Crappy comparison of Amiga 1200 vs Atari Falcon

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

People left on the Amiga seem to be intent on creating web browsers and other productivity apps, rather than writing games.

Ahh, productivity apps.  20 years late, but better late than never.  

My only other contribution to this thread is "Stupid Commodore, should've sold the A1200 with an '030 and some fast ram, or at least a higher clocked '020 and some fast ram.  Would it have killed them to just add a little stinkin' fast ram to the base system?"  *sigh*  Hindsight, I think this thread topic comes up every year or two!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

The Amiga is not just another computer. They're alive, they have a soul. They're full of charisma from the moment electricity flows through their custom chips.

Spoken like a true poet.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Looking at the surface of the A1200 motherboard. you see prints next to the 020 cpu. looking like the oulines of a 6881/2 fpu. if one found a full blown MC 020 and a fpu... I wonder if it would be possible to replace the cpu and add an fpu directly to the motherboard. and would it be possible to replace the crystal with, lets say 16mhz....

Yes, you can add a 68881.  It's been done and there's pictures somewhere here on the forum.  But it will only run at 14MHz.  And no, you can't replace the crystal, since that will throw off all the Amiga's other timings.  :p

Edit:  Oops, missed Gizmo's response!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

pretty much stuck with the 14mhz speeds then.

Add an accelerator!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

@Oldsmobile_Mike
You beat me with the short answer. You must have had your coffee today .

Third cup!  

Yeah, I saw that sig and was scratching my head, too.  Maybe he's trolling?  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Trolling.... WTF

Is it no longer possible to have any conversation with fellow amigans withoug getting flamed....?

OMG, dude.  Here in the rational world, it is hard to rectify your sig (which lists many highly expanded Amiga's) with your comment of (quote) "pretty much stuck with the 14mhz speeds then."  I'm going to assume that English is not your first language, which is just fine, but if I said "Oh woe is me, I'll never be able to expand my Amiga beyond 14MHz!" and then list such powerful systems as in your signature, it's a head-scratching oxymoron, to say the least.

Or maybe we're just all old and cranky and hate seeing people who should know better asking absurd questions.

And now I need another cup of coffee.  Cheers!