Amiga Forever !, What Will You Do...

[Iggy]

Each year equipment fails and can not be repaired. Already, prices for used equipment is high (and NOS is laughable).

I don't know if I accept FPGA based systems as anything other than a hardware vased emulation, but the FPGA Arcade and Natami seem more realistic than hoping to keep a dwindling pool of hardware working forever.

And I can accept emulation for most old software (when or if its needed). I frequently move to new software when it presents better/enhanced features so there isn't much legacy software I need to run (just some stuff that's fun).

When you think about it, no matter whether the name is AOS4, MOS, AROS or even Windows they don't run Amiga apps natively, they emulate legacy systems in order to do it.

[Iggy]

I will keep my amigas running as long as I am around, after I am gone I won't care.

That's the first "I'm sticking with my old hardware" arguement that affected me.

OK, you're right, who gives a damn what happens after we're gone? I just fear for those who carry on after us. Hopefully, the world they live in won't be too f'd up and they'll still have the snall measures of freedom we all take for granted.

I'm kind of glad I won't know the answer to that, because if past human behavior is any indication, things could either be really cool or horribly messed up.