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Its a pity the plus, and gx, fetch such silly prices on ebay otherwise I'd have got one of those instead of the cpc 464 I did get.

1) Amiga A1200 '060 Tower
2) Amiga CDTV
3) Sony PSX
4) Sega (Hitachi) HiSaturn Navi (with UK GPS maps  )
5) Vectrex

Ive been meaning to go for a while, meeting a few of you lot would be the perfect excuse I need to get up off my arse and do it!

Ah I understand - my A1200 is my (teen)hood one so I get the nostalgia angle.

Maybe try a dedicated post here in the C64 thread to see if anyone knows how to do it, or external (youtube?). Best guess is you'll need to sharpen up your soldering skills to fix this 

C64 I cant help sorry, they are that common its probably easier to buy a new one though.

All Amigas (ok not the A1000 but thats a different story!) have their OS loaded when it turns on. Workbench is the GUI (Graphical User Interface) that is used to perform many of the tasks a user of the time would want to perform e.g. launching smaller programs, managing files etc

So most of the software you will get for the Amiga, will just run, just put the disk in and provided it is an A500 game it will just work. Some games are AGA only - those need a A1200 - but the vast majority are 1mb games that work on your computer.

You'll get (best guess) this screen when it boots as even though the A500 is upgraded to 1mb, it still has KickStart 1.3:

Thanks for the suggestion dude but I personally do not like using things like the SD Card Readers or Flashed Hard Drives. I know it sounds a bit wierd but I like the real experience of having my patience tested by these machines when loading a game lol.

No I understand, my C64, Speccy 48k and Amstrad 464 are all run stock. But my Amiga's upgrade really is nothing more than a better HDD as it still boots from the CF Card, it simply a lot faster!*


[size=80]*Disclaimer - My Amiga is currently held together with electrical tape and works when it a quarter moon or on every third pentecost. I.E. when it wants![/size]

I'm exactly the same however a genuine A500 hard drive is rare, expensive and slow. I'd definitely say

Install? Like to a hard drive?

You can't do that on a basic A500, though various solutions exist either native amiga hardware from the time (A590 hard drive from Commodore for example) through to various modern solutions involving replacing the floppy drive with a SD card reader which then has ADF disk images loaded to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_the ... video_game) If it runs, you have a 1mb machine 
Nice game too, 88% from Amiga Power http://amr.abime.net/review_71

What I think you're best doing is trying the machine and if you like the Amiga get an A600 (basically a small A500+) or A1200 as they will both run 99% of the old software, but more importantly its a lot easier to put things like a compact flash HD in for fast loading.

If the Amiga is a A500+ (says on case) it definitely has 1mb. If it is an A500 you'll need WB to tell for sure but a simple way is to open the trapdoor slot on the bottom, if it has a card in there its likely a 512kb expansion.

BBC Micros were very popular in UK schools (my secondary school had 20+ in 1 room alone) so shouldnt be too expensive for a working example.

Commodore 64's also were very popular (understatement lol) so again not expensive.

The Amiga is probably the easiest to start with if thats working, try any discs you have and see if it will boot etc

Quantum Redshift is ace, hope you don't get motion sickness!

Welcome to the 8it comp club  :21:

Your A500 will work fine without WB disks but do try to finf out if it is a 512kb or 1mb model.

A BBC Micro will be well supported, esp in the UK. If you are US based the A500 or ApMac will do you fine.

Games, well its all personal in'it but BTIM I'd say A500 needs James Pond II or Superfrog, Turrican I or II, Supercars I or II and Lotus I, II or III all do well. The others I@m not an expert on and odont want to suggest.

Amiga has a wealth of Point&Clicks as well, lovely computer to collect for.

Its a good idea but I'm not a collector of the systems they do stuff for, I like the idea though.

Bah. Ok looks like banger racing may win, also involves monster trucks (-;

What's the verdict on this years event, I have a choice between this or banger racing on Monday?

Pretty cool 

Ive got some time off work next week, if the weather is gash I'm planning on hitting the retro hard starting with some of my recent classic purchases.

also let us know if there is anything you want to see there too :-)

MicroMachines (2 turbo tournament or v3) for the padshare would be good (MD/PS1).

If you had 2 x screens, a system link of Wipeout (2097 for preference would be my choice!) as thats such a rare occurrence to see. (PS1)

Its a generation later but Timesplitters (any of them) on PS2, Kung Fu Chaos and Mashed on XBox are also great in 4 player mode.

Gong to sell this event to a few people on friday when we're drunk on a different type of homebrew (booze *hic!*) so we'll see if I can make it with some peeps for you  (-;