	RS232 open...Alway remember, it's not the size of the Ass hole, its the shit that's coming out that you have to look out for.
January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 The "New" Lounge PET VIC TED LAB STORE My Collection ABOUT ME coming soon Disclaimer: All the information presented here, was taken from the following sources: Brain Bagnal's Book On the Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore. Available at Amazon.ca new edition is Available now Also, a lot of information has come from Video interviews with Bil Herd and Dave Haynie. Dave has a lot of videos on You-Tube. Search them out.. I wish I could post them here, but I don't have permission. Lastly, more sites on the net have information. There are even a few dedicated sites to the C16. Do a Goggle search, because Bing is just a flash in the pan.:) Please help keep the lounge alive and donate Today.Your donation helps keep an Computer from ending up in a Landfill, and keeping the history Alive for future generations!	Latest update April 26, 2011 Shameless Plugs and other promotions. You will notice, that from time to time, I will plug other Amiga promotions and web-sites. I don't do it for any money, I do it, because we all have to stick together as a Community. On the right hand side of the page, you may have noticed the "Viva Amiga" documentary "teaser" Video by Zach Weddington. I received an update e-mail from Zach last night, and he informed me that at least 2 new interviews have been added to the film. RJ Mical one of the Original Amiga team, and Amiga animator (and "Sabrina-online") Eric Schwartz. Eric will also be doing some original animation for the film. You can also see an example of his work on the right hand side of the page. Zach also informed me that now, he is taking Donations and Pre-Orders for the film. You can Help out by going to the website HERE . I wish to announce that the Amiga Lounge is pleased to help out also. From now until JULY 20, 2010, I will donate 50% of all the revenue generated from any and all sales on the on-line store, and 75% of all donations here to the Lounge to help keep it running. I will also make sure Zach knows the donation comes from both the Amiga Lounge and you! Ok, so I am crazy, but I truely wish to help out in any way possible. Funds are tight for me right now and although I am personally make a few donatitions when money permits, I can think of no better way to help than this. update April 7, 2011 The A4000 is slowly coming together So, a month has past,last moth at this time, we still had winter like conditions-20 Degrees C and snow. Today its a nice +7 C, and all that snow we got in January is flooding nicely now. The A4000 is slowly becoming ready for final assembly. Yesterday, the package From AmigaKit arrived in the mail. I know, I go on and on about AmigaKit, but, the truly make my life a little easer with this hobby. I get a lot of questions from people about them, as most people are leery of ordering products from another country. I just don't think they get near enough credit or thanks for what they do. I can just say they they have top notch products and service. First, my order came all squished up in my mail box. I was freaking out at first, so I flattened the outer envelope out and you can see in the photos below. Then I pulled out the inner box, which was wrapped in more bubble wrap and taped securely. Once I sawed through the outer warp, this is what was inside. Yep, the tape is all the way around it. One the box was finally open, it housed 2 packages of heat sealed bubble wrap. I joke, that someone at Amigakit likes the heat sealer way too much, for inside the heat-sealed bubble wrap, was a heat-sealed (I hope-anti-static) bag. Once the wrapping was off, the treasures were revealed. I had to be very careful with the knife to cut away all the plastics on these. First up was the 4-way IDE board. The Amiga 4000 originally had only one IDE channel, opting for only 2 devices. These boards are made by Amigakit and have their branding on them. Sorry for the bad pictures, but the latest batch looks a bit more athsticaly pleasing then the photos on AmigaKit's website. Next, I ordered a CF drive for the A4000. I was expecting the same card, I got a couple weeks ago for the A600, the only obvious differences would be that this is a 40 pin for 3.5" drives and the A600 being a 44 pin for laptop drives. On the surface this card is almost identical to the A600 , but then I turned it over to inspect it a little more, I found out this was a "double" drive capable of taking a second CF card. Now that was a fun surprise. (Thanks Guys). The back of the card also had 2 other surprises. First, a "AmigaKit Quality control"sticker, and also a thin layer of film/ crud/ dust. This leads me to believe that the film (which easily wiped off) was soldering flux residue or a finally cleanup of the board (It almost seemed like "comet" when it dries). Normally, people would ignore this or not put much thought into it, but these 2 clues, have lead me to the conclusion that AmigaKit is making these adaptor cards themselves, instead of ordering a crate of them from China for a buck a piece. Is this a good or bad thing? Hey, I think it is cool, but then I am crazy. More soon.	SPONSORS OF THE LOUNGE ADVERTISE Your Company Here: E-mail the lounge for more information

Latest update April 26, 2011

Shameless Plugs and other promotions.

You will notice, that from time to time, I will plug other Amiga promotions and web-sites. I don't do it for any money, I do it, because we all have to stick together as a Community.

On the right hand side of the page, you may have noticed the "Viva Amiga" documentary "teaser" Video by Zach Weddington. I received an update e-mail from Zach last night, and he informed me that at least 2 new interviews have been added to the film. RJ Mical one of the Original Amiga team, and Amiga animator (and "Sabrina-online") Eric Schwartz. Eric will also be doing some original animation for the film. You can also see an example of his work on the right hand side of the page.

Zach also informed me that now, he is taking Donations and Pre-Orders for the film. You can Help out by going to the website HERE .

I wish to announce that the Amiga Lounge is pleased to help out also. From now until JULY 20, 2010, I will donate 50% of all the revenue generated from any and all sales on the on-line store, and 75% of all donations here to the Lounge to help keep it running. I will also make sure Zach knows the donation comes from both the Amiga Lounge and you!

Ok, so I am crazy, but I truely wish to help out in any way possible. Funds are tight for me right now and although I am personally make a few donatitions when money permits, I can think of no better way to help than this.

update April 7, 2011

The A4000 is slowly coming together

So, a month has past,last moth at this time, we still had winter like conditions-20 Degrees C and snow. Today its a nice +7 C, and all that snow we got in January is flooding nicely now.

The A4000 is slowly becoming ready for final assembly. Yesterday, the package From AmigaKit arrived in the mail. I know, I go on and on about AmigaKit, but, the truly make my life a little easer with this hobby. I get a lot of questions from people about them, as most people are leery of ordering products from another country. I just don't think they get near enough credit or thanks for what they do. I can just say they they have top notch products and service.

First, my order came all squished up in my mail box. I was freaking out at first, so I flattened the outer envelope out and you can see in the photos below.

Then I pulled out the inner box, which was wrapped in more bubble wrap and taped securely.

Once I sawed through the outer warp, this is what was inside.

Yep, the tape is all the way around it.

One the box was finally open, it housed 2 packages of heat sealed bubble wrap. I joke, that someone at Amigakit likes the heat sealer way too much, for inside the heat-sealed bubble wrap, was a heat-sealed (I hope-anti-static) bag.

Once the wrapping was off, the treasures were revealed. I had to be very careful with the knife to cut away all the plastics on these.

First up was the 4-way IDE board. The Amiga 4000 originally had only one IDE channel, opting for only 2 devices. These boards are made by Amigakit and have their branding on them. Sorry for the bad pictures, but the latest batch looks a bit more athsticaly pleasing then the photos on AmigaKit's website.

Next, I ordered a CF drive for the A4000. I was expecting the same card, I got a couple weeks ago for the A600, the only obvious differences would be that this is a 40 pin for 3.5" drives and the A600 being a 44 pin for laptop drives.

On the surface this card is almost identical to the A600 , but then I turned it over to inspect it a little more, I found out this was a "double" drive capable of taking a second CF card. Now that was a fun surprise. (Thanks Guys). The back of the card also had 2 other surprises. First, a "AmigaKit Quality control"sticker, and also a thin layer of film/ crud/ dust. This leads me to believe that the film (which easily wiped off) was soldering flux residue or a finally cleanup of the board (It almost seemed like "comet" when it dries). Normally, people would ignore this or not put much thought into it, but these 2 clues, have lead me to the conclusion that AmigaKit is making these adaptor cards themselves, instead of ordering a crate of them from China for a buck a piece. Is this a good or bad thing? Hey, I think it is cool, but then I am crazy.

More soon.