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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« on: July 16, 2011, 11:16:12 AM »
I absolutely love my 600, and I know that if Cammy drops in here, she'll show you plenty of photos showing you why they are so loveable!

I my self have the A604, Internal Flicker Fixer, Subway USB, Compact Flash IDE hard drive, 25Mhz 030, 32Mb of RAM (plus 2Mb Gfx of course), 8Gb Compact Flash and SD reader for the PCMCIA slot, MIDI box, DSS+ Sound Sampler, Genlocker, PS2 Adapter (emulates CD32 pad), Micromys PS2 Mouse Adapter...

...and I think that about covers it. It packs quite a punch for it's small size and I use it more than my A1200, even though the 600 can't compete with my A1200's 060, AGA, and other such features. I think it's the size that keeps me coming back.

Of course it is important to note that it cost me about $800 to put this all together.

The MiniMig and other such clones are starting to look attractive lately...
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2011, 09:14:11 PM »
I thought Amigas went the other way around...

....if they are NTSC, shove them off on some poor sap, if they are PAL, cling to them. :)

Yes, I realize NTSC is less common because Amiga didn't take off as well here in the states, but then again all the good software was written for PAL machines, so it only makes sense to go with the hardware the majority had.

Both my 600 and my 1200 are PAL. :)
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2011, 06:07:36 PM »
Quote from: orb85750;650086
PAL A1200 makes sense due to boot options, but what type of set-up do you have here for your PAL A600?



I have:

A604 Memory Expansion
Indivision ECS Internal Flicker Fixer
Subway USB Controller
IDE to Compact Fash Interface
8BG CF Card Used as Hard Drive
4Gb CF Card used with PCMCIA Compact Flash Adaptor
ACA 630/25 Stealth Accelerator with 32Mb of RAM.
MIDI 1 MIDI Controller

...and a few other odds and ends I use from time to time.

Next step, a sound card to use in conjunction with my beloved Paula. :)
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2011, 06:59:18 PM »
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thats a pretty badass 600 :)


Not to be un-humble, but I KNOW!!! ;)

And thankx again to Mozzerfan for hooking me up with a free 600 mobo when mine began to flake out.



Can't wait for the Natami! Then we'll have small and super powerful all in one! :)
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2011, 07:13:50 PM »
I got the USB version, but want the SD version:

http://www.lotharek.pl/category.php?kid=7

Don't use it hardly at all though since I generally just use RAD: in conjunction with Floppy Images when I need to which is pretty much never.
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2011, 07:57:09 PM »
The Amiga treats RAD images like a real floppy, same goes for the SD and USB adapter.

RAD is great for HD installing or single floppy games as it survives reboot, but not good for multiple floppy games that you can't HD install. For that you're best solution would be the SD adapter. Both methods are easy.

More info later, gotta clock in. :/
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2011, 09:32:18 PM »
Can't go into deep detail ATM cause I'm at work but get this

http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/tsgui

Then in CLI type "mount RAD:"

Then if you need help, I'll continue after work. :)
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2011, 11:59:41 PM »
Alright got a minute with my iPod...

RAD is a virtual floppy that stores in RAM and will survive a warm reboot. Mount that with the commands I supplied in conjunction with TSGui and you should be on your way...


Though for multiple floppy games you'll want one of those SD based virtual floppy drives.
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Re: Amiga 600 to buy or not to buy
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2011, 04:29:47 AM »
Np g! :)
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