Hi All
I am a relatively new Amiga user. I never had one as a kid, or even a twenty something.. or thirty something.. but I do now!
About a year ago, I came across two A500s and a 1080 monitor (along with a bunch of other old machines). Unfortunately, the monitor was not working, so I stashed it away along with the A500s. Recently, I dug out the monitor, thinking I would try to fix it. The case had a big crack in it, so I wasn't to hopeful. After opening it up, I noticed two large cracks across the main circuit board (clearly, this thing was abused). Well, I figured I'ld give it a go, and soldered jumpers across all the cracks. Still nothing. Replaced the power supply caps... still nothing. Oh well I thought.
Just then a local ad came up for someone selling a 1084S with an A2000HD. It had a couple mice, a couple external drives, a GVP A2000-HC+8 controller, software, etc... So I went for it. Well, after I had agreed to purchase it, but before I actually picked it up, I was staring at the main board of the 1080, and notice one more really small crack that I missed. I soldered a jumper across and Bingo!, the thing fired right up, and looks great! (except for the big crack in the case). So, now I have two working monitors
. (Though, the new 1084S may need some tweaking).
Though I am new to Amigas, I've had an interest in old computers for quite some time. Over the years I have collected many old computers, but have gotten rid of most of them, except the Commodores, which I kept. Currently, I have a VIC20, about 8 C64s (4 or so working), a C64C, an SX64, a Plus/4 and now 3 Amigas.
I graduated from the University in 2000 with a degree in computer science, and work in the IT field. Even after all this time, I still enjoy programming, and look forward to exploring the Amiga programming environment.
So, being pretty much an amiga noob, I have some questions for you long time users. I look forward to being part of the community
Cheers!
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