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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...

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...

If the system is still available, I am interested. I am in Texas, though. Would appreciate an estimate of shipping costs.

Thank you kindly!

The SGIs are pretty solid machines! These days, I'm spending most of my hobby time expanding my collection to cover other systems of interest (ST, Amiga, GS and others). Next, I want to focus on upgrading all the "special" specimens in my collection and getting as much software for them as...

Hi All, I just joined the forum. I am based in Central Texas and my collection includes: SGI Indigo SGI Indy SGI Indigo2 (Teal and Purple) SGI POWER Indigo SGI O2 SGI Octane SGI Octane II SGI Fuel SGI Origin 300 Sun Sparcstation 10 NeXT Nextstation NeXT Cube BeBox Apple G4 Cube Apple II GS...

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...