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malko · 15 March 2018, 22:42

Due to space requirements, since 18 years now, an A500, A2000 & A1200 are turned off and stay quietly in the cellar (no one is vanilla

)... I never lost interest in the Amiga but the PC I use for professional reason took all the place...

. I will plug the Amiga back once, just hope they will turn on

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I have tried most of the releases of Amiga & C64 emulators since I bought my first 486DX2/66 in ~1992

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In my opinion, emulators are an "extension" to the real hardware and I have much respect for the people developing those piece of software

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Actual price of classic Amiga hardware* is something I do not understand. People are really crazy with the price they ask for (and not for good reason)

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Computing must be affordable and not be something for an "elite", in this way, emulators are the guarantors of a more wider spread. And are the best immaterial answer for preservation, so the more accurate emulators are, the more effective the preservation is

*I do not speak about hardware manufactured recently. Only about hardware manufactured in the 80'-90's and sold today.

15 March 2018, 22:42	#17
malko Ex nihilo nihil Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: CH Posts: 4,884	Due to space requirements, since 18 years now, an A500, A2000 & A1200 are turned off and stay quietly in the cellar (no one is vanilla )... I never lost interest in the Amiga but the PC I use for professional reason took all the place... . I will plug the Amiga back once, just hope they will turn on . I have tried most of the releases of Amiga & C64 emulators since I bought my first 486DX2/66 in ~1992 . In my opinion, emulators are an "extension" to the real hardware and I have much respect for the people developing those piece of software . Actual price of classic Amiga hardware* is something I do not understand. People are really crazy with the price they ask for (and not for good reason) . Computing must be affordable and not be something for an "elite", in this way, emulators are the guarantors of a more wider spread. And are the best immaterial answer for preservation, so the more accurate emulators are, the more effective the preservation is *I do not speak about hardware manufactured recently. Only about hardware manufactured in the 80'-90's and sold today.