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Fair enough; but unless you already have Zorro cards lying around that you don't need, you'll likely need significantly more than $100 to do anything with a Zorro-II expansion. And if you do have a nice Zorro card around with no machine to use it in, selling that might cover most or all of the cost of the Mediator, leaving you with that $100 to spend on PCI cards.
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A cleaning up of the Alien Breed 3D II The Killing Grounds sources so that they become usable
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In the 80's and 90's when the Amiga was current technology, many owners read magazines not just to get the latest news and game reviews, but also to learn about how to get more out their machines, how to write programs in various languages, make music, create artwork, use DOS commands and scripts etc. Today those people are mostly part of the 'older generation', while kids that just played games on their Amigas are now adults who missed out on all that 'serious' stuff. How to fill that gap? You could say 'just read the old magazines' but pdf scans are not that friendly, and besides we have something that does the job better now - html. Today people might also want to learn how to use their Amigas with more modern technology or stuff that has been developed for it more recently. Some of that is scattered around in various discussion groups as 'stickies', but not in properly written articles like the old magazines had. Quote:
But I am not talking about producing new serious software. There are many existing applications that are now abandonware or 'free', which current Amiga owners could get some enjoyment out of using - even if just to play around with like we did 'back in the day'. How many of us have recently made music using a tracker program, or produced an animation in DPaint, or rendered a raytraced scene with Sculpt 3D, or written an ARexx program, or created a document using Final Writer (which BTW is still being developed)? For those who haven't (or have forgotten how) wouldn't you like to read a nice article that leads you though it step by step, and perhaps has some interesting related sidebars as well? |
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Well personally i believe that the Amiga community needs an inverstor or a serious community effort to
A. clear out the copyright issues...there can be one and only one....regarding sources and open sourcing..is a different discussion...too many "open source" are just -- fake -- and even if they are trully open source its so overwhelming for small developers groups to deal with them ...... hint : Linux + Kodi B. Some serious development to produce an Amithlon variant either for x86 or for ARM platform to clear out bugs and include whatever notable contributions has being made over the years....major issue Internet browsing. C. Some development to bring some old abandoned software up to date with modern implementation...the sources are out there...in many cases they don't care D. Some development to properly setup software that seem to be "resilient" to both time and performance...so they can be used as they are E. Some development to bring e.g. top 20 games to the highest possible quality ..replace graphics mainly F. contact some manufacturer and produce a serious amount of machines ready to work with all the bells and whistle for a reasonable price...if its ARM a $99 should be enough...if its x86 probably $199 ...pretty much as Raspberry...for all these plenty of documentation for developers to start "playing" G. a clever UI that will be both retro - friendly and modern -friendly. They are not going to happen..... Last edited by masteripper; 13 May 2021 at 10:07. |
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I would be happy with a good source of 68060 chips and a decent accelerator card not one that is promised some time in the future. I would also like to see a modern keyboard replacement for the Amiga 1200.
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Maybe we should ask Christian Bauer (Shapeshifter), Stefan Stuntz (MUI), Martin Huttenloher (MagicWB), Dietmar Eilert (GoldED/CubicIDE). I guess these packages sold thousands of times. They "just" had the right idea at the right time. Sure, today they wouldn't sell nearly that much. Francois Lionet (Amos) once wrote on Facebook: Quote:
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New keycaps for my A1200. They always sell out too quickly.
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I don't want a mediator because it is huge, and requires a tower. I don't want my 1200 in a tower. I want my 1200 to look like a 1200. Checker 1500 is as big as I want my 1200 to be. Can't use mediator in a Checker because the card slots are upright. I bought the checker and actually in the end I think it will be a PC that looks like an Amiga instead of a 1200. Ideally, I don't want my 1200 to be any different than Commodore designed it to be. I find the 1200 to be one of the prettiest computers ever made. Really, of all the Amigas the prettiest are the 1000 for obvious reasons, 1200 because it is the prettiest and most competent wedge format they made, and CDTV for pure sexiness are THE best design efforts from Commodore on the Amiga. Reinventing the A1200 design by towering it is...sacrilege. At least the WARP boys got that part right. Last edited by YouKnowWho; 14 May 2021 at 19:21. |
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Just get a Vampire for your 1200 and you have your internal gfx card
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CD-ROM drives.
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CS Labs Warp 1260 boys - they have a website. They should communicate to the masses on status clearly. It would be easy to post a quick text update once a month perhaps, or as needed. So thanks for the excuses, but these boys are a communication disappointment. This one won't fly. Communicate to the masses, or reply to emails - otherwise you're just giving potential customers like me to realize this is not wroth spending money on. They are trying to create heat, gave product out for reviews, videos, and have absolutely nothing to sell with it. Oh well...I've moved on from wanting that product anyway as noted. 68060 is pointless and unnecessary. Like an aero kit on a 1992 Civic. Full 68060, and the WARP 1260 recommended v6 are coming up to the price of. the WARP itself. Value proposition is starting to be pointless. I said it in another post about 1260 - it's a joke. Like the TF1260 - not possible to have because some baby had a baby tantrum - something along the lines "I have one and you wooooon't!" Like someone said, the scene is fragmented and for the few doing things successfully and professionally the rewards are there to be had. I was very specific about the Zorro II expansion - stating SINGLE ZORRO II. Such an extension would allow a desktoped 1200 to have a single card and not require a giant tower setup. For example, in a 1500 case, or for those putting 1200s in other relatively slim cases. I almost feel a 1200 mobo in a 128D case would even be able to host that Zorro II slot with a graphic card. |
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