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Offline Xamiche

Re: Amiga 600 Uses?
« on: January 04, 2008, 11:29:26 AM »
@Gwion

I'm well impress that someone at your age has an appreciation for these little gems. Amiga's that is. Personally my heart flutters every time I pass my Amiga's. I just have to stop and turn them on. I'm aware of the rep that A600's have in the community, but I couldn't care less. I love the little buggers. That's why I have 3 of them. :-D
All stock and all functioning. Even the most staunch Amiga user knows that these machines are all but obsolete in the sense that newer modern machines out perform them in pretty much every way. But you know what, that doesn't even matter really. Being an Amiga user is a love affair. You know all the faults and short comings of them, but you still adore them anyway. For most of us it was the philosophy of the techies at Commodore back in the 80s and early 90s that captured our interest. Even if the money and management  people were determined to run CBM into the ground.

I say, just enjoy the little beasty. Set it up on a desk somewhere so you can see it every time you walk by. So your mates can ask you, what the hell is that? and you can have the joy of explaining it to them. You can tell them that once upon a time, before Micro$oft had conquered the world, there were alternatives to PCs and Macs. That the world was once filled with companies all jostling to get their own little home computer Frankenstein onto the market. All brimming with chicklet keyboards, tape drives and on very rare occasions, floppy drives. Ahh, such was the naissance of home computing. Let hope we get to have a renaissance.
A500, A600, A1200, A2000, A4000D, A4000T, CD32
 

Offline Xamiche

Re: Amiga 600 Uses?
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2008, 09:56:53 AM »
The Amiga 600 wasn't my first Amiga, the 500 was, but it was the one that made me fall in love with Amiga computers. I think what I loved about it was I could actually add a hard drive to it, without spending a small fortune. I always wanted to add a HD to my old 500, all those years ago, but the a590 cost an arm and a leg here in Oz. When I got my first a600 I was over the moon that I could simply add a 2.5 inch HD to it. They were a good deal cheaper than a590's. So I added some extra RAM, a couple of external drives and I was the envy of all my mates. So what if you couldn't accelerate or expand it. I didn't need to. I never met a game I couldn't play on the little beast, well once I had relo kick in my possession. :lol:

Treasure that little beauty and never let it out of your possession. You hold a piece of history in your hands.

:bow: AMIGA :bow:
A500, A600, A1200, A2000, A4000D, A4000T, CD32
 

Offline Xamiche

Re: Amiga 600 Uses?
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2008, 04:31:04 PM »
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Uses for the A600 lie in the eye of the beholder, to me the A600 is completely usless as it lacks AGA and I have a fair collection of games and demos that require AGA.
Very true indeed, then again the a500 also lacks AGA and doesn't cop half the flak the a600 does. But you're right. It's in the eye of the beholder. Oh man, now I want to play EotBII. Man I love that game. Time to fire up my a600.

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now im finished feeding the troll!
Troll! Where? Omg, hey...do you remember the troll in Secret of Monkey Island. I can never look at a red herring now without remembering that game.
Okay seriously, I don't think its fair to call him a troll. He's just a 13 year old kid asking a bunch of rapid fire questions. Is that so bad? That's the great thing about being a kid, you don't have to know what you want yet. ;-)
A500, A600, A1200, A2000, A4000D, A4000T, CD32
 

Offline Xamiche

Re: Amiga 600 Uses?
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2008, 04:44:04 PM »
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Yep thats right (u read me like a book)
I have The Secret Of Monkey Island right here next to me i havent even payed it since i got it.
Time to fire up the A600

Have you ever played it before? If not, you're in for a real treat. Just don't be waving your sword around like a feather duster. :-D
A500, A600, A1200, A2000, A4000D, A4000T, CD32