Post by Dingo on Dec 5, 2005 21:12:56 GMT 10
Recently I pulled out my old Amiga 500. The best computer ever! (Maybe the childhood spent playing games on it makes me biased, maybe.............)
Anyway, it wasn't working after being stored for about 10 years. Nothing a No7 Torx Screwdriver and some fiddling couldn't fix right? Yes!
Stripped it down, cleaned it (only a little dust as no fans in these 68k @ 7Mhz babies). The problem was the disk drive. All it needed was a good head clean, stepper motor shaft lube and general clean, and voila!
Anyway, it was a great experience, seeing how robust technology was in 1987!
I'm now playing all the great games (or will when I find where I put the joysticks) like Golden axe and Shinobi and Speedball 2 and and and and..................
Here are some pics
Anyway, it wasn't working after being stored for about 10 years. Nothing a No7 Torx Screwdriver and some fiddling couldn't fix right? Yes!
Stripped it down, cleaned it (only a little dust as no fans in these 68k @ 7Mhz babies). The problem was the disk drive. All it needed was a good head clean, stepper motor shaft lube and general clean, and voila!
Anyway, it was a great experience, seeing how robust technology was in 1987!
I'm now playing all the great games (or will when I find where I put the joysticks) like Golden axe and Shinobi and Speedball 2 and and and and..................
Here are some pics