Whatever Happened To The Real Amiga Community.

[Iggy]

I too come from outside the Amiga community. When Amigas were still on the market, my company was selling 68K based multi-user systems starting at $999.
Like the Atari user who posted earlier, my main connection is the 68K processor.

My current fascination with the Amiga community stems from the fact that it is the only M68K based system that is not only not dead, but is alive and continuing to see new developments in hardware and software.

I think its very cool that I can run unmodified 68K code under MorphOS on my Powermac PPC based system. Amiga related OS' are compact, efficient, and have very quick booting times. With NG OS' we have software that makes our systems practical substitutes for common PCs.

How many other retro systems can claim this? None that I know of. We may sound like fanatics, but personally I think it's just pride in the resilience and vitality of our market.

[Iggy]

Its NOT dead! Damn, I don't want any of you guys near me if I get sick. you'll be tossing dirt on my face while I'm still breathing.
Hell, its not even coughing up blood!
There's three NG OS' based on AmigaOS.
New hardware and software is being released.
The only thing that's dead is Commodore.

[Iggy]

@ Karlos

That site is almost like peering inside my mind, kinda comforting in a strange sort of way with balloons tied on & yellow flavoured shoe's dancing on a hot summers day on the dark side of the moon... if you know what I mean...

Damn Franko.
I'm not sure anyone gets that (without improper medication).

And the C64 isn't dead, but the Amiga is? As Franko might say, BULLOCKS. The C64 definately qualifies as a toy computer. When I see people porting web browsers and audio/video editing tools to it, then I'll change my mind on that one. But the C64 is little more than an NES with a keyboard.

Amiga is NOT dead and if its not alive, then it must be undead. That's it!
Amiga the undead computer has risen!

[Iggy]

@ Iggy

Me meds are are legit prescribed stuff, the various combinations they've been trying me on for nearly thirteen years now have had no effect on me or my alien implant , I still think & see things the same way I did before I started on them...

@ Wayne

How can the father of Amiga.org say that the Amiga is dead or even just a toy, that's like telling all the little kiddies that Santa or the easter bunny doesn't exist, they do and they live in my basement, so therefore the Amiga is alive and well and far from being a toy it's still the most advanced computer in my house...

@ -BobW-

Why let the greatest computer ever created die, it's a bit like the royal family, they go one forever and get the best care and attention just like the miggie does, all good things come to those who wait and the magic 30 year waiting period is only 5 more years away and that's when us true believers will finally be rewarded for keeping the faith... :`)


A message to all who say the Amiga is dead... :madashell:

Are you lot in the habit of playing around with dead things, there's a name for that you know... cos thats really weird and scary... :eek:

Santa and the Easter Bunny aren't real? No....

Children shouldn't play with dead things.

[Iggy]

Or was that bollocks?

Hey Sandra! Show us your tits!

[Iggy]

The Commodore Amiga is dead.
It is as dead as OS/2, sure people may program for it and it may be useful for many things, but it is dead.

Aros, OS4, Pegasos, and others on the other hand are definitely not dead.

Amiga OS4? Aros (where the A stands for Amiga)? The Pegasos, designed for MorphOS (which is design to supercede AmigaOS)?

Sure the Commodore Amiga is dead (unless you want to count CUSA's proposed products), but the Amiga as a viable platform is still moving forward (even if we're not calling it Amiga).

And I appologize for the slight of the C64 (even though its hardware IS remarkably similar to an NES).

[Iggy]

Well, I think Intel, IBM, Red Hat, HP and Google disagree. Its just that the profit comes in a round about way.


As far as amiga being dead... I ordered a brand new accelerator card, and there's stuff like minimig. Maybe its undead?

Maybe its a Living Dead computer.

[Iggy]

How about an Amiga Tablet with a Touch UI and an FPGA emulator that runs Android and iOS stuff in the background?   Hehe.

In the next revision of MorphOS (probably 2. we should see support for Powerbooks. 'Amiga' laptops anyone? Tablets? That can't be too far off either.
For a 'dead' computer, the market seems pretty lively.