Any Amiga fans/users here?

[Train]

Still have a pile of old Compute's Gazettes lying around, along with a bunch of other C64 and Amiga mags of the day.

Are those worth any money to the retro computing crowd?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Still have a pile of old Compute's Gazettes lying around, along with a bunch of other C64 and Amiga mags of the day.

Are those worth any money to the retro computing crowd?

I think that maybe the magazines introducing the Amiga or other platforms might fetch a premium, but the others probably won't be worth tons. I've seen a lot of people selling AmigaWorlds for $10 an issue on eBay, but they don't really seem to move.

 

[Pheran]

There was a magazine either for C-64 or Amiga, I cannot recall, that was IMHO the best computer magazine ever published. It was just completely hardcore technically. I wish I could remember the name.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

There was a magazine either for C-64 or Amiga, I cannot recall, that was IMHO the best computer magazine ever published. It was just completely hardcore technically. I wish I could remember the name.

Ask and you shall receive:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Computing

If it was Amiga-related, I'm pretty sure that this is the one you remember.

 

[Train]

There was a magazine either for C-64 or Amiga, I cannot recall, that was IMHO the best computer magazine ever published. It was just completely hardcore technically. I wish I could remember the name.

Probably Computes Gazette, the rest kinda sucked compared to it.

It came with tons of free shareware. You could either pay extra for the companion disk, or type in the pages of assembly code in the back of each mag.

The articles covered all kinds of in depth things you could do with your 64, with either basic or assembly language, or other tools.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Probably Computes Gazette, the rest kinda sucked compared to it.

It came with tons of free shareware. You could either pay extra for the companion disk, or type in the pages of assembly code in the back of each mag.

The articles covered all kinds of in depth things you could do with your 64, with either basic or assembly language, or other tools.

I loved that magazine as well and I believe I still have the August 1985 edition which had a big feature on the new Amiga.

 

[Pheran]

Ask and you shall receive:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Computing

If it was Amiga-related, I'm pretty sure that this is the one you remember.

I don't think that was it. I want to say it had a weird name like "kernel" or "boot" or something, but I can't remember. I just remember that it had amazing in-depth technical articles.

 

[Train]

I don't think that was it. I want to say it had a weird name like "kernel" or "boot" or something, but I can't remember. I just remember that it had amazing in-depth technical articles.

You might be thinking of "CPU" I think I may have an issue or two at home, will look when I am at home tomorrow.

Got a couple of boxes of those old mags (and books) that I really need to get rid of.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Here is a list of 78 Amiga magazines:

http://amr.abime.net/magazines

 

[Pheran]

Here is a list of 78 Amiga magazines:

http://amr.abime.net/magazines

I found that already and it didn't jog anything. Train might be right about CPU, but I'd have to see a pic of a cover. So far I haven't been able to find online references to it. While googling I found this, which was worth a laugh but sadly bears no resemblance to my C-64 experience.

Commodore magazine (NSFW)

 

[Train]

I will snap a pic if I find one. IIRC it was CPU in all caps, in like a check-number type font, in really big letters that took up nearly half the width of the cover, in the upper left.

 

[Pheran]

Aha, I found this magazine page, and I think maybe what I'm thinking of is The Transactor. That page also has a picture of CPU Magazine and that isn't it. So much history has been lost, it's a pity this stuff isn't all online.

EDIT: Whoah, I spoke too soon!

 

[Train]

dang, a lot of those covers actually look familiar. /Flashbacks

 

[TreyRandom]

Ah, you probably had to replace an 8522 (IIRC) CIA chip. I should probably find a couple and keep on hand!

I've got a spare Amiga 2000 motherboard that had battery corrosion damage to the CPU socket (and maybe traces) as well. I really need to pull the socket off, clean the board, and solder on the new socket I bought and see if it works.

I learned to solder specifically to repair the Amiga and an old Dell laptop. The Dell works... time will tell if I repaired the Amiga.

 

[Arkaign]

Here is a list of 78 Amiga magazines:

http://amr.abime.net/magazines

Small necro here, but did you ever grab a magazine back in the day, and type in an entire game coded in basic? I used to do that with my Atari 400, which had a TERRIBLE keyboard, lol. It took forever, and I had nothing to save it on to, so had to recode the entire game before playing. I guess it helped with my typing skills and general understanding of BASIC.

 

[JustMe21]

I actually traded my first 386 PC for an Amiga500. I was a fan of the Amiga back when I had the Commodore 64, but I couldn't afford to buy it. The graphics were superior to anything else and it was the only system that could also run a PC and Mac emulator board, which I thought was so awesome. Plus, as one friend put it, it was the first true multitasking OS because you could format a floppy and do something else at the same time.