Best hardware and software of 2023?

[hUMUNGUs]

Hardware: Vampire V4 SA and the PiStorm32-lite
Software: AmigaOS 3.2.2.1

[amifan]

Thanks, guys for the votes, and if possible can you submit your suggestions/votes here:

https://forum.whatiff.info/viewtopic.php?p=31#p31

It makes it easier for me to collate the data from all the other forums that I have asked this.

[E-Penguin]

Shoutout for the Parceiro II!

[eXeler0]

Originally Posted by E-Penguin

Shoutout for the Parceiro II!

Right, good call - somewhat obscure, but very impressive piece of hardware for A1000 owners.
Gotta give it a thumbs up at least ;-)

I got one in March but unfortunately still havent installed it as my A1000 got a little less attention while I was scouting some chips for the Rejuvenator…
Ill give it some attention this xmas.

[Photon]

Originally Posted by amifan

Thanks, guys for the votes, and if possible can you submit your suggestions/votes here:

https://forum.whatiff.info/viewtopic.php?p=31#p31

It makes it easier for me to collate the data from all the other forums that I have asked this.

Yeah, it's a problem. You want data but haven't made something to receive them (without registering an account etc.) This makes it hard ofc. (Tip: There are dedicated websites for this.)

If you don't accept votes from other forums it's kinda trolly to ask... I will vote here, and I have no idea if you will take my vote into account:

It's kind of difficult to answer. Many hardware solutions are not really expansions, but "for" Amiga.

Hardware and software solutions, if they are serious, are also an upgrade of earlier versions, so, released vs update? And if serious, they continue to sell and are finished, so really great and stable solutions. Should they be punished for not updating needlessly in 2023?

It's also difficult to answer the hardware question because I'm saving up to buy a house and so kept retro purchases to a minimum, or some TerribleFire cards or mainboard replacements by Chucky would be bought!

Amiga hardware:
Denise adapters for RGBtoHDMI: Many fans returning to Amiga find that they've thrown away their CRTs and bought flatscreens that don't work with any of their favorite platforms. These adapters allow 2023 monitors like Dell SE2422H/2722H to be bought new, and work perfectly at 15kHz 50Hz with many settings.

Amiga software:
For games I'm more than good, there are many more than I will ever have time to play. Also swamped with work and finding time for making software of my own, so I may have to be reminded by someone what was released. Rogue Declan Zero by our own Nivrig is the one I've seen played the most on Twitch. Seems good. Reshoot Proxima 3 also looked good and not least for being a new CD32 game, hype! Dunno if the games are finished i.e. released, AmiGameJam accepted WIP games.

OS3.2.2 is also awesome, because of the dedication. As for upgrading, well, I'm good (don't need the improvements/changes in the update). It's released, so that's the vote from me.

[mikeboss]

Originally Posted by e-penguin

shoutout for the parceiro ii!

+1

[Photon]

Originally Posted by mikeboss

+1

Released in 2022 so ineligible!! See my previous post for difficulties in best of <year>.

Seems nice, slow cos MicroSD, hope it doesn't require sourcing ROMs and flashing first (or getting a login or similar for access, availability = link = product).

[amifan]

Originally Posted by Photon

If you don't accept votes from other forums it's kinda trolly to ask... I will vote here, and I have no idea if you will take my vote into account:

Oh no, I would not discount any votes from other forums, I would have only 13 pieces of data then lol. All votes from all forums will be collected and sorted. I was just hoping people could vote on the thread on the magazine forum but I did not expect people would since they need to register, but it wouldn't hurt to ask I thought.

Thanks for the posts and votes so far everyone, I am getting some interesting results from EAB and the other forums plus the magazine forum. I will keep it going until the end of November and then add everything together and see which hardware and software came out on top

[grelbfarlk]

I'm putting in a lot of votes for the unreleased Amiga chipset that is better than anything today.

[Minuous]

Originally Posted by amifan

I will keep it going until the end of November and then add everything together and see which hardware and software came out on top

Why would you do this?! 2023 lasts until the end of December.

[amifan]

Because the magazine comes out in early December.

[Minuous]

In that case it should be left till the next issue of course, it's misleading to claim you have a list of what is best in the year when the year hasn't even ended.

[Seiya]

i read, as far as, all your vote and i think to add a page on my fanzine for the 25 December issue with the best hardware and software 2023 and i will update it as far as the 24 december to have a complete list.

for now i recorded your votes:

hardware:
7 Pistorm32 Lite (emu68 is not a software, it is processor emulator for Pistorm32)
4 Apollo V4 series
1 Denise Adapter
1 A314-1000
1 Vision Five 2
2 Parceiro Accelerator


Software:
4 OS3.2
2 Reshot Proxima 3
1 Rogue declan Zero
2 Apollo OS
1 ChatGPT
1 ApolloInvaders

in this moment, 3 November 2023 for EAB members and Amigaworld.net (09:24AM), the best hardware is Pistorm32 Lite and the best software is Amiga OS 3.2.x
(Apollo V4 or V4 series i wil merge it)

[mikeboss]

A314-1000
https://github.com/Eriond/A314-1000-PCB

Parceiro Accelerator
https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?t=2519

[Seiya]

As on Amigaworld.net i open a thread like this, if someone post there, not post here or viceversa.

[Romanujan]

I vote for:
- PiStorm 32 Lite + Emu68k
- WarpVision scandoubler

[Photon]

Originally Posted by amifan

Oh no, I would not discount any votes from other forums, I would have only 13 pieces of data then lol. All votes from all forums will be collected and sorted. I was just hoping people could vote on the thread on the magazine forum but I did not expect people would since they need to register, but it wouldn't hurt to ask I thought.)

Fair.

[Lord Aga]

Is RGB to HDMI kit 2022 or 2023?
If 2023 then nominate. The best thing we got for our Amigas evah!

[qz3fwd]

How can one vote for OS 3.3 when it is not available yet? Did I miss a release announcement?

[DanyPPC]

Best Amiga game, at least until we have other releases at the December end, for now is Reshoot Proxima 3.

As hardware I don't know, there are on the market PiStorm, Warp1260, several accelerators or peripherals that I don't own and so I cannot express a personal opinion.