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I have been really enjoying Amiga games via emulation recently, do decided to get the real thing.
I used to own an Amiga 1000 between 1986 and about 1990. I gave it away to a family member around that time.
Anyway, this person used it probably once or twice, and then stored it in their garage. There it has sat for the last 18 years.
I only just discovered that they still had my old Amiga 1000, so since they hadn't been using it, I asked if I could have it back.
Picked it up today, and am amazed that it still works.
The original Kickstart and Workbench disks (the equivalent of BIOS and DOS disks) work fine. The floppy drive works, and the keyboard seems to be fine (although I haven't tested every key).
The mouse doesn't work very well - it sticks, and it is sometimes hard to get the pointer to move to the left. I am going to take it apart and see if I can clean the ball rollers and see if that will work. Otherwise, will have to buy a new one.
The monitor seems ok, although I think the monitor cable is a bit flakey. I have had the picture flicker a few times, etc but moving the cable around helps.
Fortunately, you can still get new mouse and monitor cables cheaply, so I think I will just order some new ones.
Still lots more things to test (games, 2nd floppy drive, an old dot matrix printer etc), but at least the basics are intact.
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