A new Amiga Classic ?? Discuss!

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Although I do agree that trying to do anything with the "classic" Amiga hardware platform other than live within the "nostalgia" space would be impractical to say the least, I think some of the opinions expressed are a bit harsh.

Unfortunately, it is difficult for me to give my unbiased opinoin since I am a huge fan of the classic platform and I am still making new memories everyday on my two classic systems, but, I will try.

I can understand that some folks might think that these musings about putting old hardware in new configurations are pointless and have no basis in the reality of the off-the-shelf component based PC market of 2004. Although I can see that point, I think there is a much more important message hidden in these types of posts that speak volumes about what kind of people "Amigans" really are.

I think that if it were not for the "what if ..." attitude of people in the Amiga community and the constant influx of creative ideas flowing from Amiga users all the time over the ages, we wouldn't be here right now talking about any of this. We would all be somewhere else, doing something really pointless, like installing Windows XP or something (I think this is where the Atari ST users ended up, poor souls ...) I think there were a lot of folks in the past who have come up with some crazy ideas and been laughed at or told that it was impractical or a waste of time to think that way (Albert Einstein? Jay Minor?), but, they kept with it, and here we are ....

I apologize, I am babbling. My point is that without these kinds of questions, none of us would be here. We would all be using PC's and doing nothing in particular that is important or different or ground-breaking. Maybe the idea of making and old Amiga work in an ITX configuration isn't the most practical example, but, if it sparks an idea in someone else here to do something else wonderful and exciting that benefits the rest of the community, then I say, keep the silly, pointless, impractical ideas comgin!

Just my 2 cents, sorry for the long post.
- Mike

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I recently purchased a Toshiba PocketPC and I was thinking how wonderful it would be to even have a version of WinUAE that ran on that platform.
The PocketPC has a 300Mhz processor in it and tons of memory. I don't think there would be any issue at all playing old Amiga games on it.
It would be nice to jump on the subway in the morning, with my PocketPC in my hand playing GODS or R-Type II or Datastorm.

Hmmmm ...

- Mike

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Hmmm .....

I wonder what would be involved in a port of WinUAE to the PocketPC or PalmOS platforms? It is an idea with some merit I think.

Thanks,
- Mike

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I just realized something. Quite a few posts back in this thread, someone mentioned that people weren't interrested in the topic anymore.

It's a hell of a lack of interrest that generates this many posts I guess. :-)

- Mike

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In a way, I agree with this opinion.

It's kind of a double edged sword really, on the one hand, when I see the "new" Amiga's I don't see what makes them Amiga's at all. Maybe OS4 will change my view of this.

On the other hand, it is nice that the name 'Amiga' gets the exposure that it does from these new machines.

Although, aside from all of this, in reality, I don't expect, nor do I think that it is practical, for anyone to support the classic hardware.

I think that I am most pleased that this community is here, no matter what happens. Plus, ebay and other outlets have provided me with a wealth of "new old stock" to play with that I could have never afforded when I first started with the Amiga.

- Mike