Question for TrevorD

[ChuckT]

Trevor,

Now that you bought Amiga.org and Amigaworld, how should a past Amiga 500 user see these websites or how should any Amiga user see these websites as his audience as you have put out a different computer that isn't viable for some of us in terms of cost.  What I mean is that, how do we fit in since you've changed the landscape of Amiga and how will see see ourselves as Amiga users when you may continue to change the landscape?

How should I see Amiga as X when you have put out Y.  How should we see Amiga as X when you are changing the landscape and how will we fit in?

Chuck

[ChuckT]

Sorry for my double post.  Amiga.org did not respond and there was a database error.

[spirantho]

I'm sure Trevor will be along shortly to allay your fears - but you don't need to worry. You have obviously not seen Trevor's "Classic" Amiga collection.

[amigakit]

As Spirantho has mentioned, Trevor is a big Classic fan too with a plethora of working Amiga systems from the A1000 to A4000T.

A-EON is investing in Classic too.  The new Prisma MegaMix music card is arriving shortly and there has been an investment recently in PPaint Classic as well as a lot more Classic software.  

Hopefully your Classic Amiga hobby will benefit from this

[amigakit]

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Duplicate Post.

=)

[spirantho]

And also, as you can see, amigaKit is well aware that sometimes people double-post by accident and it's ok.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Or in other words, Russian proverb: "New is first enemy of old." Somehow I think Amiga users have survived this long since Commodore's demise, they'll survive whatever comes next. Even if they do become a more and more crotchety bunch with each passing year.

[TrevorDick]

Sorry for my double post.

No problem.

Just enjoy your Amiga passion, whatever form it might take, whether it be Classic, Next-Generation, Emulation or Clones.

TrevorD

[koaftder]

Anybody find it bizarre that the question was addressed to Trevor, yet AmigaKit spoke for him? wtf.

[TrevorDick]

Anybody find it bizarre that the question was addressed to Trevor, yet AmigaKit spoke for him?

No, not really, @Spiranto answered the question first since  it was overnight in New Zealand where I live.

TrevorD

[Cosmos]

Russian proverb: "New is first enemy of old."

I just wanna say : for me, old Classics are like old cars : Ok Ferrari is much better, but oldies are still fun too...

So, I hope mentalities will change : destroying old for selling new is a mistake...

Phase5 had always refused to give (not only for me, others guys have asked I know) some CPLD jed files for repair broken cards... Zillions faulty cards were putting in the bin because of this...

Wanna the death of Classics for users moving on PPC is wrong, really...

[wawrzon]

there is no "classics". there are just amigas. why must an amiga user call his amiga some other name, like "classics", just because someone else wants to pretend his computer should be called "amiga" is beyond me.

[Everblue]

Well I see it like this:

Phase 1:
[Classic]

Phase 2:
[Classic Amigas with PPC running Amiga OS4.1]

Phase 3:
[PPC Computer running Amiga OS4.1]

NG Amigas are in phase 3 of course.

The advantages being:

- Brand new hardware
- Relatively modern hardware which is much more powerful than what you get in Phase 2
- Relatively affordable when price compared with what a highend Amiga 4000 with PPC fetches

Disadvantage:

- no custom chipsets so you if you want to play Pinball Dreams you have to get the A500 back down from the attic (or get a minimig)

[TrevorDick]

no custom chipsets so you if you want to play Pinball Dreams you have to get the A500 back down from the attic

I'm sure I can play Pinball Dreams using RunIN UAE on my X1000.

TrevorD

[biggun]

Another option are NG FPGA Amiga

* Classic chipset  -  old games work
* brand new hardware
* better performance than Phase 5 Systems
* reasonable priced