i think i've posted a topic like this such a long time ago... but i had a few questions on choosing an amiga a freind would give me...
This being my first amiga i'm 17, and used PCs for just as long, i've seen a lot of cool stuff done with the amiga, especially for a device in the early 80s...
I'd love to play around with it, explore it.. it was (still is ) Fascinating
My Friend said he had a 500 / 600 (can't remember), 1200, 2000 *w/ Video Toaster*
i have to pick one, i think some software would be included...
Now i know the Video Toaster included is just incredible.. but i really have no need for it {i'm more used to NLE, though i have used NewTek's TriCaster @ School} + if a 500/600 is more compact or a 1200 is more powerful...
I'm really liking the 1200, but i'm not sure if it's compatable with the Amiga 500 (OCS) games {i've done a bit of research}
I would use it to make games (attempt to), Music Tracking, Play games, maybe do some art :\ (i suck at it but whatever)
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Anyway i have a few questions:
1) Compatability! If i get an Amiga with AGA or ECS would it be compatable with an amiga 500 OCS game?
2) Development: I want to do some kind of programming on the Amiga, which of these are recommended for developing software that works on a majority of Amigas, What do most Amiga Owners have (AGA/OCS/ECS)? What are some good Freeware (if any) Programming tools for C++ or whatever other language was good for programming amiga {i know assembly syntax... not familiar with 68k asm}
3) Floppies : my house is full of the PC format 1.44MB HD Floppies... will these still work {Even if 880KB are available}... * not as knowleged on the hardware aspect of floppies*
4)What would you Recommend? - Just a general Question of those choices / seeing what i'd like to do.. {thought it would be a good question for people who've been using Amiga's for a while}
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Anyway... Thanks in advance for your response to my questions... i really would love to get into the Amiga "scene", i've seen a lot of cool stuff done with this hardware, i'd love to have it just to experiment, play around with... etc, very interesting stuff...
But thanks again..
Sorry for the double post... i know i posted in some forum about the same situation a few mos. back...
