Reasons the A600GS is Awesome!

[AmigaOldskooler]

I'm very happy with the A600GS so far, and it is the hobby computer I've used the most during the last weeks.

Here are a few of the things that makes it awesome for me personally:

+ AmiBench - An OS in development which comes with software like OctaMED and Personal Paint

+ Firmware updates straight from the main menu - Click "Check" to see if one is available, if it is, download and it will automatically install

+ Download section which often gets new software you can try - Download and it will also automatically install! Deluxe Galaga, Santatron, easily available to the user.

+ Screenshots - You can take screenshots easily by pressing F12 and you can then save the screenshot as thumb (great for the menu) or save to HD. Great for saving images to post in game compos.

+ Choose between using old-school joysticks/mice or more modern ones with USB. Also, using a modern mouse/keyboard wireless combo works great. It also supports Bluetooth.

+ The new "System" tab which lets you customize your own Amiga setups choosing everything from CPU, network, RTG, RAM etc. - I have my Amiga 1200 setup on there and it works great. Combine with a physical floppy disk drive and you can for example set up a working Kick 1.3 Amiga 500 booting off floppies. Many possibilities here!

+ Easy to add ADF, WHD-Load, HDF to the main menu with the launcher - It is also interesting to see how much time one has spent on the various software.

There is a lot more I can say here, but I think the system is great. Now I have an A1200NG in pre-order, so looking forward to trying out that one as well.

[amigakit]

@AmigaOldskooler
Thanks for your feedback - we hope you will enjoy the A1200NG.  The hardware is being polished a bit more before release with some small added features.

[BozzerBigD]

@F0LLETT

Jeez, a serial port was put on NG, just because of you. Yet your still moaning. Now about Amistore. It will happen, just stop going on about it.

And I'm grateful and interested in the A1200NG. Also looking forward to seeing Amistore in all it's glory. I reserve the right to call it "awesome" then!  😉

In the meantime AGS is pretty awesome.

[BozzerBigD]

@AmigaOldskooler

Interesting points! Well done on taking the plunge on a A1200NG! 

[F0LLETT]

@F0LLETT

And I'm grateful and interested in the A1200NG. Also looking forward to seeing Amistore in all it's glory. I reserve the right to call it "awesome" then!  😉

In the meantime AGS is pretty awesome.

Then theres no talking to you, you don't own one yet keep complaining about it.
Yes the sky is pink.

[BozzerBigD]

@F0LLETT

I'll have a go on an A600GS at the next Amiga show. Hopefully I'll see the improvements.

[amigakit]

Using real Amiga floppy disks with the A600GS shown in this video.  Proteque-CBN demonstrates booting from game disks and Amiga scene demos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0oPqlxRh1M

[AmigaOldskooler]

Very nice, thanks for sharing! It was great seeing him using a setup of a standard A1200 without HD and booting Roguecraft, as well as running demos later on!