| From: | r790 |
| Date: | 29 Aug 99 at 02:48:40 |
| Subject: | Re: Future of Amiga |
Hi Donovan,
[Big Snip]
> Whereas emulation of the present Amigas on winte
> machines is basically a novelty and more trouble than
> it's worth for most people (sort of like emulating a
> wintel on an old Amiga)
A friend of mine is running Amiga emulation on his PC, he has a 24bit workbench, and 8 Meg. Chip ram.
It runs at about 8 Mips (on AMDK6-II 450), hardly blindlingly fast or anything, though it is more than usable. His A1200 030/50 runs at 9 Mips.
[another big snip]
> Firewire may be on the NG Amigas (I certainly hope so)
> and on some of the OG Amiga clones. Firewire is MUCH
> faster than USB, and is finally catching on somewhat.
> It is more flexible than SCSI but not
> faster. In a way it might be said that it combines the
> better attributes of USB (simplicity, flexibility and
> potential economy) with the speed advantage of SCSI.
> I hope it catches on on all platforms.
Well, I can't claim to know how well Firewire is taking off. I do know that Apple own this standard, and if they over charge when licencing it out then I'm afraid it's doomed, though I too would like to see it take off.
[Snip...and another huge chunk goes missing]
Christ, you like writing don't you! ;)
> Amigas no longer need to be under powered, and it is
> now cheaper to beef up an Amiga with a fast processor
> and graphics card than to buy a new Mac or wintel OF
> EQUAL QUALITY.
Hmmm...It depends, If you are talking about the lower spec PPC processors,umm...maybe, though if your on about the higher spec. ones then - No way in hell.
I'll be getting a PC within the next month.
I'll be buying the motherboard, processor etc. etc. separately and putting it together my self, which should work out pretty well.
However Linux will be going on it a quickly as possible, and possibly also BeOS. Windows will just be a necessary evil, for games and university work.
> I regularly use and set up (and curse at) all types
> of wintel machines and the latest Macs.
Hey, Me too!
Well, I don't regularly set them up... but I regularly curse at them. ;)
[biggish snip]
> "Aha," you say, "what about games?" Well, things are
> looking up somewhat,
> but there are still a million games which aren't on
> the Amiga.
hehe, I'll be able to play 'Baldur's Gate', 'Magic and Mayhem' and 'Black & White'. I really want to play those. :)
> So... don't give up the ship!!!
Can't speak for anyone else, but even though I'll have a PC they will have to pry the Amiga from my cold dead hands. ;)
Regards,
Shane O'Neill
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