Our classic Amigas really only have one bane to their existance... that being the cost of new hardware. While I understand the cost is due to low production runs, which is due to the low demand... I think if the really good and most needed products were mass produced and sold cheaper, the market would be there to support it.
My A4000D lacks PCI due to the cost. I bet if Elbox cut the price in half, the higher demand would lead to profitability. The only thing keeping me from using my miggy more is the serious lack of screen resolution and my aging 1950 monitor. I could get a scandoubler, but that's nearly the price of a Mediator... And I have all the nifty compatable toys for it already from my various PC upgrades.
And for the sake of all things decent someone PLEASE start producing accellerators again!
Sorry, bit of a tangent there... Yes, it's a hobby platform. We're all retrocomputing geeks. Fans of the greatest computer systems ever devised... The platform that created the digital music era... The platform that changed computer graphics forever... The platform from which Babylon 5 and ST Voyager's graphics were produced.
Amiga is dead, long live Amiga!
Vivat AROS!
