Topic 5 of 28: Amiga - dead or alive?
Sat, Mar 14, 1998 (09:28) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
The Amiga. Is it dead or alive?
13 responses total.
Topic 5 of 28 [computer]: Amiga - dead or alive?
Response 1 of 13: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Mar 14, 1998 (09:28) * 5 lines
Some sources:
http://www.cucug.org/amicommercial.html
Topic 5 of 28 [computer]: Amiga - dead or alive?
Response 2 of 13: Tim Guenther (TIM) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (04:23) * 1 lines
I was really sorry to see the amiga go. I liked it.
Topic 5 of 28 [computer]: Amiga - dead or alive?
Response 3 of 13: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (07:17) * 1 lines
It's making a comeback of sorts now, via Gateway Computer.
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Response 4 of 13: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (10:58) * 5 lines
the amiga RULED! and i am happy that gateway is looking into
reviving it. i still have two amigas from way back when in perfect
working condition.
Topic 5 of 28 [computer]: Amiga - dead or alive?
Response 5 of 13: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (11:08) * 2 lines
Amiga 1000s?
Topic 5 of 28 [computer]: Amiga - dead or alive?
Response 6 of 13: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Mon, Nov 23, 1998 (11:31) * 4 lines
yup.
Topic 5 of 28 [computer]: Amiga - dead or alive?
Response 7 of 13: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jan 26, 1999 (12:02) * 64 lines
Subject: The future's bright, the future's Havemose!!! (AF interview)
From: Lion
Date: 1999/01/22
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
For anybody who hasn't read the interview in AF then I'm providing a
summary of what I feel are the most important points raised in the
article. Please note that I take no responsibility for anything! If I've
misread stuff and passed it on to you then tough! ;)
Point Number 1 - Amiga Inc are not deserting the home computer market.
When asked about the new Amiga's, Dr Havemose said that it is likely that
there will be an A1200 style-computer.
Point Number 2 - He also expects A4000-style workstations. He also said
that "Our technology is also well suited to the next-generation of games
machines and set-top-box's". Which leads me to believe that one of the
nest-generation consoles will be running AmigaOS-5. Weather that be
PLaystationII, Nintendo's next machine, or something else remains to be
seen.
Point Number 3 - QNX's kernel isn't the only part of QNX to be used by
AmigaOS-5. As well as the kernel, device drivers, virtual memory, TCP/IP
stack etc will all be taken from QNX.
"Amiga Inc will concentrate on multimedia, 3D graphics,.mpg, gaming
interfaces, digital convergence API's, preferences and user interfaces.
Amiga Inc will develop everything that a typical user will come into
contact with, while QNX provide much of the underlying operating system
technology"
Point Number 4 - The developers machines will be Intel boxs running OS-5
and it's development tools. Windows will *NOT* be required. The whole
development will be possible under Amiga OS-5 and no other operating
system will be required on the development machine.
Point Number 5 - Classic Amiga software should be easy to port and the
developers tools will be aware that many applications will be ports "Most
well-written [Classic Amiga] applications should port easily, but to get
all the benefits of the new architecture [developers] will want to take
advantage of the new API's. We'll offer significantly better development
tools than are currently available for the Classic Amiga, which should
aid
transition"
Point Number 6 - The New Amiga will have some form of backward
compatibility with OS 3.5. This is mainly guess-work on my part. Dr
Havemose said "For the development system, we're investigating either a
'Classic Amiga PCI card' or a 'Classic Amiga Emulator'. It is my guess
that an emulator will be used, and this will also come as part of the
AmigaNG's software package. Although this will possibly be omitted from
certain machines running Amiga OS5 (such as the games-console, should it
be developed by Sony, Nintendo etc).
If you haven't already got AF and read the interview I urge you too. It's
the most solid info on the New Amiga's yet and shows a lot of promise.
It's certainly brought a smile to my face! :) -- Lion
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Topic 5 of 28 [computer]: Amiga - dead or alive?
Response 8 of 13: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (11:12) * 5 lines
I got a A500 (stored away in the garage), probably all corroded by now. When I got all my IT projects done (=never), I want to take it and the A1200 (with 60 MB HD!!!) and see if they still run.
I wonder if - while at it - I should get myself one of the bread boxes (C64) from the fleamarkets... The games were fun...
Anybody had a ViC 20 ?
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Response 9 of 13: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (17:24) * 3 lines
That was a long time ago. Amiga's can be had now at the Good Will for $5
or less. Even the A500s.
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Response 10 of 13: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (17:27) * 1 lines
Not exactly a seller's market, huh?
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Response 11 of 13: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, Jun 8, 1999 (12:07) * 4 lines
Dropped by at Abacomp, Frankfurt's oldest computer shop (since early eigthies) on my way to visit Günter Gretz from the very interesting label "popular african music". Abacomp still sells any spare pieces for the VC-20, C64 and all Amigas, also for the Ataris and other computer myths. The sales guy even remembered Radio Shack's RS-80...
Lots of ancient and awe-inspiring hardware on display (like harddisk drives < 100 MB big like car radios, etc.). You'll know the stuff.
Topic 5 of 28 [computer]: Amiga - dead or alive?
Response 12 of 13: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Nov 2, 2002 (09:34) * 9 lines
According to this press release
http://www.eyetech.co.uk/amigaone/oct252002a.php
Eyetech will begin taking orders tomorrow (Nov 2nd) "for delivery before
Christmas" for three new PPC-based motherboards built to the AmigaOne
spec. (two G3s and one G4), with the most expensive of them costing 800
Euros.
These boards will run either LinuxPPC or the (still incomplete) Amiga OS4.
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1356
Topic 5 of 28 [computer]: Amiga - dead or alive?
Response 13 of 13: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 4, 2002 (09:53) * 32 lines
AmigaOneG3-SE and AmigaOne-XE Earlybird Systems now on sale!
November 2, 2002 - Eyetech
We're there at last. Since the last update to the AmigaOne section of the
Eyetech website last March we have had AmigaOne boards out with
developers, and as a result of their feedback, the original firmware which
we were to have shipped with the board (by Softex) has been replaced by
specially adopted PPCBoot code. That, and identifying and fixing a minor
problem with the Articia southbridge chip have resulted in us holding back
shipments of the consumer version of the AmigaOneG3-SE until now.
Meanwhile work has continued on the AmigaOne-XE - with the replaceable cpu
modules - and the price of G4 cpu's has fallen a bit, as we had all hoped.
That means the we are now able to take orders for both the 600MHz G3-based
AmigaOneG3-SE, and the 800MHz G4-based AmigaOne-XE, starting now, and for
delivery before Christmas. A 700MHz G3 (750FX cpu) version of the
AmigaOne-XE will be made available - at reduced cost - early in 2003.
But what about OS4 I hear you say - is that now ready? OS4 is now highly
advanced, but no, is not currently ready for shipping, largely because
Hyperion have had to divert a considerable amount of their time and effort
in sorting out the AmigaOne's PPCBoot firmware. In my view, OS4 for the
AmigaOne will ship early in 2003. So - and in response to much user and
dealer demand - we are going to ship the AmigaOneG3-SE and -XL (both
boards and pre-built systems) with a LinuxPPC and UAE installation. And -
the best of all - those of you ordering an AmigaOne up to December 31st
will be sent a free copy of OS4 as soon as it becomes available. That
alone represents a saving of around 10% on an AmigaOneG3-SE system
Continued at ... http://os.amiga.com/corporate/110202-eyetech.shtml
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