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    This is the entertaining thing to me -- all the...

    This is the entertaining thing to me -- all the fun is in getting the system set up the way you want, not playing the games.

    Of course, once it's set up all perfect, the fun ends. :D
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    TV I started to watch an episode of Life on Mars...

    I started to watch an episode of Life on Mars (US) one evening and didn't make it longer than five minutes into it. The writing is just terrible. Ugh.
  3. Thread: Firewalls

    by hotdiggity
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    I've been using Sygate Personal Firewall for...

    I've been using Sygate Personal Firewall for years. It's old and no longer supported because Symantec purchased Sygate, but it's lightweight and fast.

    http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160
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    I ripped apart the A500 and inspected the...

    I ripped apart the A500 and inspected the motherboard. No leaking capacitors, no discolored parts on the board. I pushed down on all of the chips just to be sure they were seated snugly. Since I put...
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    Last night it wouldn't get past a blank white...

    Last night it wouldn't get past a blank white screen without the RAM. I tried it again this morning and it actually booted from my Workbench disk. It did complain about not having a clock backup...
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    Unfortunately the saga continues. I think...

    Unfortunately the saga continues. I think Harrison might have been right about the motherboard because the symptoms came back this evening.

    I was transferring some ADFs to floppy via transdisk/ADF...
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    Your mention of faulty RAM led me to try...

    Your mention of faulty RAM led me to try something. I pulled the extra RAM chip out of the bottom and tried booting it up. All I got was solid colored screens and nothing else. It wouldn't boot from...
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    A500 failing?

    Well, tonight I pulled the ol' Amiga 500 out of the closet. It's been a few years since I powered it on. Unfortunately, it appears that the internal disk drive is failing -- it will start to read,...
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