Whats the magic in amiga?

[Buzzfuzz]

I was wondering what everyone thinks is the magic that keeps them so interested in the amiga, even after all this time.

Quite simple, just the retro feel these days.
 
Modern games are all about ultra fast moving graphics, while it cost a fortune to uphold the pace.
Big gaming rigs cost a fortune and consoles aren't cheap either.
Sure anything can be copied and downloaded, but for those who don't know and have kids shopping with your credit card buying 10 games is maybe enough food and supplies for a whole month or even more while you go :furious:
 
The thing I like the most about Amiga's is that they startup quick and they are simple to use.
The other thing I like is that you can modify it with just about anything, buy an adapter for it, search for a turbo card, and put some memory of an old pc in it.
I like to see that happen on a pc, but it will probably never work that way I guess.
 
Sure, Amiga's are even pricey today, but once you have one and figured out what TOSEC is and you mastered the pcmcia-cf bridge between a pc and Amiga, then you’re off.
And if you manage to play all 20000 games or so, you'll be 90 years old and it's most likely your Amiga will have died before you.
The downside is of course getting the hardware you like/want, a Cyberstorm MKIII or a Blizzard PPC will need you to have deep pockets with boatloads of money in them.
Prices I have seen are almost insane for hardware that is 10 to 20 years old or even more.
And I think, why must we suffer under these insane prices?
Why doesn't a company like DCE start to produce and sell them for reasonable prices ?!

[Buzzfuzz]

The reason that there is no PPC/060 Repop is because the SOURCE for the logic (FPGA) is probably long lost now, you could probably export out the bitfile but that does not get you the VHDL source. Not to mention, the 060 at least is no longer made (is it ?).

Yep:

Motorola ceased production of the 68000 in 2000, although derivatives, notably the CPU32 family, continue in production.

But doesn't mean that Motorola and DCE couldn't work together in building a new card with new processors.
DCE acquired Phase 5 and they probably have all the schematics and sources.
 

P.S. This thread would've been a good candidate for a Poll! :-)

Good idea, I'm sure a mod or admin could add that with some good options.

[Buzzfuzz]

I still have my A500, but unfortunately I gave all my bloody diskettes to the bloke to whom I sold my A1200.

I can understand giving away original disks like workbench and so on, but to give away your entire collection ?
I'm lucky as hell that I kept everything, comes in handy now