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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: fishy_fiz on March 19, 2011, 11:44:12 PM
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Being that I hope to pull my finger out and finally get around to making a few clasic amiga games this year I'd be interested to know what sort of classic machines people are using these days.
Ive structured the poll a little differently to try to get a broader feels of the actual hardware in use. It'll show the results a little unusually in terms of percentages, but will tell me what I want to know more accurately.
Thanks
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There already been a couple of polls in recent times asking this but who cares, question is though where is the actual poll ???
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You forgot about the Pancakes... :(
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You forgot about the Pancakes... :(
Yup... can't have a poll without pancakes... :(
sing-a-long now...
Why Are We Waiting, Whyyy Are We Waiting...
(slow hand clap for good measure... :))
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The polls in recent times werent about the actual classic hardware in use, but rather what form of "amiga" a person uses. As for who cares, well me obviously or I wouldnt have made the poll. As I said already I want to get a feel of what hardware is in use so I know what to target.
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Oi... Fishy... why haven't you voted in your own poll... :(
PS: I didn't mean "Who Cares" about your poll, I meant who cares about the other ones now, it's always good to have a new poll every now and then to see who's using what... :D
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As for the poll, that was a bit weird, seems the thread was active before Id finished creating the poll. It's there now though.
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Cos I was busy creating it and responding :) I'm doing it now.
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I've only put my A1200 down. Iv'e got a 500 and 4000T, and sometimes use UAE and UAEX. But my A1200 is my baby.
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Ere Fishy... you can't class the MiniMig or UAE/Amithlon/AmigaXL/Fellow as Classic Machines that's a big No, No when it comes to the term and meaning of "Classic"... :(
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PS: I didn't mean "Who Cares" about your poll, I meant who cares about the other ones now, it's always good to have a new poll every now and then to see who's using what... :D
Ah, thanks for elaborating there. I must admit I did misinterperet what you meant with that. :)
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Ah, thanks for elaborating there. I must admit I did misinterperet what you meant with that. :)
Sorry... my fault... I should have worded it a wee bit better... :)
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Ere Fishy... you can't class the MiniMig or UAE/Amithlon/AmigaXL/Fellow as Classic Machines that's a big No, No when it comes to the term and meaning of "Classic"... :(
Yeah, I had to think twice about them, but decided to include 'em 'cos theyre some peoples only options for 68k software. Still gives me an idea of what sorts of "amiga" speeds/resources are available to ppl though.
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It would be interesting to see the distribution of AGA vs OCS/ECS between Europe and the States
All my Amigas are OCS/ECS machines: A500/A2000/A3000.
This was primarily due to a television production job I had in High School/Undergrad, all before AGA amigas came out. I didn't notice a video toaster in the poll.
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Yeah, I had to think twice about them, but decided to include 'em 'cos theyre some peoples only options for 68k software. Still gives me an idea of what sorts of "amiga" speeds/resources are available to ppl though.
True enough... one thing I'd really like to know though is how many "Classic" users use DVD burners on their Amigas, as I've never bothered to update my DVD burning utils on Aminet as I'm not sure if it's worth the time and effort doing so if there aint a lot of folk burning DVDs with their miggies... :)
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I'd have liked to add a few other options as well, but the polls are restricted to only 10 options. I had to lump a few things on one for example with RTG/AHI + kitchen sink (shouldve been RTG/RTA really), which can be a little innacurate, but my current projects are custom chipset based, so it seemed the best one to compromise. Some sort of cd/dvd rom option is a bit of an oversight by me though as it's a medium Id like to use.
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Why do I feel warm and fuzzy when the highest responses match mine..?
I wish I was more of a standalone individual...!
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I only have five Amigas; how might I answer this ?
3 x A2000 equipped as follows:
A2630 fitted with DKB2632 and 50MHz CSA RocketLauncher, A2091,120MB ram, DKB megachip, 2MB Picasso II, X-Surf NIC, 2x2GB hds, BigFoot pwr supply, OS3.1, 4mm tape drive, digital thermometer
1 x A3000 equipped as follows:
INT2 mod, 28MHz warp4040 wi SCSI2,150MB ram, X-Surf NIC, digital thermometer
1xA4000T equipped as follows:
Phase 5 Cyberstorm MK II 50 MHz 68060 accelerator, 128MB ram, X-Surf NIC, IOBlix, OS3.9, digital thermometer, etc.
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My trusty 1200 with 030 and AGA. Like [insert deity here] meant it to be
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I have answered according to my main and more stable miggy: A1200 in desktop with AGA/Indivision, Blizzard 1260@50 and 256 MB (with SCSI kit).
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I only have five Amigas; how might I answer this ?
3 x A2000 equipped as follows:
A2630 fitted with DKB2632 and 50MHz CSA RocketLauncher, A2091,120MB ram, DKB megachip, 2MB Picasso II, X-Surf NIC, 2x2GB hds, BigFoot pwr supply, OS3.1, 4mm tape drive, digital thermometer
1 x A3000 equipped as follows:
INT2 mod, 28MHz warp4040 wi SCSI2,150MB ram, X-Surf NIC, digital thermometer
1xA4000T equipped as follows:
Phase 5 Cyberstorm MK II 50 MHz 68060 accelerator, 128MB ram, X-Surf NIC, IOBlix, OS3.9, digital thermometer, etc.
Which one do you use most regularly and get the most use out of.
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040 and 060 should be seperate options.
that wud make for interesting reading
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I don't have any classic miggys at the moment :(
Strictly limited to UAE.
Anyone have a spare A3000/4000T lying around they don't want? ;)
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I run a stock 512KB Chip A1000 and a stock 2MB Chip A1200. Even given the low amount of RAM in each, they're still a blast to use. I also occasionally use emulation, AROS, and MorphOS.
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040 and 060 should be seperate options.
that wud make for interesting reading
Sure, but as I said already the polls are limited to 10 options so I had to make some compromises.
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for now A1200, 030 (only since my A2000, 040 is in parts atm)
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Amiga 2500 with 2630 and 6MB RAM, baby!
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Interesting so far to know that most users use AGA, 040 or 060 & more than 8MB of RAM, handy to know when writing future programs... :)
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Why do I feel warm and fuzzy when the highest responses match mine..?
I wish I was more of a standalone individual...!
Don't worry! You use an amiga. By default you are a standalone individual.
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Personally Im quite pleased with these results. The 2 main game projects Im working on I intended to make for ecs/1meg/68000 with a few extra gfx and sounds for users with 2 meg chip ram, and one that I expect to be a bit heavier, targetting an '030 + fast ram, with a few extra effects for faster cpus, so these results where pleasantly surprising. Id actually expected there to be very little interest in lower spec systems, and also I expected the average AGA machine to be slightly lower spec, but it panned out a good match :)
Now I just need to actually finish them :) (not sure if anyone read about me planning to release something at the end of the month, but Im still holding myself to it (dont expect too much though, it's just a quick "clear the cobwebs" type project for now:))
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Now I just need to actually finish them :) (not sure if anyone read about me planning to release something at the end of the month, but Im still holding myself to it (dont expect too much though, it's just a quick "clear the cobwebs" type project for now:))
Don't worry I haven't forgotten and await eagerly to see what you come up with... :)
(PS:just remember if you don't hold to your deadline they'll be posts all over the place saying this is all just hype and vapourware... :D)
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Great poll...Thank you 'fishy_fiz' for setting it up!
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I know I posted in this thread. Where'd it go? Am I getting that old?
My vote may not help much. These days I use a trusty old A1000 with 2.5Mb of RAM most, with AmiKit coming in a close second. I also have an A2000 with an 040, 32Mb of RAM, OS 3.5, FF/SD, CD ROM (internal).
I still love em all, even AmiKit.
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Lots of AGA in the poll to make me happy :)
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I've got an A500 and a CD32 now, both NTSC.
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I've got an A500 and a CD32 now, both NTSC.
How much trouble is an NTSC CD32 ? Aren't most of the titles PAL or is it not so much of a problem?
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Pity this poll was removed to be replaced with a poll about ruddy mobile phones as it has produced some very good data on what specs current Amiga users have running... :(
Still from the responses given and the data it provides then it gives programers a good idea of just what resources folk have when writing new progs that they may wish to share on the likes of AmiNet... :)
(Would have liked to see it run longer though... :()
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Personally Im quite pleased with these results. The 2 main game projects Im working on I intended to make for ecs/1meg/68000 with a few extra gfx and sounds for users with 2 meg chip ram, and one that I expect to be a bit heavier, targetting an '030 + fast ram, with a few extra effects for faster cpus, so these results where pleasantly surprising. Id actually expected there to be very little interest in lower spec systems, and also I expected the average AGA machine to be slightly lower spec, but it panned out a good match :)
This would be nice. It seems like a whole lot of the newer games on Aminet are for OS4/MOS with SDL and such...it'd be nice to see more projects targeting lower-end 68k machines (one of my personal goals :))