Old software compatibility on new system

[orb85750]

This is an honest question, not a sarcastic one:  Is it too much to ask to be able to use old Amiga software (on floppy or CD) on a new next-gen Amiga-compatible system and have it run successfully?  On a similar note, it would be nice to be able to buy a new and complete Amiga-compatible system that's fully operational, without having to do any hardware tinkering or time-consuming software installs.  In other words, is there any new system set-up that allows one to retire their old classic Amiga, or is software compatibility going to be a serious problem?   Thanks, -Dave

[terminator4]

Nope.  A1 or SAM run some of software but not all.  

[CSixx]

WinUAE and any run of the mill pc is the only option that suits those requirements.

Spend an additional $100 and you can get a catweasel and make use of your library of old floppies.

[QuikSanz]

@orb

There is some other "replacements" on the way. One is " Clone-A", there are some threads here about this one and the other one " NatAmi ", you can check it out here "http://www.natami.net/".

Chris

[orb85750]

Is there any way to use UAE within AROS without the catweasel hardware on a PC (or some other configuration) to read original Amiga floppies?  If not, is there some AROS/PC implementation with catweasel that is possible?  If so that would seem like a nice option, since it might allow compatibility of old software with a "new" (developing and not stagnant) Amiga-compatible OS -- for those of us that still want to remain loyal to Amiga ;-)  I do, I do.  I'm really tired of my generic Windows XP Dell PC.  Any thoughts are appreciated, as always.  Thanks, -Dave

[terminator4]

Yeah but not all disks are read properly by catweasel (some disks read fine on Amiga).  you may want to get A2000 or 500 to archive the disks.  I know b/c i archived 300 disks. :-D