tonyvdb wrote:
Ok I was just wondering?
Are there other user groups like us from the 80's that still hang on to our trusty old computers (not people that are colecting them but still using them), or are there lots of others out there like us?
Examples are:
Atari
Apple II, IIe etc.
C64
any others?
Do you think that the Amiga is on a comeback?
There are plenty of people who like to tinker with things that are simple and lean. Even old 286 PC's are being hacked to work as webservers and such. I think this kind of hobbyism will always exist.
Although the new generations of people coming will have nothing with the old computers. It doesn't speak to their imagination. In the future they will tinker with other things that are relatively modern now. Like an Ipod for instance.
As for Amiga comeback; I already said it. The marked has been taken over by others. The name is not known to the new generation of people. It would be the same as introducing a brand new platform. And besides, where is that killer application? People can work hard on it all they want but to conquer you need a killer application.
The Amiga had just that in the eightees. Now it has nothing that makes it stand out. Short answer; no, for obvious reasons.
BTW; other groups are still active too. They are not computer related. I still drive my '85 Volkswagen beetle. So do ~7000 members of the VW beetle club here in holland. There are even some that have one from the 1950's. Talking about retro....
