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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Bradsco on April 12, 2018, 09:31:20 PM
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For all of the years I've had any association with the Amiga I've always owned the entry level stuff. A500, A1200 and then much later, a Micro-A1.
In the long interim, I was absent for the formation of color factions, but after reading through Jeremy Reimer's articles, the one bit of knowledge I'd never known was how Mr. Dickinson became a figure in the community. I found it pretty inspiring.
Since I've been toying with this idea already, I went ahead and got something new. It showed up today. A big thanks to the guys at Amiga On The Lake, and certainly the Amiga community. Hopefully I'll have time enough to make something fun with it.
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Congratulations on the new purchase!
There goes all your spare time. ;-)
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Awesome! Congratulations :D
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@ Bradsco
congrats & welcome aboard :hammer::drink:
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How exciting. Wish I could afford one ... Enjoy!
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Congrats!
Aaron at Amiga On the Lake is terrific to work with and I got my board, sound card and video card from them in December. I went a bit crazy with the case and went with the Corsair Crystal White 570X -- but then again the Amiga deserves a bit of class! Anyway building the X5000 system was very fun and it has worked flawlessly.
I had an A1000 and A2000 when they were new, but (sadly, now in hindsight) sold them to a friend and moved on.
Since then I have come back and have obtained a 500 and 1200. They are fun too, but there is something reassuring about the X5000 and it just seems to fly.
Enjoy!
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Congrats!
Aaron at Amiga On the Lake is terrific to work with and I got my board, sound card and video card from them in December. I went a bit crazy with the case and went with the Corsair Crystal White 570X -- but then again the Amiga deserves a bit of class! Anyway building the X5000 system was very fun and it has worked flawlessly.
I had an A1000 and A2000 when they were new, but (sadly, now in hindsight) sold them to a friend and moved on.
Since then I have come back and have obtained a 500 and 1200. They are fun too, but there is something reassuring about the X5000 and it just seems to fly.
Enjoy!
I agree about the case, and I've been looking. I've had an experience recently with the Fractal Design Focus case (in blue) and while it was a little thin for my taste, it still looks great, so I went with the red one for this build.
I did the same thing with my older machines. They were sold long ago, and I started picking back up. I've had the 1200 for maybe 6 years and picked up the Sam440 a couple years ago on a whim. Sadly it's graphics options are really limited so that made the choice to get something bigger that much easier.
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How exciting. Wish I could afford one ... Enjoy!
Believe me, I debated for quite some time. I have a lot of other items I've been letting go to help fund this effort. In fact, I should probably let the Sam440 go now that I have this one. Any takers?! :)
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nice man! now thats cool computing. Way cooler than any pc or mac
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i might get 1 when they enable smp
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i might get 1 when they enable smp
In other words you will never get one? Because you have a better chance of seeing a unicorn in your backyard
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Congratulations on your purchase, health to enjoy!
I hate to have to agree with magnetic, but I%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!8217;ve been waiting for SMP since 2012...
The license for it that came with my X1000 is now sadly the modern equivalent of the Amiga Inc $50 off voucher.
Hyperion have royally screwed AmigaOS4 development. If it wasn%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!8217;t for dedicated indie devs and the A-Eon Enhancer Software Package, I would%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!8217;ve lost interest and moved on years ago.
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I'm not terribly concerned with what might not be enabled on the board, because it's got more options than the Sam.
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Enjoy.
I got my x5000 back in October. It's a nice machine. AOS4.1 FE has given me issues i.e. Random lockups, Gurus, etc.
I recently installed MOS 3.10 on a spare drive. It's fast, polished and just works!
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Congratulations. :)
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the modern equivalent of the Amiga Inc $50 off voucher.
I'm still waiting for my t-shirt! :lol:
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@Bradsco
Congratulations on your new purchase. You will enjoy it and have lots of fun. Dual booting MorphOS & AmigaOS 4 will give you great modern experiences.
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CONGRATULATIONS on your NEW SHINY!!!!!
I would get an AmigaOne X5000, but what's holding me (and Amiga) back is cost. :-( :-(
So, I have to take a different route to sate my AMIGA CRAVING.
So happy to hear that you are courageous enough, in 2018, to GRAB FOR THE MOON and get an AmigaOS4.x install up and running!
AOS is the "Last Woman Standing" as far as TRUE computering goes!!!!
accept no substitute
*********** rant mode ON!!!!
Well, wrote a long reply, lost because FOR SOME REASON, I only stay logged in for 5 or 10 minutes!??!?!?!!??? By the time I posted, it logged me out and lost my message.
Today's computers (me using windos 7) are GARBAGE.
Only ONE OS was of any use, and that's AmigaOS.
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Enjoy.
I got my x5000 back in October. It's a nice machine. AOS4.1 FE has given me issues i.e. Random lockups, Gurus, etc.
I recently installed MOS 3.10 on a spare drive. It's fast, polished and just works!
Good to know. I've got a couple of machines for MorphOS (Mac mini G4 and a G5 Mac Pro) but you're right that I could probably just let those go and use the x5000 instead. My only concern is having a single compatible GPU with hardware acceleration for both OSes.