Hi all,
Well after I already made some posts I guess I should finally get around to saying Hi
I had never even heard of this forum until another member sent me a link to the new Buddha production thread. I've got to say it seems like a nice, friendly place and I'm glad I was directed here.
I'm currently in the mountains of West Virginia and there's not exactly many Amiga users here Heck, the nearest electronics store is almost 2 hours away so that shouldn't be that much of a surprise. Yep now I'm officially a hillbilly in the middle of nowhere
I'm an old fart and retired quite a few years ago now. I've had Amigas since the first day of release. I initially got them for video work and quickly grew my stock. Towards the end I had 43 Amiga 4000s for a render farm.
There's no way I could list every Amiga I have. Currently there's 179 fully working machines plus a scad of stuff in storage for repairs. I've got at least one of every single model released in the US and Europe. Besides all the standard models I've managed to get all the clones and derivatives. Some of the more unusual ones are the 3400, 3500,a development 1000 with in circuit emulator, 3000+, the Unix machines, an ED, the Wonders, the MacroSystems, the Silent Paws "portables". The grandkids enjoy one of the virtual reality units. Obviously all the NG and FPGA stuff. At least one, for most multiples, of every accessory either in machines or on the shelf. You might say I've got a bit of a problem - my wife wouldn't argue with you
Lately I've been mostly messing with the Draco and X5000s. Most recent big project has been putting together 600s with Vampires. Surprisingly the grandkids are really enjoying the classic games on them and the CD32s. I guess it shouldn't be so surprising since the garbage released these days don't require any imagination or intelligence although I may be a bit biased We bought up our kids, and they bought up theirs, that bloody and violent games aren't acceptable so that leaves out most of what's out there now. So the project has been to get together a good condition 600 with Vampire for each grandchild. I'm sure you all know how hard it is to find decent NTSC 600s
So that's me and too much about my hobby - my wife has different descriptions of it I'm glad I found this place and look forward to talking to y'all!