NEC MultiSync 3D monitor

How to dumpster dive for CRT monitors

I have started to pull together a few different sources online for 15 KHz capable CRT monitors, mostly to support this awful Amiga habit I’ve formed. This would also be useful if someone was searching for Atari ST monitors, Amiga monitors, or even retro gaming and arcade monitors. I will probably find another way to […]

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Front view of a Commodore Amiga 4000 in rough shape, with a sticker, an unsecured CD-ROM drive, and poor lighting

Varta’d by the Amiga 4000

In very early 2021, really bored by the pandemic, I was on the lookout for busted Commodore and Amiga machines. Someone reached out with an Amiga 4000 they had available. They had no way to test it, all of the cables and accessories were missing, and it’s been in a garage for decades. Sounds like […]

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A dirty Commodore Amiga 500 from the top

A Forgotten Amiga 500

I came across a pretty nice condition, but broken, Commodore Amiga 500. The Amiga 500 was a cost reduced, mass market successor to the Amiga 1000, wrapped in a wonderful case with a built-in keyboard, side expansion, and a floppy drive. It didn’t have the most amazing specifications, but it had tons of room to […]

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Image of the Amiga 3000 from the front

A Surprisingly Annoying Amiga 3000

The Amiga 3000 was a high-end Amiga released in 1990, with a redesigned case, a 68030 processor, up to 16mb of RAM on board, and built-in SCSI support. They didn’t sell incredibly well, and at least for me, were remarkably hard to find. Naturally, I found myself a broken one. This one would boot immediately […]

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