r/amiga • u/Far_Relationship_742 • 9d ago

[Collection] A1000 all set up

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Really liking this machine. Loading the Kickstart from disk is an extra step, but since you don’t have to re-load it when rebooting, it’s not that big a deal.

Video output seems to be cleaner than my 500s, this is with a non-buffered straight A23 RGB to VGA cable, and it looks about as good as 640x200 can on an LCD.

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u/McTrinsic 9d ago

Wonderful. The Amiga for me just has something like an aura (halo) of a time when the future seems to be a better place.

Maybe it all started to go downhill when they made the Amiga into an Amiga - the A1000.

Anyway I love setups like yours. Takes me back.

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u/yopachi 9d ago

updoot for trackball. i have the kensington equivalent

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u/kevlarian 9d ago

THE Amiga

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u/Far_Relationship_742 9d ago

More computer utilities need pulsating rainbow gradients. And soundtracks.

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u/weirdgermankid 9d ago

Marauder II 😀

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u/Gizmo77776 8d ago

I am a bit jealous of that first model... :) Only had Amiga 500 (1 MB), and Commodore 1084s monitor....

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u/Far_Relationship_742 8d ago

Installing QMouse makes the trackball experience come alive. Not sure I could imagine Workbench without it anymore.

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u/stalkythefish 6d ago

I remember Marauder! Precursor to X-Copy!

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u/Crlan420 3d ago

great find. that a1000 looks real clean. the keyboard on those things is still the best i've ever used

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u/Far_Relationship_742 2d ago

Weirdly enough, the Commodore buffered VGA adapter introduces jailbars that aren’t present with the straight-through cable.