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Offline Mr_DBUG

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2010, 12:58:28 AM »
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FPGA 68k + AROS68k will be for the retro dudes... X86 + AROS will be for the die hard nerds that want Amiga + grunt... But realistically the average Joe is going to want a free emulator they can run on their desktop, and have a little nostalgia trip once in a while :)

While it's not the answer I would dream of, it's the most realistic from my perspective.
Agree, this should have been a multichoise poll :-) Though AROS likely playing a part in the OS part of the options .. X86 hardware, FPGA, and the Classic computers likely living their life out being well used as well.. Was there ever computers used for as long as Commodores ?? :-D They must have beat the records for any computers being used to death now !
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #15 on: November 28, 2010, 02:13:17 AM »
I'm going to have to agree with Bloodline for the most part.

I do think that the 'standard' install will be AROSx86 running an integrated AROS68K.  This will would work directly on hardware, in an emulator, with new Aros software and with classic software.
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #16 on: November 28, 2010, 03:21:06 AM »
Quite frankly this topic has been done to death and I am sick and tired of talking about it.

It's over.  We lost.

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #17 on: November 28, 2010, 03:27:27 AM »
Well, unless you have invented a time machine that will let you prevent the Amiga from ever being created, or the earth is completely destroyed in some kind of catyclism, the Amiga will exist in some form in the future.

The question is what form(S) will that be.
« Last Edit: November 28, 2010, 04:54:33 AM by Belial6 »
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #18 on: November 28, 2010, 03:53:15 AM »
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Well, unless you have invented a time machine that will let you prevent the Amiga from ever being created, or the earth is completely destroyed in some kind of catyclism, the Amiga will exist in some form in the future.

The question is what form will that be.


Correction - forms
"Not making any hard and fast rules means that the moderators can use their good judgment in moderation, and we think the results speak for themselves." - Amiga.org, terms of service

"You, got to stem the evil tide, and keep it on the the inside" - Rogers Waters

"God was never on your side" - Lemmy

Amiga! "Our appeal has become more selective"
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #19 on: November 28, 2010, 04:54:50 AM »
Corrected...
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #20 on: November 28, 2010, 05:08:56 AM »
As far as I know the Ohio Scientific Challenger 1p is also protected from 'non-existance' by the apparent non-existance of a time machine, and persistent longevity of the earth.

But I don't think this is a 'future' just a 'past'.

That's why I surprised myself by selecting PPC + OS 4.

The rest seemed like retro - as unlikely as PPC + OS 4 is, PPC is still alive - with new CPU's being released, and OS 4 - the same.

Oh don't get me wrong, I almost picked 'no future', but, that's not quite true yet.  it may not have much of a future, it may be a sick one - but it's not played out yet.
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #21 on: November 28, 2010, 05:51:43 AM »
Somebody should nominate the Amiga Computer for a Darwin award.....
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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #22 on: November 28, 2010, 06:05:17 AM »
PPC hardware + Aros :p
A1200 030@28Mhz/2MB+32MB/RTC/KS3.1/IDE-CF+4GB/4-Way Clockport Expander/IndivisionAGA/PCMCIA NIC
A1200 020@14Mhz/2MB+8MB/FPU/RTC/KS3.0/IDE-CF+2GB/S-Video
CD32 020@14Mhz/2MB+8MB/RTC/KS3.1/IDE-CF+4GB
A600 030@30Mhz/2MB+64MB/RTC/IDE-CF+4GB/Subway USB/S-Video/PCMCIA NIC/USB Numeric Keypad+Hub+Mouse+Control Pad
A500 000@7Mhz/512kB+512kB/ROM Switcher/KS3.1+1.3/S-Video

Get AmigaOS
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #23 on: November 28, 2010, 09:26:12 AM »
To me, the Amiga was that great system that existed back in the late 1980s, that amazed everyone and provided us with hours of enjoyment (and had the chance to take over the world!)...

It is (was?) the custom hardware, 68K CPUs and OS3.x...

The new amiga-like systems are interesting hobby projects, but don't represent the spirit of Amiga or what it represented in its day...
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #24 on: November 28, 2010, 10:33:51 AM »
To all those who voted to claim the Amiga is dead... :(

Living a life without hopes & dreams no matter how far fetched they may seem to others, is a sad and wasted life, a blinkered life where you merely follow the crowd blindly into a bleak and already pre-scripted future, a world of grey where nothing new or creative ever happens... :(

If it weren't for individuals in the past dreaming & believing that their ideas could come to fruition and who thankfully ignored those who scoffed at them and told them their dreams were nothing more than just dreams, then none of us would have ever heard of the word computer and be sitting here today using one of mans greatest ever achievements... :)

It's never too late to change your way of thinking you know... :)
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #25 on: November 28, 2010, 11:43:24 AM »
I'm the only one that voted for original hardware and OS. I like that.
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #26 on: November 28, 2010, 11:47:05 AM »
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Living a life without hopes & dreams no matter how far fetched they may seem to others, is a sad and wasted life


I save my hopes and dreams for something bigger than an Amiga revival.  Give me whirled peas!
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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #27 on: November 28, 2010, 11:52:15 AM »
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Give me whirled peas!

What are whirled peas?
Even my cat doesn\'t like me.
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #28 on: November 28, 2010, 11:57:19 AM »
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I save my hopes and dreams for something bigger than an Amiga revival.  Give me whirled peas!

You can never have too many hopes & dreams tone007, let the Amiga be a small part of them... :)

(are whirled peas the same as mushy peas ???)
 

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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #29 from previous page: November 28, 2010, 12:02:52 PM »
This is why we don't have world peace, no one's heard of whirled peas!
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