Whois Skateman

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WHOIS: Skateman,

ASSEMBLED IN: 1972

FIRST RELEASE: AMSTERDAM

Skateman started way back in the 80s, when he got his first Commodore VIC20 Computer.

Hardware Information
Year: May 1981 – January 1985
CPU: 6502 @ 1.0227 Mhz
RAM: 5 KB Standard, Upgradable to 8, 16, 24, 32 KB
ROM: 16 KB
OS: CBM Basic V2
TEXT MODES: 23 rows x 22 columns
GRAPHIC MODES: 184 x 176
COLORS: 8 character colors, 16 background/border colors
SOUND: 3 voices / 3 octaves

After this a Commodore 64 Arrived…

General Information
Year: 1982 – 1993
CPU: MOS Technology 6510 @ 1.02 MHz (NTSC) / 0.985MHz (PAL)
RAM: 64 KB Standard
ROM: 20 KB
OS: CBM Basic V2
TEXT MODES: 40 rows x 25 columns
GRAPHIC MODES: 320 x 200
COLORS: 16 colors, 8 hardware sprites
SOUND: 3-channel, 8 octaves, 4 waveforms

After this it was time for the ultimate COMMODORE AMIGA 500..

Pretty soon i upgraded the machine with some extra ram, A590 harddrive, extra floppydrives, and a usr courrier hst modem, damn i loved this machine a lot.

Eventually i sold the machine to a friend who used it for making music. I started to enter the PC scene with my first PC a 486.

As the years passed by and having worked with almost any type of computer i just couldnt resist. I bought myself a used AMIGA A1200.

A1200 technical Specifications

Motorola MC68EC020 14.32 MHz CPU
2 megabytes Chip RAM on motherboard
Maximum 2 megabytes Chip RAM
Maximum 8 megabytes Fast RAM
512k ROM on motherboard
3.5 drive bays
2.5 drive mountable
3.5 880k internal floppy drive
2.5 40 megabyte IDE hard drive (optional)
Integrated keyboard
96 keys
10 function keys
Numeric keypad
Cursor keys (inverted T layout)
2 button mouse
A1200 trapdoor 150 pin local bus expansion
PCMCIA 2.0 expansion bus
Compact case
External power supply port
External floppy drive port
RS-232 serial port
Centronics parallel port
2 mouse/joystick ports
Colour composite video port
15kHz colour RGB analogue video port
31KHz SVGA video output
2 stereo audio output ports
32 BIT data path
24 BIT address space
Optional battery backed clock
Weight: 8 lbs.
9.5″ deep x 18.5″ wide x 3 high
110 volt/60Hz 23 watts power supply (external)

I upgraded my A1200 with a pcmcia network adapter, a bigger harddrive and a ATC Apollo 1260 with a 68040 processor and 16 Mb ram.

The endresult is a 1992 computer which is connected to the internet, and brings back fun and memories from the past.

The Amiga scene, even 25 years later is still strong. There is nothing that even comes close to this. Now 2011 it might happen again. A real new developed Amiga, named Amigaone X1000 is being tested and hopefully soon released.