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are amigas really still alive?

systemerror — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:02:37 GMT

i ask that question as i don't ever see Amiga making a return to the mainstream market but remaining as a hobbyist format so half dead half alive.

your views? please post

What's your favourite Amiga game?

sonus03 — Thu, 31 May 2007 20:51:55 GMT

Here's another one for you...

What's your favourite game on the Amiga?

Amiga Software and Hardware on eBay

Dangerous Dave — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:39:57 GMT

Hi all.

Recently been knocked off work by an illness and now I'm mostly recuperated, I've been clearing out my attic. I've found a bunch of "Classic" Amiga software which I've put up for auction on eBay in the following headings:

computing/vintage computing: (Then do a search for Amiga, or you'll get completely lost!)

video games/vintage & retro gaming/Commodore/Commodore Amiga/games: (Then do a search for Amiga or you'll get lost. For some reason there isn't a place to put auctions for nongaming software :crazy: )

Some of the stuff I'm selling is: Final Writer5, Final CopyII, Final Data, Final Calc, ZeeWolf2, Genetic Species, Cinema4D2, PersonalPaint7.1, Pagesetter3, Foundation and more . . .

BTW, all the stuff has been in my attic for the past 8 years (albeit in a locked disk case in a covered plastic storage box) and I have no Amiga to test the floppy disks on. However, if they don't work, send them right back to me for a refund.

Anyway, if you want, go get. Hope this doesn't intrude on the altruism of the forums members! :)

Great Series of Articles on History of Amiga

Pixel Kid — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:55:33 GMT

I never had an Amiga but always wanted one :) Reading this has tempted me to get the AROS emulator and check it out!
[url=http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/amiga-history-part-7.ars/1]
Anyway here's part 7 of the series.[/url]

Save Amiga Mart!

Jason — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:11:41 GMT

I was saddened to read that Amiga Mart is to end in issue 1,000. While I appreciate that, given the shambles that is the Amiga market at the moment and given the niche nature of that market, it must be hard for Sven to find things to write about week after week, I think Micro Mart will suffer if Sven's contibutions disappear altogether.

Would it not be possible to rebrand Sven's section as Alternative Mart (or something snappier), a section that looks not only at Amigas but other platforms, too? Platforms such as the Atari ST, and maybe some really retro systems (not the games machines covered by Retro Mart). I guess it depends on Sven and his wider knowledge.

Just a thought.

CU AMIGA

trike — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:11:53 GMT

Rooting through the loft I have found two c/disks for the Amiga:
1."Personal Paint 6.6"
2."Trapped 3"
both from CU AMIGA... anybody want them?(I can't be bothered to flog em!)

Sick of hearing "Still Alive" yet?

Just Jon — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:14:41 GMT

Here's the Amiga twist on Still Alive. Animation by Eric Schwartz.

[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=9mg6wrYCT9Q[/url]

how did the A600 work with only 1mb fast ram?

maticus2 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:26:49 GMT

so after getting a bit nostaligic after looking at the "still alive video" I had a look at the old amigas, one thing that realy bugged me since back in the day. how did the A600 work. as far as I know it was a 500+ striped of its chip ram so it only has the 1MB fast ram for software and the graphics chips. so why didant games crash? why wernt there any memory issues and no big hit in performance (as in the A1200).

Nice little bit of nostalgia...

MartenReed — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:09:11 GMT

"http://youtube.com/watch?v=hUoJBerFDsA&feature=related">here

I remember playing some of those :D

Anyway of playing Amiga games on a pc by using the original floppy disks?

mattyspurs — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:52:39 GMT

cleaned my room up over xmas and ive got 2 Amiga 600's ontop of my wardrobe which i dropped grrr and loads of keys broke off. I know one didnt work but i cant be bothered to set them up + i dont know where all the cables are but i do know where the games are ;)

Is there a way i can get them to play on my pc instead of the amiga?

Would i need an emulator of some sort?

Do amigas have any use today?

UltraMagnus — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:50:30 GMT

Ok, Before we go any further, I should admit, I am only 18 so don't remember amiga in its "hayday"

anyway, i have always had an interest in vintage computers, especially actually putting them to practical uses where they can serve a purpose. i actually use a 1989 (yes, made the year i was born) Psion MC 400 as a word processor.

Now, I am interested in getting an amiga, but i really have to justify it with some sort of point or use., is there anything that it can do or be used for in particular in today's world? or is it just a beige wedge with a slower processor than my calculator?

thanks in advance!

Midland Amiga user?

Niceguy1979 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:07:40 GMT

If you live in the midlands and love Amigas then you probably want to join MAG (Midland Amiga Group).
We are meeting again after a little break in July 08. If you would like to learn more about MAG you can
visit our new website
http://come.to/mag

Membership is free. Attending a meeting is only £2.50 to cover the costs of room hire. Members are
encouraged to bring their systems along and share with the rest of the group some of the things that
they are getting up to with their amigas. If you are having problems which you need help solving OR if
you want to buy or sell hardware or software (ORIGINAL SOFTWARE ONLY) then you are more than welcome.

For more information see the website or email me on l_stowe@hotmail.co.uk

Cheers
NiceGuy1979

http://come.to/mag

getting started with Amiga

systemerror — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:42:52 GMT

interested about Amiga and want to start using them but where to start? help

which model and how should i expect to pay for it and where from?

i don't know much about Amiga so any help welcome.

would os4 work on an emulator ?

compaq — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:42:24 GMT

I just got OS4 delivered, im intending to get an amiga so i can run it properly but my question is this.

do you think it will run on an emulator?

I have the boot floppy and the full OS4 CD.

any help apreciated.

AmigaOS4 Released For Classic Amiga.

Mikey C — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:41:26 GMT

[img]http://www.acube-systems.com/resellers/images/os4_1_thumb.jpg[/img]Bassano del Grappa (Italy) - 30th November 2007

ACube Systems Srl is pleased to to announce the immediate availability of the awaited AmigaOS 4.0 for Amiga 1200, 3000(T) or 4000(T) with a PowerPC CPU, developed by Hyperion Entertainment VOF. It is now possible to benefit of all the features of this new AmigaOS release, an operating system famous for its efficiency and small footprint.

AmigaOS 4.0, thanks to its power and optimization, succeeds in using at the maximum even systems running at 160Mhz, allowing the multimedia performances and the usability everyone expects from AmigaOS.

The interest expressed towards this new AmigaOS version is so high that, actually, orders are twice than expected. This shows that the Amiga community is still strong and that it enjoys and support the efforts made by Hyperion Entertainment VOF and ACube Systems Srl to develop and promote concrete and powerful products.

It's possible to order AmigaOS 4.0 for "Classic" Amigas directly from ACube Systems or from a reseller listed on page
http://www.acube-systems.com/resellers

http://www.acube-systems.com/resellers/images/os4_1.jpg
http://www.acube-systems.com/resellers/images/os4_2.jpg:D

PPC board

Alpha Channel — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:06:48 GMT

After reading this weeks Micromart's ( issue 964) Amiga section I realised I might just be sitting on a small fortune (relatively speaking) as I've a Blizzard PPC accellorator (a 25MHz 68040 and a 240MHz 603e PPC chip with 32MB of RAM, I think, it's been a few years since I poked around in the thing) and just possibly a Blizzard Vision graphics card (well... it's fitted with a dedicated graphics card anyway) both of which worked the last time I used it.

I didn't think it was worth much, to be honest though I don't like throwing anything away that still works (which means that I've still got four Amigas - A500, CD32 and 2 A1200's one of which is in a tower, a Viper 5 50MHz 68030 with a 50MHz FPU chip plus an SX-1 expansion module for my CD32, with a 6MB memory expansion and a CDTV keyboard for it as well). Heck I've still got a working Acorn Electron thats knocking one for 24 years old.

Interested in Amiga...

MartenReed — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:59:29 GMT

Hey,
Well, I think my dad used to have one, and just for fun, I'm interested in one.
Are there any specific models I should get, and could someone recommend games/software for it?
Any help appreciated =]
Thanks

im new to this amiga stuff

aversaurus rex — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:17:26 GMT

im new to this how do you clear the hard drive on a amiga a1200 back to factory settings.i have one when it boots up it looks for all the things that where attached the last time it worked 8 years ago like an external floppy and external cd rom ?.help

What's it worth?

amunre — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:10:38 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to have a clear out and I have got a box full of old Amiga stuff that I don't really have room for anymore.

There is an A1200, A500, mice, joysticks, joypad, external floppy drive, books and what appears to be hundreds of disks. I think I once counted there to be around 700 but I can't be sure. They are mainly copies (they came with the A1200 when I bought it so I don't really know what's on most of them), but there are also quite a few boxed games too.

The Amigas aren't in brilliant condition, the A500 has yellowing on the keyboard and the A1200 has a crack on the front under the keyboard. (The A1200 has a 250MB hard drive too).

Can anyone tell me what kind of price I should be asking for this, bearing in mind that the buyer would have to collect from Coalville in Leicestershire, as I don't have a box big enough to post this lot!

Thanks,
Andrew

PS any offers will be considered ;)

Free floppies for amiga VER 3.0

PANDER1 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:11:44 GMT

Hi guys, I have been clearing out some old comp stuff and came across some floppy's
for AMIGA Commodore there are six in all but i have no idea where they came from and
no idea what they contain if anything, my PC wont read them so i don't know if they are
any good or not they are VER 3.0 if anybody wants them they can have them for free just pm me with a postal address and they are yours first come first serve.
Andy.:cool:

Creating ROMs?

ChildOfMana — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:29:08 GMT

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question or not but, gray legal areas aside, does anybody know how I can create ROM images of my Amiga software?

Just let me point out though that this is neither for reasons of piracy or commercial gain.

I've got a much loved A500+ that still works and about 300 or so games/apps for it all stored on floppy. everything still works great, but for how long? Floppy disks (as with any storage medium) only have a finite life span - they may last for years to come - or they may not!

I want to be able to back up all my disks but am not happy with the idea of trawling dubious (and I assume illegal) ROM sites looking for ROMs that match the games/apps I have and that may or may not work themselves.

Can anyone help me with this? I've google'd and yahoo'd and searched a few forums but nothing so far :(

Is my A1200 toast?

Ergath — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:31:00 GMT

Please look away if cruelty to Amigas upsets you.

My parents dug my old A1200 out of the loft this week, and it's in a bit of a state - filthy but (seemingly) uncorroded. I've just given it a quick try, and although it powers on and I get lights (green, then a yellow above) it beeps insistantly a few times and I haven't as yet got a picture out of it. I need to try it with a different telly, but for starters what do the beeps mean?

I'm worried that the mouse port is damaged, as it was plugged in and bent back on itself for years. I can't see any obvious damage, but I'm concerned to say the least.

In a worse case scenario, is there any market for parts? I know the machine had a RAM upgrade for example if such things are worth anything.

Thanks,

Mark

What Actually Is Amiga

04jmorri — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:51:10 GMT

Hi there, sorry about this very nooby question, what actually is Amiga.

I understand that it is an operating system, but what is it designed for?, what hardware supports it?, how long has been around for?

I've been wondering what it is for a while now, as its in Micromart.

Thanks a lot Jack:D

Amiga floppys - PC

johnbarry — Thu, 03 May 2007 09:17:25 GMT

Many moons ago I tried to get my PC to read Amiga floppys. At the time I search the inernet but drew a blank. I even had a parallel to parallel cable and the kit to go amiga to PC but the packets would never cross it kept saying sent too slow.

I no longer have an amiga and can't try, but still have lot's of files on Amiga floppys Wordworth / Accounts clipart (I have search the forum and found the below) which states PC will read amiga clipart (I am aware IFF is included in PSP) but I think its reading the disks.

Does anyone know (these days) of an easy way to read Amiga floppys on a PC without having an Amiga.

http://forum.micromart.co.uk/Topic1963-20-1.aspx?

What's your favourite Amiga and why?

sonus03 — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:54:23 GMT

Hey folks! I'm new to the forums and indeed Micro Mart but have been a loyal fan of the Amiga since I was 9 years old (in 1991)! I've got a seriously good, home built PC, lots of games consoles and loads of Amiga's.

But I was wondering...

What's your favourite Amiga and why?

Amiga hardware and software where to buy?

hansonlee — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:05:37 GMT

Does anyone know where I could buy amiga hardware and software so i can build my own "PPC/OS4" or even a "Pegasos/WarpOS" system?

david braben presents....

peter232 — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:18:38 GMT

i got "frontier" elite <11> for three & a half quid in a charity shop...is there an emulator so that i may play it on a pc?

How can I play Alien Breed 2?

Spedley — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:50:19 GMT

Can anyone direct me to the files required to play Alien Breed 2?

I have fond memories (I think) but I won't know until I've played it. I tried downloading DOS-box and An Amiga emulator but got nowhere. Grrr.

Please give me an idiot guide.

Amiga One is it dead?

hansonlee — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:00:51 GMT

I have been recently getting nostalgic over my old miggy 1000 i used to own years ago,it was my first forray in to computers,and i would love to find anyone who is selling one,preferbaly a 1000 or better.And can also anyone point me in the right direction to any hardware vendors who sell the Pegason PPC hardware,i have been searching high and low i would love to have a PPC aware amiga,I just cannot understand why the software and hardware guys don't get together and collaborate on actually bringing anything to fruition.

The best, most memorable and favourite games (and the opposite)

Sven Harvey — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:05:29 GMT

Hi all,

Put your thinking caps on - what are your top three most memorable games, top three favourite games and the top 3 games ever on the Amiga???

There is something on this in Amiga Mart soon - but start having a think :) I also wanna know what your least favourite games, worst games and most memorable games for the wrong reasons are... like you know Rise Of The Robots

Amiga on a chip

10p_to_continue — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:03:27 GMT

http://ami.ga/news/news118_e.htm

thanx 2 retrogamingradio !

Os4 Haters

BooBoo — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:59:44 GMT

Im getting sick of people hateing on Os4 on Amiga Forums

21345

madcapmagician — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:48:31 GMT

2+5+98

adf`s of original games

HiTriggerHappy — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:47:24 GMT

I have many original games that that are beginning to fail due to age or wear and tare is it legal to swap adf image with others in order to revive my originals ie i have star crusader with just disk 1 corrupted and would like to swap with someone else who also needs an adf of one of there game as i have lots of games that i would like to install to hard drive but can not due to 1 or two of the disks no longer being able to be read due to disk error

pcmcia compactflash reader

HiTriggerHappy — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:29:33 GMT

does anyone know where i can download an easy to use piece of software to get my compactflash reader to pcmcia to work as i have already tried cdf from http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/cfd and still can not get it to work or maybe someone who has already got this to work for themself could give me an idiots guide

Watch This Space

Teafie — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:30:05 GMT

Teafies top tip theory time.

Well I've just got round to reading AMD BUYING ATI in this weeks MM 913. Infact I read it twice ( real cool article )

In a nut shell if you read the article and all that it implies. I can see a home for the AMIGA O.S 4.

tell me I'm wrong.

Big Bash and Retro

Sven Harvey — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:03:05 GMT

Hi all

Just a reminder that Amiga Big Bash and retro is coming up in a couple of weeks:
[url]http://www.amigabigbash.net[/url]

Surrey Amiga User Group?

The Master — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:25:25 GMT

Can anyone tell me if there are any Amiga User Groups in Surrey or South London

Help with amiga 600

ADL — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:56:24 GMT

Hi i have just got an amiga 600 i've fitted and formated the hard drive installed a 3.350 rom chip hard drive is showing up but i cant install or copy any of my games to it and cant install wb 3.1 it keeps telling me i need kick 3.0 to install wb3.1(is that a chip or software?) any help advice because i need it.

Thanks Ant.

AmiRevival 29th July: Cancelled!!!!!

oli_hd — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 09:59:59 GMT

"After much deliberation it saddens me to announce AmiRevival 2006 has been cancelled.

I and a few other team members have tried hard to secure exhibitors over recent weeks with not much success. We had been given assurances by a few organisations that they would attend, or at least their products would be there but due to a lack of communications with them I have made the decision the show would not be viable.

Anyone who has purchased tickets will be getting a full refund in the next few days and if anyone has made any bookings that will leave them out of pocket please do contact me. I will do my best to try and compensate.

Many thanks to those who did pre-book tickets, both visitors and exhibitors, and thanks to those who contacted me over the past couple of weeks.

Further more I (Ryu) will be taking a step back from the scene for the foreseeable future, I will keep IntuitionBase.com online and will update it from time to time but I won’t be sinking much effort into it. The Scunthorpe Amiga Group will remain but no meetings are planned, and I won’t make any more plans until things pick up again.

Thanks to all those who have supported me over the years, I hope to keep in touch with you all!

Adios and thanks for all the fish"