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Title: New Amiga user
Post by: NovaCoder on May 05, 2008, 07:30:29 AM
Yep never had an Amiga ‘back in the day’ for some strange reason, anyway I’m here now and that’s the main thing :-D

Just brought myself a ‘new’ 1200 from those nice people at Amigakit and I’m also in the process of building another one out of spare parts.  

I’ve been trying to get a semi-decent accelerator card (030) but they’re too friggin expensive at the moment  :pissed:

The basic plan is to play some games, do some modding and try my hand at some coding.
 
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: Homer on May 05, 2008, 08:01:52 AM
Welcome and Good luck  :-D
Which part of the world are you from ?
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: Marcb on May 05, 2008, 09:31:48 AM
Welcome!

Just out of interest, what led you to buy an Amiga?
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: AmiBoy on May 05, 2008, 10:38:09 AM
Welcome!

I hope you can get hold of the 030 you want
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: NovaCoder on May 05, 2008, 12:08:13 PM
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Marcb wrote:
Welcome!

Just out of interest, what led you to buy an Amiga?


Not sure really, I was always impressed with them but never ended up getting one.  As I'm into retro gaming I started doing some research and was pleased to see that you could still buy the HW and SW (used/new).  

I've done a bit of games and 3D coding on the PC over the years so it should be fun to hack something together on and for my new toy :-D

I've also got years of gaming to catch up on  :-P

I'm not really interested in emulation, for me half the fun is mucking about with the HW.

I've updated my profile so you can see where I'm coming from.
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: Marcb on May 05, 2008, 01:43:45 PM
Another Aussie!

Amazing how after all this time the Amiga can still draw us in... Happy coding!
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: trekiej on May 05, 2008, 02:11:59 PM
Welcome.
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: Andeda on May 05, 2008, 05:44:36 PM
welcome to a.org :cheers:
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: Tenacious on May 05, 2008, 11:22:28 PM
Welcome!

I would love to see a map of the world with each country filled in with the number of Amiga users still remaining.

A similar one for the States would cool too.

Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: koaftder on May 05, 2008, 11:26:23 PM
Welcome to the board dude. Amigas are a lot of fun.
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: redfox on May 06, 2008, 12:05:35 AM
@NovaCoder

Welcome aboard.  I wish you all the best with your new Amiga.

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redfox

Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: Retro_71 on May 06, 2008, 12:22:12 AM
Welcome !!!!!
Yep our numbers in Australia keep on getting bigger  :-D
Enjoy your new hobby it's great fun.
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: Xamiche on May 06, 2008, 12:49:48 AM
A fellow Aussie. Nice. Welcome aboard. :-)
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: AmiDelf on May 06, 2008, 01:00:04 AM
Welcome. Yes we need 3D coders. That is something which is missing I think. Someone that could port newer versions of Armagetron, BZflag and other cool games out there.

Also you should note that Amigaworld is a splitting loving community. Many have jumped to AmigaOS4 or MorphOS etc. But both of these systems meets at AmigaOS 68k emulation. Though, you cant play standard Amiga games without a emulator like UAE on these systems.

So here you have them:

Classic Amigas: Amiga 500 -> 4000T + CDTV and CD32
Nextgen Amigas/Clones: AmigaONE + Pegasos.
Out of this world but still counting: AROS :- )

Classic Amigas runs AmigaOS upto 3.9 but can also run AmigaOS4 or MorphOS if PPC cards are added to A1200, A3000 or A4000 systems.

Nextgen Amigas/Cones are PPC computers that runs nextgen versions of AmigaOS. AmigaONE runs AmigaOS4, while Pegasos runs MorphOS.

Out of this world as in AROS :-) is a open source amigaos project. Runs on mostly x86 and later on also PPC hardware. At the moment, I dont think that AROS can run AmigaOS 68k software.


Well, welcome anyway. As you can see, you have several options. Just dont fall into the gap by getting an Classic Amiga thinking it will run Quake III etc in great speeds.  


Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: koaftder on May 06, 2008, 01:14:56 AM
Some day I would like to visit Australia.
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: klx300r on May 06, 2008, 05:28:58 AM
welcome the Amiga world :-D  my advice is get a Blizzard 030@50 if you can find one....the difference in gaming and making music in OctaMED Sound Studio/sampling etc is astounding ;-)
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: NovaCoder on May 06, 2008, 08:17:08 AM
Quote

AmiDelf wrote:

So here you have them:

Classic Amigas: Amiga 500 -> 4000T + CDTV and CD32
Nextgen Amigas/Clones: AmigaONE + Pegasos.
Out of this world but still counting: AROS :- )

Classic Amigas runs AmigaOS upto 3.9 but can also run AmigaOS4 or MorphOS if PPC cards are added to A1200, A3000 or A4000 systems.

Nextgen Amigas/Cones are PPC computers that runs nextgen versions of AmigaOS. AmigaONE runs AmigaOS4, while Pegasos runs MorphOS.


Well, welcome anyway. As you can see, you have several options. Just dont fall into the gap by getting an Classic Amiga thinking it will run Quake III etc in great speeds.  



Thanks for the info.

When I get my hands on a nice 030/50 with 128mb ram I'll be running OS3.9 in the standard 1200 case.  After that I'll prob build a 1200 tower with a PPC and run OS4.0 classic.

Not into running Quake 3, more interested in working (and playing) AGA games at the moment. :-D

Yep, loads of us Aussies seem to be buying Amiga's at the moment...very strange  :-P
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: SamOS39 on May 06, 2008, 10:44:03 AM
Cool!
Im a new amiga userin recent years but what made me interested was the fact that i THINK one of my friends had a CD32 when we were very young .. but i cant remember enough to be sure... :crazy:

when i was in high school my a good mate of mine had an A500 given to him by an uncle or something so i bought it of of him for £10.00 and ever since getting my firstamiga ive been hooked  :lol:

btw i am 18 :roll:
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: Xamiche on May 06, 2008, 10:53:39 AM
Quote

SamOS39 wrote:
Cool!
Im a new amiga userin recent years but what made me interested was the fact that i THINK one of my friends had a CD32 when we were very young .. but i cant remember enough to be sure... :crazy:

when i was in high school my a good mate of mine had an A500 given to him by an uncle or something so i bought it of of him for £10.00 and ever since getting my firstamiga ive been hooked  :lol:

btw i am 18 :roll:

So you weren't even alive when the Amiga 500 came out, and you're getting into them now. That's way cool. There's something about 8-bit and 16-bit gaming. The game makers back then really had to economise and make the most they could with the little resources they had. Some of the artistry of 8 & 16-bit games is quite amazing. Just look at a game like Lemmings. To get a character like those little Lemmings out of an 8x8 pixel box is fantastic. Modern games just don't have the soul of the games of yesteryear, and the Amiga sported some of the best games of the era. Who needs texture mapping or 3D hardware? Give me Guybrush any day. :-D
Title: Re: New Amiga user
Post by: VEGNAcore on July 14, 2008, 09:45:40 PM
Hi there and welcome, im new here myslef, amiga 500 fan, basicly want to do the same as you, but on a 500 scale.!