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Interesting Amiga Question
« on: November 29, 2008, 01:33:06 AM »
Of all the different Amiga models out there, which would you say is the one that is:

1. built the best

2. Gives the least amount of problems

3. Last the longest / fewer hardware failures.

Just curious about this. In my own opinion, the Amiga 3000 and Amiga 1000 have been the most reliable for me. The Amiga 2000 has been too damn finicky and the A500 seems to have given me some annoying problems over the years. What do you think?

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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2008, 04:09:50 AM »
My 3000T has been bulletproof
Amiga 4000D Cyberstorm PPC 150Mhz, 68060 50 Mhz, 128Meg Ram, IndivisionAGA, Deneb USB Controller, Zorram 256, Os3.9/Os4.0 Classic
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2008, 04:17:32 AM »
A4000t with CSPPC 060 Cybervision PPC and a the A2000 flicker fixer, video toaster flyer setup.

Used everyday from 98 to 2004.
Turned on and off everyday sometimes left on 4-5 days at a time.

A3000T is the next best system.

Amiga 1200 is next for me

then Amiga 1000
 

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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2008, 05:33:56 AM »
@barney

I prefer the A4000T.
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Re: Interesting Amiga Question
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2008, 07:54:17 AM »
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barney wrote:
Of all the different Amiga models out there, which would you say is the one that is:

1. built the best

2. Gives the least amount of problems

3. Last the longest / fewer hardware failures.

Just curious about this. In my own opinion, the Amiga 3000 and Amiga 1000 have been the most reliable for me. The Amiga 2000 has been too damn finicky and the A500 seems to have given me some annoying problems over the years. What do you think?

Barney


It probably depends on what has been added to each of them.

I think that all of the Amiga models up to the A3000T were extremely reliable.  It was not until the A4000 and A1200/CD32 when management at C= really started cutting cost corners with a heavy hand, but even those models are very reliable when compared to today's PC and Mac computers IMHO.  I like the fancy design of modern Mac's, but I don't think they are much more reliable than any other computer made recently.

Amigas usually have so many add-ons installed, they can become unstable fairly easily, if not done right, or the wrong parts are added together.
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Re: Interesting Amiga Question
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2008, 07:58:32 AM »
I reckon statistically the A500 is the Amiga that is going to have clocked up the most running hours...

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Re: Interesting Amiga Question
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2008, 10:59:02 AM »
Just my opinion, based on the systems that I have :-)

1 A2000/A3000, rock solid! (But had a battery..)

2 A500/CD32/CDTV, no battery installed

2 A500/CD32/CDTV, no battery installed
A1200, Blizzard 030, 2+32MB ram, 4GB CF, pcmcia netcard, Kickstart 3,1
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Re: Interesting Amiga Question
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2008, 02:19:00 PM »
I think that all Amigs are pretty reliable compared to modern day PC hardware which seems to be build around a disposably society and only last a few years.
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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2008, 02:48:33 PM »
Doomy will tell you ..........

Its the A2000.... (military specs) :-D
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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2008, 02:52:25 PM »
I will agree to that. He is the person I bought my Amiga 2000 from. That and quite a bit of other hardware. He's got a pretty impresive collection of Amiga hardware/software.

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Re: Interesting Amiga Question
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2008, 03:25:30 PM »
My A3000 ran mostly 24/7 for about 5 years running a BBS with no real problems.  

The A2000 can be a real workhorse though.  Think of all the TV channels that were running on it, Prevue, community bulletin boards, etc.
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Re: Interesting Amiga Question
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2008, 06:38:29 AM »
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amigadave wrote:
models are very reliable when compared to today's PC and Mac computers IMHO.


I really have to object to the reliability of Amigas statement when comparing to todays PCs. I've never had any data or hardware failures with my home built Athlon/win98 durring its 4 years of service. My current HP/winXP, which is about 3 years old now has never had any problems save for the occasional blue screen from "try before you buy" (read: cracked) software. On the other hand, my A3000D had numerous checksum errors that resulted in the loss of years worth of 3D models and art. Not once, not twice, but three times. My A3000T had a hardware failure while working on a project for a client resulting in not only the loss of a job, but also the refunding of monies fronted for the project. I'm reluctant to actually use my A4000D VT/Flyer for the same reasons. When the Amigas worked, they worked very well. Even the MacPPC that I use at work, bought new in 1994 using the original 4 gig HD has only been in the shop for recovery once.

I'd have to say of all the Amiga models I have owned, the A2000 was the most reliable durring the short time I had one in service.