Should i buy OS4.1 Classic?

[Karlos]

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(f) Those old m68k applications that still run tend to do so appreciably faster than they do on your real 68K, especially if they weren't custom-chipset dependent. At least that has been my finding. For example, DoomAttack (040 version) is playable at 640x400 on my machine, whereas it's cripplingly slow at that resolution on my real 040.

[Karlos]

I found that I like OS 4.1 so much in fact that I've considered trying to find a non-classic PPC Amiga. I have other Amigas if I wanna get down and dirty retro. If anybody out there is interested in trading one of their extra (hehe) modern SAM or similar PPC Amigas for my pimped A1200T let me know.

Obviously, that's your call, but I find there's a lot of emotional investment tied up in my old A1200T, given that I've had the base A1200 it's built from for 19 years. I doubt I could easily part with it

[Karlos]

I think you could When I was selling my A1200 8 years ago I thought it could be missing it.. so many memories were with my BlizzardPPC and other Amiga gear. But in the end I got more money from my Amiga 1200 than I spent on NG Amiga system.

It's different in my case. For me, the 1200T is the evolutionary "missing link" that joins the dots between the original Amiga machines and the PPC-only machines that have come along since. It's a multiboot machine and presently runs all versions from 3.1 onwards. Having it makes my A1 machine that sits on top seem less of a disconnect.

There was no reason to use old Amiga anymore when new system was so much faster and AGA demos didnt run on RTG anyway.

Again, my 1200 is at an interesting intersection. Sure, it's a lot slower than my A1 for PPC native code. However, when running 4.1 it's also significantly faster than my 68040 was for many legacy 68K applications and if they require the original chipset for anything, they still run.

[Karlos]

@Karlos. Do you really have your Amiga's stacked up on each other? :lol:

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=1727

The machine under the desk is the A1. It's now sat on top of the A1200T in place of the old PC that was there. Said PC is now in the other room for experimenting with esoteric operating systems (MenuetOS was the last one).

Not trying to brainwash anyone but have you considered swapping your A1 for a MOS Macmini?

I've had the A1 for long enough now that I'm feeling a bit sentimental towards it too. Given that it's still in working order, it's also becoming something of a rarity.