[committee] Fwd: [ucc] Free to good home: Amiga 1000

[Davyd Madeley]

Unless UCC wants to reignite the retro computing scene, it's
probably better off going to a member.

--d

On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 01:32:15PM +0800, Scott Young wrote:
> I know nothing about Amigas. Does anybody think this is worth
> accepting (after all, it is free) and keeping around the clubroom?
> 
> I could probably pick it up off Damian, as I work with him, but I'm
> not going to bother lugging it back to UCC if it's just going to be a
> piece of junk that sits in the clubroom taking up room, and nobody
> ever uses it.
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Damian Bramanis <damian.bramanis at uwa.edu.au>
> Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 3:50 PM
> Subject: [ucc] Free to good home: Amiga 1000
> To: ucc at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
> 
> 
> Free: Amiga 1000 (yes, the original Amiga)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_1000
> 
> The last time I turned it on it worked just fine (don't know how many
> years ago). I assume it still does, but I haven't tested it lately.
> 
> 1985, eat your heart out.
> 
> Includes:
> - All original hardware (including monitor, mouse, keyboard)
> - Blazing 7.09 MHz CPU
> - Probably has 512KB of RAM (I forget)
> - Extra genuine Amiga external floppy drive
> - Good ol' Kickstart and Amiga Workbench included
> - Graphics and audio capabilities years ahead of its time
> - Heaps of games included (approx 2 kg.)
> - 1 Joystick
> 
> Free to UCC, if UCC wants it. Otherwise, free to the first taker.
> 
> Damian
> 

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Davyd Madeley

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