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Re: Amiga emulators: is it worth it?
« on: January 18, 2009, 03:38:43 PM »
The various versions of UAE are almost technically perfect.  That's what some complain about, 80's computer was clunky and a bit unstable, running an Amiga has always been a bit like building your own ultra lite aircraft, you were exposed to the environment and never knew when you would experience a crash.  UAE provides a safe, clean, smooth environment that just doesn't feel the same.  You use your modern beautiful monitors and somehow all the imperfections that were hidden by trashy old CRTs are visible on your 1080p monitor.

Real Amigas are always on the edge of disaster, with cobbled together parts that were never meant to work together.  They click, they pop, they wheeze.  Experiencing an Amiga through the clean safety of a modern OS is somehow almost cheating.


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Re: Amiga emulators: is it worth it?
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 06:47:16 PM »
A Pentium 4 is yesterday's technology, Core2 and Quad Core Xeons are the processors of today.  I've qot a pair of Quad Core Xeons in my machine...
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