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

[Rufus Garton Smith]

I would probably use it; I have a few GBs of Amiga games that I've been 
unable to play for years. My only concern would be space, but we seem to 
have some of that at the back of the clubroom next to arctic.

Rufus

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, 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
>