Subj : Re: PiStorm
To   : Jeffk
From : Stephen Walsh
Date : Thu Dec 25 2025 19:34:00

Hi Jeffk,

 On Sunday December 21 2025, Jeffk said to Stephen Walsh:

 J> Hey there, I looked at the PiStorm before I bought my Apollo Firebird
 J> but in the end, chose the Firebird. It's quite an amazing piece of
 J> hardware imo and I run my BBS on it too!

The Apolllo guys leave a bad tastes in my mouth, so wont ever purchase any
of there products.

 J> True, taxes and import fees kill ya that's for sure. For me, there were
 J> no import fees, there was a tax to pay on the converted amount to
 J> Canadian funds. The exchange from Euros is what I initially was
 J> concerned about.

Try living in Australia!. The echange rate/postage/insurance is what kills
it for us... I just purchased some of the "Amiga Universal Mechanical
Keyboard" (The keyboard part, without the controller or Enclosure), and
"USB Mouse/Joypad Adapter" from Amiga store in Spain. The total came to
$412AUD. If i'd added the Universal Controller and Enclosure, it would have
added another $375AUD to the price... (Luckly I have a Amiga 2000 keyboard
with case that is faulty, so only need the inside bits.)

 J> In the end I said screw it and bought it. The best buy I've ever made I
 J> think for Amiga

OH, I thought hard about if I should get the keyboard or not....



-- Stephen --

Rocking Amiganet with an Amiga 4000 and Zeus BBS.


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