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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Kuya Marc on September 10, 2016, 04:33:05 AM
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Hello Fellow Amigans!
Recently, my local Amiga 1200 friend and I tried locating other Amigans in the Philippines. My friend has an old, broken, yet operational Amiga 1200 in his home and has a friend that he helped install AmigaOS 3.9 on their PC.
Unless someone corrects me, I am the only licensed user of Amiga Forever, AmigaOS 4.1 FE and MorphOS in the Philippines! At first, I thought that was something to brag about. But, in reality, my only support for my AmigaOS hobby is through an unstable Internet connection.
I'm NOT an Amigan Geek!
Being the only guys with a "stronghold" of emulated Amiga systems in the Philippines has NO ADVANTAGES!
I was an Amiga 500 geek back in 1988, but I had forgotten all of it.
Nowadays, I can only experience AmigaOS under emulation with very old hardware.
The Philippine Economy...
Basically, the bottom line is, the Amiga computer has no place in the Philippines. It is impossible to get local Philippine people interested in AmigaOS, yet alone, an Amiga computer. NONE of the local used computer shops have any Amiga hardware, 99.99% never heard of Amiga. Every once in awhile, a pirate shop would have an old copy of Amiga Forever, being sold only for the games.
I'm a Transplant Amigan...
For almost 10 years, I have been living in the Philippines. I grew up in Northwestern United States, but was absent from Amiga scene from 1990 (to 2012).
Any other Amigans in the Philippines?
I hope there are others besides my Amiga 1200 friend and I...
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Good luck I hope it works out well.
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Hello and welcome! Don't feel bad if no one locally has ever heard of the Amiga - it's the same in this part of the world! Got to get all support and buy everything online these days...
Amiga Forever is a great low-barrier way to get into the Amiga. Maybe you and your friend can convince a few other pals to give it a try and experience the fun (and challenge) of the Amiga. :)
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@Matt_H,
Many Amiga users on the left coast here but mostly not appreciated anywhere else.
Chris
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Well you have 220-240/60hz power in the Philippians and used to use NTSC, if you can find a 2:1 stepdown 120-110 volt step down transformer you should be able to use American Amigas in NTSC resolutions without any issues. In fact in looks like you can use type A B and C plugs. The US uses type A and B where as type C is European.
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You're probably not the only Amiga supporters in your country. I personally believe there are far more Amiga users than there are forum members.
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I heard Smerf moved there this year. I'm not sure where or whether he took any of his Amiga gear with him or not.
http://www.amiga.org/forums/member.php?u=272
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Hi, now i'm here in Cebu city, but i left my Amigas in Europe. At least i have emulation, and my Amiga t-shirt :)