Amiga 500 1MB (min) US 110V PSU, mouse, HDD/second FDD/gotek Display or display adapter

Hi,

I'm new to the forum and am looking for a complete, working Amiga 500 system in decent condition. Any extra bits (joystick, games, other sw) are desirable.

I'm looking to play Amiga games/run a variety of software on this system, so my top preference is for a gotek style floppy emulator solution where I can conveniently get images disk images loaded. If that isn't part of the system, then an HDD is a secondary preference, with an external floppy + some working software/game disks being my tertiary preference.

Re the display, first choice is an Amiga RGB display. If this is not available, then the second preference would be an Amiga RGB 2 VGA adapter.

I am based in Central Texas.

Thank you!

I was able to find an Amiga 500 locally. This is my first Amiga and I am quite thrilled. But I have to say the initial excitement has been tempered just a bit given that many of the floppies I got with the system are quirky, and getting things to run isn't quite as simple as I'd hoped. I've tried ten games to have one sort of function More experimentation in store for me as I learn the ropes.

Have you tried cleaning the floppy drive heads?

I tried to use both floppy drives (internal and external), with the same result. But no, I have not yet cleaned the floppy heads. I am hoping to get some time this weekend and will open them up for a cleaning. Any shortcuts to this, by the way, other than the old open-the-drive-and-use-alcohol-swab method? Are cleaning disks like this one reliable? http://www.amazon.com/3-5IN-FLOPPY-DRIVE-CLEANING-KIT/dp/B0028B7138