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Just wanted to be the first to mention it here!
 
How I wanted an Abox, CyberstormG3, an AmiJoe, AmiRage, BoXeR etc etc.
 
I remember working out how many organs I'd need to sell to get one of the first phas5 Blizzard G4 cards that were planned. More than I could live without. At least until I realised they'd not have to be *my* organs...
 
I was also an avid collector of updated setpatch commands. Always wanting to see what had been tweaked :D
 
So, here's a question:

What is the future of the Amiga?
 
Must admit I kinda like CUSA, their ideas are almost aligned with my own :thumbs up:
 
Don't forget to create a sub forum for CUSA too!
 
minator said:
So, here's a question:

What is the future of the Amiga?
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Obviously the original hardware will keep many looking for their retro fix happy, however as this becomes rarer and more pricey things like Minimig/fpgarcade will come into their own who demand hardware. For everyone else, there's always UAE.

The AmigaNG stuff is dead end as far as I can see unless they move off of PPC.
 
the_leander said:
The AmigaNG stuff is dead end as far as I can see unless they move off of PPC.
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I completely agree, and -- as I recall, have been strongly since 2001. Wow. I am getting old. :)
 
Hardware shouldn't matter, PPC or not. Millions if not billions of virtual computers are running around the world. Even phones are running virtual machines. Turn the Amiga hardware into a virtual machine, yes UAE, and work on updating the OS on that hardware base. One can assume that virtual machine will be more powerful than the original hardware and therefore one can update the OS to take advantage of the extra power, memory, and storage. Hardware is a commodity item. Charging twice as much for half as much power isn't going to fly. Instead focus the time and money on the OS and software layer.
 
faethor said:
Hardware shouldn't matter, PPC or not....<snip> Charging twice as much for half as much power isn't going to fly.
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Precisely.

faethor said:
Instead focus the time and money on the OS and software layer.
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That neatly brings us to the AmigaNG crowds other major issue, at least in the OS4 camp: Developer talent or lack of.

As it stands, with the camps divided as they are, I really doubt there is enough within any of the individual pools to move the NG platforms away from PPC and onto something more affordable.
 
redrumloa said:
How I wanted an Abox, CyberstormG3, an AmiJoe, AmiRage, BoXeR etc etc.
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Yeesh - I actually started putting money aside for an AmiJoe, I was that taken in by the hype.

I remember seeing the Walker mock up as well and thinking it looked cool. Deary me.
 
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