Nigel French

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Top 3 Games
1. Monkey Island
2. Risky Woods
3. Worms(CD32)

Amiga History

When I got my first Amiga A500, it felt like a "real" computer. Not only did it play games, but it could do so much more. Art, Music, and anything you could imagine was possible. "Best B4 Software Public Domain Library" was the name of the Amiga PD Library, that my nephew and I used to run in the early nineties. It ceased trading around 1995. In those days all PD disks were on floppy disks, you would have needed a second mortgage for a CD-Writer! We had, at our peak, around 1,000 titles covering just about everything from games to knitting patterns! I do still have a back-ups of most of the library on DVD disc and the catalogue disks on floppy disk. I once had an interview for writing for CU Amiga magazine. It was at the, then fairly new Canary Wharf London. I didn't get the job, but I have good memories of meeting Tony Horgan and Andrew Korn.

My A1200 self-built tower from around 1994:

  • OS3.9 & Rom 3.1
  • A1200 motherboard
  • AteoBus & Pixel64 GFX card
  • Apollo 1240 68040 @40mhz with 64mb RAM
  • 48x IDE CD-Rom
  • IDE ZIP Drive
  • 4.3GB IDE internal Hard Drive
  • 1GB IDE Hard Drive in removable bay
  • 1GB SCSI external Jaz drive
  • Internal SCSI CD Writer running on Adaptec SCSI card
  • Double Density & High Density 3.5" Floppy drives
  • CBM 1950 Monitor
  • V90 modem

What Does The Hobby Mean To Me?

I have made a lot of good friends since joining NAG. Helping people with software and hardware problems is something I enjoy doing. I also repair retro machines as part of my business.

Projects

I'm always building another Amiga from spare parts! and my Checkmate A1200 is an on going project. I'd really like to get into programing, maybe with Blitz Basic?

My Amiga System

  • A1200 Motherboard Rev 1B
  • Checkmate A1500 Plus Case with risers
  • CaffieneOS on 32gb SD card, plus 16gb PCMICA SD card
  • PiStorm 32Lite - 68040@1ghz with RTG, 256mb fastram
  • 3.2 Kickstart Rom
  • Indivision AGA Mk2cr - Flicker fixer, HDMI output
  • Eyetech EZCD Mk4 - IDE buffered interface
  • Switchable DF0 from FDD to GoTek
  • Front Compact Flash port
  • USB keyboard
  • USB mouse
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