New user from the UK

[wub]

Hi all,

I've been lurking these forums for a few weeks while trying to fix an STe. I was given it a few years ago and it's been in storage for a while. It seems to have some problems and I found this site while trying to find out what might be wrong. I've found all the information here really helpful and thought it was about time I registered!

I had a few ST's back in the day and spent a lot of time trying to make games in STOS. I never got the hang of it and the ST's eventually got sold off. I've since had another go at learning to make games, with a Sam Coupe that I bought long before the prices went crazy, and I'd like to make ST versions of my Sam stuff. For closure!

I'm an electrician with part 1 of the electronic servicing C&G, so I'm not completely out of my depth here, but I'm way beneath the level of knowledge most of you have. I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can

[rubber_jonnie]

[Icky]

[UnderTheRain]

Welcome

[JezC]

Welcome to the forum!

[sporniket]

Welcome

[Badwolf]

Greetings!

BW

[Higgy]

@wub nice one on the Sam Coupe .

We were going to buy one back in the day when our Speccy died. But when we went to the computer shop to have a look and ask questions we saw an Amiga 500 running Drakken (also on Atari I think) and it was just another level.

I do love those days when you did not know everything, visiting a shop was magical as you saw stuff you never knew about. Plus the visible jumps in computing power was amazing.

[stephen_usher]

[wub]

Thanks all!

@Higgy The Sam is a lot of fun but, in hindsight, I don't feel I made the wrong choice going for an ST instead. They released Sam at least 2 years too late. Like you say, the Amiga was already on a different level to any 8-bit machine by then. The Sam has been more fun as an adult, with the internet to explain all the bits that seemed like magic back in the day!