Pictures from AmiGBG 2004

These pictures were taken by Carl Drougge and Joe Random (we don't know his name) during AmiGBG 2004. Commented by Adam Chodorowski.

SUGA Sign

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Adam Chodorowski (that's me :-)) holding up SUGA's sign.
SUGA Sign In Place

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Testing the SUGA sign in place on top of the Amiga 1200. That's Kjell Lindén on the left, and me again on the right.
A1200 opened up

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SUGA's Amiga 1200 opened up, showing the hightly customized tower. The motherboard is arranged diagonally so you can still use the PCMCIA slot without needing an expensive adaptor.
A1200 opened up (2)

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Closeup of the A1200. You can just make out the special rubberband-and-pencil arrangement (patent pending) that keeps the 040 CPU firmly against the heatsink.
Edge

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A BTTC Edge LE system being readied for showing AROS.
A1200 + SUGA Sign

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The A1200 and SUGA sign all setup and ready for the show.
Before The AROS Presentation

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A crowd has gathered for the AROS presentation. Stefan Nordlander is stalling them while we set the gear up.
Before The AROS Presentation (2)

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More stalling...
Before The AROS Presentation (3)

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Before The AROS Presentation (4)

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Trying to get the projector working. That's me in the middle (second from the left, in a AROS/BTTC t-shirt) and Johan Grip just to the right and behind me. You can also see our camera crew to the right (from left to right: Peter "CoopDot" Eriksson and Jonas Hofmann).
Before The AROS Presentation (5)

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Before The AROS Presentation (6)

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Still trying to get the projector working... Unfortunately we don't have any pictures from the actual presentation, but we did eventually get everything to work. :-)
The AROS Presentation

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The AROS presentation has just started. Introducing myself and Johan Grip.
The AROS Presentation (2)

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Showing the Kitty shaped window demo.
The AROS Presentation (3)

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The AROS Presentation (4)

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Nearing the end of the presentation.
The Monitor Man

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The Monitor Man appears! This fellow was wandering around AmiGBG for half of the day...
SUGA's booth

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Part of SUGA's booth. From left to right we have Johan Grip, me and Kjell Lindén. Computers from left to right: AmigaONE, Pegasos, A1200.
SAK

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SAK was there this year too, showing off their Ataris.
A1 + MicroA1

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AmigaONE and Micro A1 motherboards shown at Guru Meditation's booth.
AmigaONE.biz

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AmigaONE.biz, a new AmigaONE reseller in Denmark, was there showing (what else) AmigaONEs.
AmigaONE.biz (2)

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Most likely an AmigaONE, since it was in AmigaONE.biz's booth. :-)
The Monitor Man (2)

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The Monitor Man makes another appearance. Looks like he's contemplating eating the poor fellow sitting in front of him. Also some Amiga art on display.
The Monitor Man (3)

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The Monitor Man visits Syntax Society's booth.
The Monitor Man (4)

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Modded A500

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Very heavily modded Amiga 500.
Modded A500 (2)

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Modded A500 (3)

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Modded A500 (4)

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Modded A500 (5)

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Modded A500 (6)

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Syntax Society Robot

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Syntax Society had a robot on display. It was, ofcourse, controlled by an Amiga.
Syntax Society Robot (2)

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Syntax Society Robot (3)

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Syntax Society Robot (4)

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SX64 + projectorcamera

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Preparations before Jens Schoenfeld's presentation. That's a Commodore SX64, with a camera in front filming the screen for display on the big canvas.
SX64 + projectorcamera (2)

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Some adjustements done by Jonas Bobjörk.
Contiki

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The SX64 running the Contiki operating system.
Contiki (2)

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Contiki (3)

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Contiki Web Browser

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Starting the Contiki web browser (the SX64 has a network card).
Contiki Web Browser (2)

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Web browser loaded.
Contiki Web Browser (3)

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Contiki Web Browser (4)

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Browsing to a well-known Amiga news site. Slowly. Very slowly. Still, it's impressive what you can do with such old hardware.
Contiki Web Browser (5)

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A little bit more has loaded.
Contiki (4)

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Contiki Web Server

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Fetching a page served by the Contiki web server running on the SX64.
Contiki Web Server (2)

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Contiki Web Server (3)

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Jens Schoenfeld

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Jens Schoenfeld himself.
Contiki Web Server (4)

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Contiki (6)

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Showing the request log of the web server.
Contiki (7)

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The Monitor Man's Head

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Eventually, the Monitor Man lost his head...
AmigaOS 4 Cake

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Later at the banquet after the show, some AmigaOS 4 cake was served. :-)

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