I'll keep it short and sweet. Born 1970, married 2 kids (11 & 13). Worked in IT for 25 years. Living in Germany, from the UK.
Original computer history:
VIC-20 (about the age of 11)
C64 (about the age of 13)
A500 (about the age of 16) which I still have (with 1mb, external drive 1084s monitor - all packed up in original boxes and not used or touched since 1991). Will collect from parents soon (I thought they threw it away years ago)
Sad story:
Every copy of Zzap!64 in mint condition, moved house with me in 1991 and then was thrown out in 1998 when next moved house (I didn't open the box in the 7 years, so decided it was no longer needed)
Recent retro history:
2005 bought a C64DTV - rarely used it, nearly threw it away last year as no longer worked (faulty on/off switch)
On and off interest in VICE and WinUAE
2015 kids playing some android game that looked like frogger which awakened interest again. So far I have managed to buy C128, C64, C64c, VIC20, 1541, 1541-II, tape decks (PET, 1530, 1531 and some cloned model).
New 'retro products' acquired :
Epyx Fastloader Reloaded, MIST-FPGA, Turbo Chameleon 64, SDrive1564, Ray Carslen PSU, GOTEK drive (I have already flashed it for the A500),Behr-BonzCartridge (VIC20), 32k ram expansion (VIC20), Amiga VGA cable, PLAnkton, SaV64, C64 reloaded mainboard, UK1541, Penultimate Cartridge (VIC20), VIC20 test harness, C64/C128 test cartridge + harness
On shopping list:
Currently empty
Original computer history:
VIC-20 (about the age of 11)
C64 (about the age of 13)
A500 (about the age of 16) which I still have (with 1mb, external drive 1084s monitor - all packed up in original boxes and not used or touched since 1991). Will collect from parents soon (I thought they threw it away years ago)
Sad story:
Every copy of Zzap!64 in mint condition, moved house with me in 1991 and then was thrown out in 1998 when next moved house (I didn't open the box in the 7 years, so decided it was no longer needed)
Recent retro history:
2005 bought a C64DTV - rarely used it, nearly threw it away last year as no longer worked (faulty on/off switch)
On and off interest in VICE and WinUAE
2015 kids playing some android game that looked like frogger which awakened interest again. So far I have managed to buy C128, C64, C64c, VIC20, 1541, 1541-II, tape decks (PET, 1530, 1531 and some cloned model).
New 'retro products' acquired :
Epyx Fastloader Reloaded, MIST-FPGA, Turbo Chameleon 64, SDrive1564, Ray Carslen PSU, GOTEK drive (I have already flashed it for the A500),Behr-BonzCartridge (VIC20), 32k ram expansion (VIC20), Amiga VGA cable, PLAnkton, SaV64, C64 reloaded mainboard, UK1541, Penultimate Cartridge (VIC20), VIC20 test harness, C64/C128 test cartridge + harness
On shopping list:
Currently empty
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