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X1000 general questions
« on: March 11, 2011, 12:39:24 PM »
Does it run Windows? :laughing:

In all seriousness what is third party support like for launch, specifically a number of users would buy this for gaming capability which is pretty much what sold most of the low end Amigas to the mass market (which I assume is something you'd want to capitalise on, if not immediately then shortly after)?

Perhaps somebody should approach old school houses like Team17, the remnants of Ocean, Elite software and so forth - people who knew to take a risk with something new who are more likely than behemoths like Activision's dev studios et al to support it.

The time to donate dev machines to these people will likely be here soon.
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Re: X1000 general questions
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2011, 01:24:39 PM »
Quote from: Tension;621147
Are you having a bubble?

Yes I know the Amiga has been able to run Windows for some time. ;)

Oh you mean with regards to third party software support? I've not seen anything in the announcements on amiga.org.

Quote from: Franko
Are you seriously going to pay all that dosh, just to play some silly games !!!
As opposed to spending lots of dosh on ebay for potentially old dodgy hardware to do the same thing? :)
A600 2MB Chip, 4MB PCMCIA, 11MB Fast, ACA-620 OC 680EC20@25MHz, RTC, 512MB CF
A1200 - 2MB Chip 8MB Fast, MTEC Viper 68030@42MHz MMU, 68882 FPU, RTC, 1GB CF
AmigaKit A600GS
Retro Games A500 Mini
Atari 520 STFM - 1MB, Multiface ST.
Commodore 16 - 64K Mod, SD2IEC Drive
Commodore 64C - 64K, SD2IEC Drive
ZX Spectrum 48K Rubber Keys
 

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Re: X1000 general questions
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2011, 01:39:41 PM »
Quote from: Franko;621168
Unlike most Amiga users, I very rarely play games on the Amiga, and having just spent over a grand on evilBay over the past few weeks buying Amigas & accelerator boards I aint gonna waste them on playing games... :)

There are much better things to do with an Amiga than using it as a games console... :)

Don't get me wrong I wasn't referring to you I meant me, I've spent money on old hardware when really I could be investing in new "close to bloodline" compatible hardware that would give some of my old PCs a run for money. My old computer collection is mainly for retro gaming, any development I do is generally on modern machines to appeal to a wider audience. If I had a modern Amiga chances are I'd develop for it since I've done that in the past for new hardware I've bought (Zaurus, Pocket PC, mobile phones etc).
A600 2MB Chip, 4MB PCMCIA, 11MB Fast, ACA-620 OC 680EC20@25MHz, RTC, 512MB CF
A1200 - 2MB Chip 8MB Fast, MTEC Viper 68030@42MHz MMU, 68882 FPU, RTC, 1GB CF
AmigaKit A600GS
Retro Games A500 Mini
Atari 520 STFM - 1MB, Multiface ST.
Commodore 16 - 64K Mod, SD2IEC Drive
Commodore 64C - 64K, SD2IEC Drive
ZX Spectrum 48K Rubber Keys