ScuzzBlog: Diaries December 2018 Entry 25th December 2018: Post 01: Amiga 500 - Screen Gems Amiga 500 - Screen Gems Its been a real challenge getting into the store cupboard in the box room but I'm just about done now. I don't go in there very often and stuff gets trapped. I have a couple more features to provide entries for, hopefully over the next two days. However for now the door is shut and I have placed more Amigas in front of the door. Two of these Amigas are in Screen Gem boxes and sit like a shelf for the A600 in the Wild Weird Wicked box. Which in turn supports books, games etc. It's like that here. The whole lot is sandwiched between a large table and a stack of disk drawers so they are lost for a while. So before I finally closed this area down I decided to open the boxes and test that the A500s were working. I was well pleased with the polystyrene cheese in the boxes which is a rarity in terms of packaging. The computers looked as though they hadn't ever been opened. The one has the seal broken but no evidence that the unit had been actually unscrewed. Disks and games etc should have been removed so I was kinda surprised to find stuff still in the boxes. Nothing special. I tried both machines and they worked like a charm. The A500 is very robust and pretty bullet proof. Great computers and a credit to the good name of Commodore. Sad to put them away. But hey. All safely tucked away again now. Amiga 500 - Screen Gems When I received this box there was evidence that the outer sleeve had been removed and stored in an uncontrolled area and populated with the dreaded spiders Spiders are a menace to boxes even when left for a very short time. They can do all kinds of damage to the cardboard. To remove spider drops you try very carefully to apply a small damp spot to the dropping, leave for small while then pick off with a cocktail stick. Never rub the cardboard or try to remove dry. They also leave pink spots which cannot ever be removed sadly. You can keep the boxes covered... but moisture also can build up behind the covering and any contaminant like finger marks will degrade and also go pink. Difficult. Amiga 500 - Screen Gems Box 2 Night night Amiga 500s. Well done.

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