. The two questions I remember best were, "How much RAM do you have?" I replied proudly, "5 MEGABYTES!" and the other was "How big is your Hard Drive? I also proudly replied "20 MEGABYTES!. I remember one guy saying, "You'll never fill that up!"


That desk is so neat it is scary!
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #36 on: September 09, 2011, 01:43:40 PM »
The new Amiga 500+ (Cartoon classics pack) :)
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #37 on: September 09, 2011, 01:55:53 PM »
Amiga 500 with 1084 monitor.  Of course, I wanted a hard drive, but I couldn't afford one at the time -- and busy with college, my Amiga was getting less use anyway.
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #38 on: September 09, 2011, 01:59:08 PM »
Oh, you can mention other machines too :)

sadly i didn't own my own computer until the following year when the 1200 came out.
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #39 on: September 09, 2011, 02:19:47 PM »
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Thanks! I was really proud of that system. Check out the 2400bps modem!

Nice! I remember the importance of having a clock nearby too. The Online experience was so damned expensive then!
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #40 on: September 09, 2011, 02:33:11 PM »
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That desk is so neat it is scary!


It had to be neat...besides a car, it was the only thing I owned!
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #41 on: September 09, 2011, 02:34:23 PM »
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Nice! I remember the importance of having a clock nearby too. The Online experience was so damned expensive then!


Especially if you called overseas to get the "good stuff"!
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #42 on: September 09, 2011, 02:39:08 PM »
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Oh, you can mention other machines too :)

sadly i didn't own my own computer until the following year when the 1200 came out.


Same with me, but it was '93 - a going off to college present.  I had an epson 24 pin color printer, an A1200 with 40MB hard drive, and some sony multiscan monitor.  That was the first comp I ever owned - up until that point I borrowed heavily :D
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #43 on: September 09, 2011, 02:43:48 PM »
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Same with me, but it was '93 - a going off to college present.  I had an epson 24 pin color printer, an A1200 with 40MB hard drive, and some sony multiscan monitor.  That was the first comp I ever owned - up until that point I borrowed heavily :D


Mine was a 1200 with a 1084 monitor (i think), external floppy and a canon bubblejet printer that worked really well.
The mandatory joysticks as well of course.

Kept that girl until 97 or 98.
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Re: What did your amiga look like in 1991?
« Reply #44 from previous page: September 09, 2011, 04:33:01 PM »
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Nice! I remember the importance of having a clock nearby too. The Online experience was so damned expensive then!
OMG, I learned my lesson there!!!!!!!  :(
I had a Compuserve account and would hang out in the Amiga forums sparingly..  For a bit..
Then I lost the clock or something.. I remember it this way...

I was in a chat session where Black Belt was talking about their new Hardware, HAM-E...
They were going to give one away to a "lucky" member...

Well, I WAS that lucky member!!   :):):):):)
Yeay!  That was an over $300 piece of hardware I would NEVER have bought!!

SWEET!!!!

Then, next month I got my CServe bill and did the math and realized I had "overspent" for the last few months by...  yep, almost $400!!!!

Aarrgghh!!!

Loved the HAM-E, cancelled Compuserve..  Worked LOTS of extra hours....

:roflmao:

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Amiga 1200 w/ ACA1230/28 - 4G CF, MAS Player, ext floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 500 w/ 2M CHIP and 8M FAST RAM, DCTV, AEHD floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 1000 w/ 4M FAST RAM, DUAL CF hard drives, external floppy.
 
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