When emulators outperform the real deal.

[paul1981]

I still prefer CRT's. Anyone with me on this? Yeah... CRT's don't work well with the modern OS's or the internet these days due to graphic/font anti-aliasing being on absolutely everything (which is to cater for non CRT displays of course) but I still feel they're the best for gaming. There's no latency, and the colour and contrast of CRT's still appeal to my eyes. The circuitry in CRT's drifts with age though and without adjustment ends up looking like crap, which doesn't help my case does it. LOL.
Nice to have both is what I say. We're living in an age where we're spoilt for choice... and we really shouldn't complain about choice. If we don't like modern computing then buy an old computer and download old software, or use UAE, or don't use UAE. I use both. :knuddel:

[paul1981]

I bet you prefer vinyl over CD's or download to?

Yes, music prefers vinyl as well.

Like you say, it's about personal choice and freedom...for which we should all be grateful.

[paul1981]

We are talking 6ms or less on a modern LCD screen, an eye would never be able to spot that, I'd like to se someone with an reaction time of less than 6ms, most will not be able to respond quicker then 600ms.
 
I'm a gamer, one of the best in Battlefield2/3 and I had my share on Counter-Strike and I'd challenge anyone saying you can notice lag on my WinUAE rig.

600ms? That's 0.6 seconds...I think all of us here (being Amiga fans) have quicker responses than that. :laugh1:

[paul1981]

I use WinUAE to support my real Amiga's - Prep drives, test out software etc etc. I agree, emulation just isn't the same thing... but it has its uses, and for some it's all they'll have, and one day a few decades down the line it'll be all that is left of the Amiga as nearly all units of hardware will eventually be destroyed. This is where replicators from Star Trek will come in handy.

[paul1981]

Maybe...but the finite "life" of these machines are in hundreds of years...by that time I would care less what happens to it as I will be dead.

Nor will anyone else care....they'll all get slung in the bin! Your 060 and Picasso and PPC cards...the lot!
Hundreds of years is a very optimistic view. IC's fail eventually under normal use. These "hoarders" are probably doing Amiga preservation a very large favour.

Regarding hoarding, there's more than enough unwanted Amiga's out there anyway, so I can't say I have anything against them. Also, how do you define a hoarder? Is a person who owns every Amiga model (13 I think?) a hoarder? I'd call those people collectors not hoarders. There's more than enough Amiga's out there for everyone, so I don't see why you should have such strong negative feelings against them.