ScuzzBlog: Diaries February 2019
Entry 18th February 2019: Post 01: Amiga Heaven - The Ritual
Amiga Heaven - The Ritual
One thing I am very passionate about and that is keeping my computer
collection alive. Primarily for selfish reasons and for my own benefit.
And so most days I will check over as many as I can to make sure they
are functioning correctly. The steady and continued checking seems
to do the trick.
Whilst I cannot literally check the many hundreds of computers here,
I do have a healthy batch set up permanently, generally with monitors
and with power to the systems. Some days I do switch them all on and
watch the power surge on the village electric supply. It is quite a
ritual and one that always fills me with a certain amount of comfort
once I know all the girls are working.
Each computer that I have ready and waiting to operate is there for
a reason and so I will let you have a peak of a ritual I undertake
to power up my computer army. There are numerous other machines that
I do check, but these are on a more monthly basis. I do tend to
record when I have the other machines working.
Anyhoo... here is my trek around the computer rabbit hole as I check
over my computers.
Please note that this was a rush around without the tripod so the
images are not the best. But I guess you get the idea
Amiga Heaven - The Ritual
Computer Number 01
First I check the Amiga 3000 sitting
on top of the Amiga 4000d.
Computer Number 02
The Amiga 4000d on the Microvitec.
Computer Number 03
Amiga 1200 with the external 3.5" hard drive.
Computer Number 04
The IBM PS/2 computer running Windows 3.1.
Computer Number 05
Amstrad CPC 464 with external DDI/1 3" drive.
Computer Number 06
Amstrad CPC6128Plus
Computer Number 07
Amiga 500 with external A590 drive.
Computer Number 08
Amiga 600 with internal 2.5" drive.
Computer Number 09
Amiga 1200 with Typhoon.
Computer Number 10
Amiga 1200 with OS3.9
Computer Number 11
Amiga 1200 sitting on top of my A1000.
She has external SCSI drive and ZIP.
Computer Number 12
Coral Win98 machine. Networked.
Computer Number 13
Rosie Win98 machine networked.
Computer Number 14
Amiga 2000 with Series II.
Computer Number 15
Amstrad PCW8256.
Computer Number 16
Acorn 5000 with internal hard drive.
Computer Number 17
Amstrad PCW9256.
Computer Number 18
Acorn A7000 with internal hard drive.
Computer Number 19
Amstrad 6128 with 3" drive.
Computer Number 20
Checkmate computer with two external drives.
Computer Number 21
Commodore C64C on the 1701.
Computer Number 22
Amiga 2000 with Series II.
Computer Number 23
Amstrad 1512 with internal hard drive.
Computer Number 24
Tatung Einstein.
Computer Number 25
Amiga 500 with internal Viper and hard drive.
Computer Number 26
Amstrad PCW9512 Plus with 3.5" drive.
Computer Number 27
My original Amiga 1200 with external SCSI.
Computer Number 28
Amiga 500 with GVP on the Philips.
Computer Number 29
Amiga 4000d 040 with 18GB hard drive.
Computer Number 30
Amiga 4000d with Picasso IV.
Computer Number 31
Windows XP machine with Amiga vault.
Computer Number 32
Windows XP machine ... Kimberly networked.
Computer Number 33
Windows 98 machine called Toni.
Networked to the Amiga 1200 as backup
Computer Number 34
Fern .. Win98 AMD machine networked.
Computer Number 35
Amstrad MegaPC with Sega drive.
Computer Number 36
Amstrad CPC464 with external DDI/1.
Computer Number 37
CBM Commodore 4032.
Computer Number 38
Amiga 1200 with internal hard drive
that I repaired by sticking in the fridge.
Computer Number 39
Second Amiga 1200 with internal hard drive
that I repaired by sticking in the fridge.
Computer Number 40
Win 98 machine called Olivia.
Computer Number 41
Amiga 1200 in the tower.
Computer Number 42
Amiga 1200 with external ZIP and SCSI.
Computer Number 43
Amiga 1200 with internal hard drive for gaming.
Computer Number 44
My Windows98 from 2000-08.
Computer Number 45
My Windows95 from 1996-99.
Computer Number 46
Daniela Win98 archive machine.
Computer Number 47
Amiga 500 with A590 XT and 3.1.
Computer Number 48
The lovely Clara Veiga catwalk screensaver
running on a HP XP machine. Always present.
Guess it is safe to switch them all off.
I could have featured the BBCs and Master
plus all the Atari computers and TRS machines
plus the VIC20s etc, but I tend to check these
more infrequently, probably once a month.
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