It is to my great shame that I have only done one blog post about Amiga related things so far in 2025 and we are already half way through the year!
In my defence I have had a lot to deal with this year, and recently a backlog of other non-Amiga posts I wrote ages ago to get out too.
I have certainly done plenty of Classic Amiga related things throughout 2025 so far (when time permitted), so let's take a look at what I have been up to!
It has certainly been a while since I played around with my AmigaOne A1222 system, so this weekend was the time to put things right!
Back in my uni days, I moved away from my family who lived in Alice Springs. I moved to Adelaide by myself in 1994 to study and get my IT degree.
I had an old second hand 386 PC my father organised for me to use. It was not the Amiga 2000 we had in Alice - which I wanted to keep.
With only money from a work experience job I did over the summer in Alice Springs before moving to Adelaide, money was very tight.
I missed my Amiga computer but there was no way to afford one, starting from over AUD$1200 at the time just for the A1200 system with no peripherals.
This year I have been catching up on some new release systems I didn't know about until recently!
Today I wanted to take a look at the Playdate, a very interesting portable handheld system from a company called Panic. It has a greyscale screen, and a unique crank that can be used to control the system.
Thank you for your patience during my extended absence from this blog.
I hope you understand that this past 2 months since the sudden and unexpected death of my younger brother has been an incredibly tough time for me personally and my family. I have had a lot to deal with, and it has been hard. Really hard.
I got away from things for two weeks to Japan in April, for a trip already pre-arranged almost a year ago.
I am pleased to say I received my two Checkmate displays this week from the UK, one black and one cream coloured. Let's take a closer look!
This will be part one of a two part blog series as there is a lot to look at and a lot of systems to try them out on!
In the post xmas sales rush here in Australia, one deal that got my attention was from Jaycar, who was offering the Retro Arcade Game console for $50 on clearance! Since it is normally $250, I thought it worth picking one up and quickly checking it out!
Welcome to my first blog post of 2025. I hope you and your family had a great Xmas and new year period and got some much needed rest and relaxation.
I had planned that also, but it didn't quite turn out the way I had hoped...but it started out well enough, with a planned train trip just after Xmas 2024 to Melbourne on the Overland train to see family.
I am finally finished with work for the year, and so this weekend I am finally able to finish some 2024 blog posts I had been working on, but never had time until now to complete!
So for regular readers, you will get a bunch of posts all at once! Hope it makes up for being a bit too quiet this year because of my workload..
