One small step for Natami. One large step for Amigaland!

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1200 is totally worth it.

Where else will you get a chance like this in our lifetimes?

[runequester]

I will take a Republic over a Monarchy any day. :p

At this point, I'll take anyone who's actually competent.

[runequester]

GOOD LUCK with that one...  
:O)

haha yes.

Im partially considering revoking my socialist beliefs and just telling people Im a monarchist.

Socialism and true democracy requires a country that aren't assholes.
Representative democracies require 50 people that aren't assholes.
A true monarchy (as opposed to modern european democracies that happen to also have a king or queen) requires 1 or 2 people that aren't assholes.

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Day 4: Banshee AGA and Elite
 
http://www.natami.net/knowledge.php?b=1¬e=37524

Maybe this is just me, but I am rather excited that you'll be able to use floppies. Gotta find a cheap PC floppy drive or two online when the time comes.

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I know floppies are sort of dead. Amazon still sells internal and external usb units.
I will have to check to see if they still sell the original style.

yeah, I figure it'll involve scavenging used parts. Though I wonder if a USB floppy would work too

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I need to pick up a decent stash of them.
My current pile is a mix of old disks from whoknowswhen, and a small handful of HD ones from Best Buy (they were highly amused I bought 'em).
 
Problem is... they are dirt cheap plastic and pretty much disintegrate after a short while.

[runequester]

I think its awesome that you can read and write amiga disks on this.
 
I'm excited too, but I'll be more excited when they have a final price the board will cost and a release date.
 
I'm pretty sure I will be buying one of them when available. My 1200 died 6 months ago and I really don't feel like rebuilding another one with old aging hardware. For the price of a 1200 with accellerator,tower conversion, rtg, network, and so on....This is much better.
 
Steven

yeah, even if this does end up rather expensive.. compared to the stuff we use otherwise, not so bad. I've probably sunk about a grand into my 1200, once you count all the different peripherals and whatnot.
 
I know plenty of people who've spent far far more

[runequester]

Hi,
 
@runequester,
 
I just read in the newspaper last week were Sony the last company to make floppy drives was throwing in the towel and was going to quit making floppy drives. So if you are going to get one you better look and buy now while they are still in stock.
 
smerf

Yeah, I might grab one ahead of time.
Worse case, there's a "used computer parts" place in town that has buckets of old garbage I can rummage through

[runequester]

Hi,
 
Looks good, but the price, we need to come down some. Think about it you have something going good here. (Darn, that is awful hard for me to say because I hate everything these developers are trying to do, except for Cloanto's Amiga Forever.
 
But give me a chance I am sure after I get done looking into it, I will find something to complain about, so lets start with the PRICE.
 
smerf

It is pricey, but compare to what you'd cough up for a "real" amiga.
 
My 1200 ran me a bit over a hundred dollars (and half again to ship it from the UK)
Scan doubler about a hundred.
030/56 card was about two hundred. Thats half the price of a natami already.
I dont have USB, but if I wanted it, its another 150. Throw in 50some for networking.
 
Throw in the 060's and RTG capabilities and we're well over a grand already.
 
Im not sweating the price
 
 
As far as the developers, these guys are about the last guys I really put faith in. They have categorically refused to take anyones money until they have a product to show for it, and they aren't spending time talking trash about the "competition". I can respect that.