Hello dear Amiga friends,
to be honest, I have been on Amibay for a very long time (I registered in 2015) in reader state only, but after all this time I would like to take this opportunity to really say hello to all
I live not far from Budapest North, Hungary with my family - my childhood was spent around the C64s, but I didn't even dare to dream about Amiga in the late 80's so now, it's a good feeling to show my kids these old irons. Seven-eight years ago inspired by an idea, I bought a complete Amiga 500 and restored it with great care, even made a replica box for it (I didn't have one, so I made one) and improved it with all the goodies (even an ACA500Plus). A year later, a british Amiga 1200 arrived from a fellow mate, which was a top1 childhood dream of mine. Luckily it was in great condition, covered by all goods (books, Kickstart, guides, floppies, utility softwares), even the original invoice / warranty as well - but it was also a very nice restauration project, so I started with a quality recap, with adding a CF card as an HDD, a new PCMCIA CF reader, a joy switcher, new licensed Kickstart ROM from Cloanto and later a purchased quite rare Typhoon II1230 MK2 68030 42Mhz MMU/FPU turbo card w/ 64Mb RAM and so on. Ah, its still a wonder machine for me.
I turn up these old irons even nowadays, if only for nostalgia. Truth is that I have a lot of other retro stuffs in my collection - not only computers but consoles starting from 1978 and even a real japanese NeoGeo arcade machine as well (which was my 1st restoration project candidate btw, took to 18 months). IRL i'm working as an IT Systems Architect so doing things with these old hardware is not only about restoration or curiosity but enthusiasm as well. Last year I made a lot of C64 DIY hardware with my own hands (from the kernal switcher to an own-programmed multicart) just for learning purpose because I always wanted to achieve a really good soldering skills... and for this year, my hobby project is a brand new SixtyClone 64 replica built completely from scratch - which I'm doing quite well with. Thanks for reading and ... hello all again !
to be honest, I have been on Amibay for a very long time (I registered in 2015) in reader state only, but after all this time I would like to take this opportunity to really say hello to all
I live not far from Budapest North, Hungary with my family - my childhood was spent around the C64s, but I didn't even dare to dream about Amiga in the late 80's so now, it's a good feeling to show my kids these old irons. Seven-eight years ago inspired by an idea, I bought a complete Amiga 500 and restored it with great care, even made a replica box for it (I didn't have one, so I made one) and improved it with all the goodies (even an ACA500Plus). A year later, a british Amiga 1200 arrived from a fellow mate, which was a top1 childhood dream of mine. Luckily it was in great condition, covered by all goods (books, Kickstart, guides, floppies, utility softwares), even the original invoice / warranty as well - but it was also a very nice restauration project, so I started with a quality recap, with adding a CF card as an HDD, a new PCMCIA CF reader, a joy switcher, new licensed Kickstart ROM from Cloanto and later a purchased quite rare Typhoon II1230 MK2 68030 42Mhz MMU/FPU turbo card w/ 64Mb RAM and so on. Ah, its still a wonder machine for me.
I turn up these old irons even nowadays, if only for nostalgia. Truth is that I have a lot of other retro stuffs in my collection - not only computers but consoles starting from 1978 and even a real japanese NeoGeo arcade machine as well (which was my 1st restoration project candidate btw, took to 18 months). IRL i'm working as an IT Systems Architect so doing things with these old hardware is not only about restoration or curiosity but enthusiasm as well. Last year I made a lot of C64 DIY hardware with my own hands (from the kernal switcher to an own-programmed multicart) just for learning purpose because I always wanted to achieve a really good soldering skills... and for this year, my hobby project is a brand new SixtyClone 64 replica built completely from scratch - which I'm doing quite well with. Thanks for reading and ... hello all again !
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