Recent content by SimianE

I've been waiting around since I got hold of an A500 - pretty sure I'll be taking one off your hands. ;)

Fair enough... so I should just be able to use it to launch stuff from my eventual HD solution then? ;)

My friend has indeed come through with a copy of Workbench, however it's 3.0. There's no manual with it - although it appears to be in original packaging. Seems to work ok, in that it loads up and I can click through windows and such. I can't seem to find info online anywhere - is there any...

Thanks again for the help chaps. Last week I knew literally nothing, whatosever, about any form of Amiga. Now I feel like I have a fairly good grasp on the capabilities and options... So that's nice. :D It's somewhat galling that it would be cheaper to literally buy a whole new system than to...

Thanks all for the responses. The A590 does seem like an easy option, but they don't seem to surface too often. I like the idea of adding some crazy new hardware over the original Amiga expansions anyway... I may well wreck the machine attempting it, but I'd like to have a tinker. It seems the...

Hello chaps, I’ve found myself in possession of an Amiga 500+, having just discovered one in a house clear-out. I never had an Amiga as a child - which in some areas actually constitutes child neglect – and thus I have no experience whatsoever to draw from. I am, to be clear, the very...

Hello all, I'm Gary. I'm a web developer. I love all forms of retro computing and gaming, but I've never really found the time to fully delve into the scene, collecting and modding and such like you chaps seem to do... though I find it all very fascinating. Some of you may have met me at some...