Message from @Eccles

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2019-08-28 08:14:37 UTC  

you had Elite

2019-08-28 08:14:44 UTC  

it was pretty terrible tho

2019-08-28 08:15:23 UTC  

i was fortunate enough to have a savvy dad who, when faced with the choice between a new spectrum or a used c64 went for the latter

2019-08-28 08:15:33 UTC  

@Eccles where did you move on from the 8-bit mircos?

Did you move to the Atari ST/Amiga?

or the Mega Drive?

2019-08-28 08:15:38 UTC  

I didn't

2019-08-28 08:15:42 UTC  

I went straight to a 486

2019-08-28 08:16:00 UTC  

My C64 was my daily runner until 1995

2019-08-28 08:16:21 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/613767975614283832/616184275137462272/69645013_371015043578338_744913866483302400_n.png

2019-08-28 08:16:22 UTC  

my dad had an Speccy/Amiga

2019-08-28 08:16:43 UTC  

i was eccentric, even as a teenager

2019-08-28 08:16:53 UTC  

i was in the time of the First Playstation

but i would play CIv 1 and Speedball 2 on my dad's Amiga

2019-08-28 08:17:08 UTC  

he got them throught *weird* means

2019-08-28 08:17:14 UTC  

I got Speedball2, but Civ was out of reach for the 64

2019-08-28 08:17:25 UTC  

X-Copy anyone?

2019-08-28 08:17:54 UTC  

i think my dad still has his Amiga

2019-08-28 08:18:03 UTC  

the Speccy died a few years ago

2019-08-28 08:18:06 UTC  

Xcopy yw

2019-08-28 08:18:10 UTC  

Looked like game

2019-08-28 08:18:13 UTC  

Never throw shit like that out

2019-08-28 08:18:22 UTC  

Game of chance not to get your data corrupt

2019-08-28 08:18:27 UTC  

If the Amiga had the RAM upgrade with the battery, it's probably ruined now

2019-08-28 08:18:30 UTC  

I was a pc gamer from the time I was a toddler. didn't get a console until I was 5

2019-08-28 08:18:37 UTC  

the Speccy legit fired to shit since my dad used a wrong power supply

2019-08-28 08:18:43 UTC  

ahh

2019-08-28 08:18:50 UTC  

still useful parts on it though

2019-08-28 08:18:55 UTC  

i should asked him tho

2019-08-28 08:19:06 UTC  

was it a rubberkeys, a plus or one of amstrads monstrosities?

2019-08-28 08:19:24 UTC  

all i remember was that it was **LONG**

2019-08-28 08:19:32 UTC  

tape deck integrated?

2019-08-28 08:19:42 UTC  

you mean datarecorder?

2019-08-28 08:19:49 UTC  

cassette, call it what you want

2019-08-28 08:19:54 UTC  

yeah

2019-08-28 08:19:57 UTC  

it had one built in

2019-08-28 08:19:58 UTC  

was a +2 then

2019-08-28 08:20:03 UTC  

yeah

2019-08-28 08:20:12 UTC  

Mostly Amstrad made

2019-08-28 08:20:18 UTC  

the Amiga is still at my dad's but we live in America now

2019-08-28 08:20:32 UTC  

so i dont know if it will work with American power voltage

2019-08-28 08:20:39 UTC  

Need a different power brick

2019-08-28 08:20:53 UTC  

Or a step-down tranformer. Different power brick probably cheaper

2019-08-28 08:20:54 UTC  

i don't remember which Amiga it was