Forum: Amiga scene
01 July 2019, 12:01
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Replies: 3,785
Views: 506,314
Windows 95 had preemptive multitasking, but the...
Windows 95 had preemptive multitasking, but the Mac didn't get that until Mac OS X came out in 2001. So multitasking was still a valid selling point in 1998.
Of course using an Amiga in 1998 still...
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Forum: Amiga scene
13 March 2019, 16:03
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Replies: 206
Views: 27,618
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Forum: support.Apps
12 January 2019, 15:22
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Replies: 17
Views: 8,978
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
28 September 2018, 13:03
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Replies: 152
Views: 19,662
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Forum: Amiga scene
28 August 2018, 11:49
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Replies: 60
Views: 5,877
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
20 August 2018, 16:06
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Replies: 106
Views: 24,922
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Forum: Amiga scene
07 August 2018, 15:59
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Replies: 138
Views: 19,362
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Forum: support.Hardware
02 August 2018, 11:00
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Replies: 1
Views: 541
A1200 not booting, PSU or something else?
I decided to see if my old A1200 still works. I booted it successfully a few years ago, but since then it has been in storage again. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to boot now.
The green power...
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
30 July 2018, 21:19
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Replies: 106
Views: 24,922
With a more expensive system, Commodore would...
With a more expensive system, Commodore would either have sold fewer of them or had to reduce their profit margins, which would just have accelerated their demise. The A1200 needed to be a mass...
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
14 June 2018, 10:30
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Replies: 58
Views: 6,829
In addition to the headache-inducing flicker,...
In addition to the headache-inducing flicker, CRT's also emit UV light and Beta rays, which can be harmful to your eyes, especially if you sit close to the screen. As we're growing older, we should...
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Forum: Amiga scene
13 June 2018, 10:02
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Replies: 627
Views: 68,630
Intel couldn't make it profitable. There are so...
Intel couldn't make it profitable. There are so many companies licensing ARM and making their own smartphone and tablet SoCs at very low prices. Intel tried to undercut them and were basically giving...
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Forum: Amiga scene
31 May 2018, 10:20
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,639
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Forum: Amiga scene
23 May 2018, 11:16
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,209
Yeah it doesn't make sense. UAE is an Amiga...
Yeah it doesn't make sense. UAE is an Amiga emulator, not an operating system. So, remove the emulation part from the emulator and turn it into an operating system?
Even if it were possible, what...
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
22 May 2018, 11:28
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Replies: 63
Views: 7,964
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Forum: Amiga scene
21 May 2018, 09:31
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Replies: 87
Views: 14,379
But what if the source code is destroyed? :p
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But what if the source code is destroyed? :p
Emulators are going to be around as long as there are people interested in using them. UAE has already been ported to ARM, and could be ported to other...
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Forum: Amiga scene
17 May 2018, 21:27
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Replies: 87
Views: 14,379
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Forum: Amiga scene
15 May 2018, 11:24
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Replies: 163
Views: 19,961
I've installed Icaros many times in a VM. It's...
I've installed Icaros many times in a VM. It's very easy. The problems start when you try to install it on physical hardware and discover various bits and pieces are unsupported, such as the SATA so...
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Forum: Amiga scene
14 May 2018, 11:09
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Replies: 163
Views: 19,961
Building an AROS machine does seem to require a...
Building an AROS machine does seem to require a bit more research, as well as trial and error to find compatible hardware. Of course, the total cost even including a few mis-purchased, incompatible...
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Forum: Amiga scene
07 May 2018, 20:40
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Replies: 55
Views: 7,279
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Forum: Amiga scene
03 May 2018, 10:16
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,447
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Forum: Amiga scene
25 April 2018, 14:23
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Replies: 205
Views: 43,535
On a powerful desktop PC, it might still be...
On a powerful desktop PC, it might still be usable without JIT. On my Pi 3B+ it was already a bit on the sluggish side with JIT enabled.
Without MMU, it shouldn't be any less stable than normal OS...
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
25 April 2018, 11:53
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Replies: 836
Views: 238,951
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Forum: Amiga scene
25 April 2018, 10:52
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Replies: 205
Views: 43,535
Just got AfAWB 1.4 running on my Pi 3B+ last...
Just got AfAWB 1.4 running on my Pi 3B+ last night.
I ran into a few small issues but I think I managed to solve them.
Firstly, AmigaLoad kept nagging about registration. Since I don't need that,...
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Forum: Amiga scene
21 April 2018, 14:14
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Replies: 65
Views: 6,290
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Forum: Amiga scene
17 April 2018, 11:34
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Replies: 627
Views: 68,630
This was of course amazing in 1985. However I...
This was of course amazing in 1985. However I don't see what's special about the chipset compared to today's off the shelf GPU's, sound chips etc.
The blitter, as mentioned, was already slower...
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Forum: Amiga scene
16 April 2018, 10:49
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,633
It does look attractive in the renders, but...
It does look attractive in the renders, but fundamentally, it's still an "emulator in a box".
Making it look like an Amiga externally won't improve the emulation accuracy or compatibility. On the...
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
03 April 2018, 19:01
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,284
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
28 March 2018, 09:42
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Replies: 80
Views: 12,199
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Forum: Amiga scene
26 March 2018, 23:19
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Replies: 121
Views: 12,686
Built-in flicker fixer must have been very...
Built-in flicker fixer must have been very useful. Don't know how Commodore thought they could get away with doing it in software. Only "OS-friendly" apps used it, so unless you bought additional...
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Forum: Amiga scene
24 March 2018, 22:39
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Replies: 627
Views: 68,630
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Forum: Amiga scene
23 March 2018, 21:59
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Replies: 627
Views: 68,630
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Forum: Amiga scene
21 March 2018, 22:48
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Replies: 627
Views: 68,630
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Forum: Amiga scene
20 March 2018, 11:13
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Replies: 627
Views: 68,630
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Forum: Amiga scene
15 March 2018, 15:39
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Replies: 87
Views: 14,379
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Forum: Amiga scene
01 March 2018, 13:30
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Replies: 76
Views: 9,838
That's because the analog signal is processed...
That's because the analog signal is processed digitally. For a very brief time when the circuit is closed, it's "half-on" since it takes time for the voltage to change. It's just that the digital...
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
01 March 2018, 10:29
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,143
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Forum: Amiga scene
01 March 2018, 09:58
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Replies: 76
Views: 9,838
Technically my Wico Command Control has 2...
Technically my Wico Command Control has 2 buttons, but there's a switch on the base to select which button is "active".
This is the original joystick that I have had since my first C64 so it isn't...
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Forum: Amiga scene
26 January 2018, 15:53
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Replies: 64
Views: 7,151
Well any top list is going to be pretty...
Well any top list is going to be pretty subjective. You can use objective criteria like hardware specifications relative to other systems of the time, but good hardware alone does not make a great...
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Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene
07 December 2017, 12:06
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Replies: 14
Views: 9,778
I agree, you're comparing apples and...
I agree, you're comparing apples and raspberries..I mean oranges. :nervous
I've used several of the listed options, for different things.
Plain WinUAE - Always handy to have when you just need...
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Forum: Amiga scene
06 November 2017, 13:09
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Replies: 67
Views: 8,416
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