Man this all looks so awesome! I am turning 17 in a couple months and I REALLY want to get my hands on a bunch of old machines from the '70s - '90s. I LOVE retro gaming (I setup retropie on my Raspberry Pi 4B and play a lot of games on that, and I even have a few Intel 8088 Processors lying around! They are BOTH from the '80s if I remember correctly, I would have to see on the chip's package) I love seeing these types of videos and I love watching tech repair and restoration on these old machines, and one day, maybe one day I will be able to get some on my hands, restore them and keep them in good shape! Loving your channel so far Mr. Bill, and keep up the great vids!
Thanks for your comments and support, much appreciated. The Pi with retropie installed is definitely the best way to start because it lets you try out a number of retro systems and decide what you’re into before throwing cash at it. Also good to see someone young appreciating these older machines. Even growing up with this stuff, every day is still a school day where you find out something new. Good luck on your journey and have a play around with those 8088 processors and see what they can do
@@BillFixesEverything Thank you! I have been so fascinated with such old tech for so long, and my friends don't understand it lol. My parents don't understand why I want to keep a bunch of machines that "I won't even use" which I find funny. I likely will be using many of them though! Kinda like how the 8-Bit Guy or Adriaan's Digital Basement restores and keeps them and even uses them. Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I never knew the Amiga 500 was able to run a Hard Drive! That is something new I definitely learned.
Cool, yes it’s because the 600 and 1200 have a header for hard drives inside that they are the more desirable systems but that side port on the 500 let’s you get up to all sorts of things. I have a video digitiser that plugs in there. Keep up the good work in your retro adventure and check out as many channels and mags as you can because it’s a rabbit hole that seems not have a bottom. Just when you think you know almost everything about a particular system some new device, game, prototype gets found and leads off to another path. I get that retro is not for everyone. Stamp collecting isn’t my thing for example (but I do have a set of retro computing stamps) however, I can appreciate that there are many people who are passionate about them. As long as the people around you appreciate it’s your thing then it’s all good… and if they know anyone that is getting rid of some old computer or console, hopefully they send them your way 👍
Very nice. I got a ACA 500+. If you have a A500 it is a must have, if you want to run it with a hard drive. But the one thing I got for all my Amigas is a external GoTek drive as I use A1200 and A500.
SD is also a good option however, even though they are little more expensive, I’d go with CF as internally, they are better coping with heat and also I’ve had it where SD just all of a sudden go, taking any stored info with them. Although SD cards are better then they used to be (right now I have a 32gig sandisk in a pi that is getting written & read from on a daily for the last 3 years) I think the CF for me personally is worth that little bit extra cost, plus a 128gig will store a fair bit for an Amiga
Man this all looks so awesome! I am turning 17 in a couple months and I REALLY want to get my hands on a bunch of old machines from the '70s - '90s. I LOVE retro gaming (I setup retropie on my Raspberry Pi 4B and play a lot of games on that, and I even have a few Intel 8088 Processors lying around! They are BOTH from the '80s if I remember correctly, I would have to see on the chip's package)
I love seeing these types of videos and I love watching tech repair and restoration on these old machines, and one day, maybe one day I will be able to get some on my hands, restore them and keep them in good shape! Loving your channel so far Mr. Bill, and keep up the great vids!
Thanks for your comments and support, much appreciated. The Pi with retropie installed is definitely the best way to start because it lets you try out a number of retro systems and decide what you’re into before throwing cash at it. Also good to see someone young appreciating these older machines. Even growing up with this stuff, every day is still a school day where you find out something new. Good luck on your journey and have a play around with those 8088 processors and see what they can do
@@BillFixesEverything Thank you! I have been so fascinated with such old tech for so long, and my friends don't understand it lol. My parents don't understand why I want to keep a bunch of machines that "I won't even use" which I find funny. I likely will be using many of them though! Kinda like how the 8-Bit Guy or Adriaan's Digital Basement restores and keeps them and even uses them.
Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I never knew the Amiga 500 was able to run a Hard Drive! That is something new I definitely learned.
Cool, yes it’s because the 600 and 1200 have a header for hard drives inside that they are the more desirable systems but that side port on the 500 let’s you get up to all sorts of things. I have a video digitiser that plugs in there. Keep up the good work in your retro adventure and check out as many channels and mags as you can because it’s a rabbit hole that seems not have a bottom. Just when you think you know almost everything about a particular system some new device, game, prototype gets found and leads off to another path. I get that retro is not for everyone. Stamp collecting isn’t my thing for example (but I do have a set of retro computing stamps) however, I can appreciate that there are many people who are passionate about them. As long as the people around you appreciate it’s your thing then it’s all good… and if they know anyone that is getting rid of some old computer or console, hopefully they send them your way 👍
Very nice. I got a ACA 500+. If you have a A500 it is a must have, if you want to run it with a hard drive. But the one thing I got for all my Amigas is a external GoTek drive as I use A1200 and A500.
Good to know. The external GoTek but for my A1200, I'm thinking internal CF card this time rather then the original HDD
@@BillFixesEverything CF cards are expensive. I now use an SD card to IDE adapter. I backup Amiga harddrive to my PC, just in case I make a mistake.
SD is also a good option however, even though they are little more expensive, I’d go with CF as internally, they are better coping with heat and also I’ve had it where SD just all of a sudden go, taking any stored info with them. Although SD cards are better then they used to be (right now I have a 32gig sandisk in a pi that is getting written & read from on a daily for the last 3 years) I think the CF for me personally is worth that little bit extra cost, plus a 128gig will store a fair bit for an Amiga