I still have my Amiga. It was cool back in the day to have something only a few people in your area had. Everyone had Commodore 64 or one of the less powerful computers. Getting on the internet message boards at 5600kps was a trip back then. Amazing how much everything has changed. Amiga did everything 1st. Was the first of all the computers to run CLEAR full motion video and on the Amiga 2000's it ran morphing software similar to Michael Jackson's Black or White video.
windows doesnot fool me for a second. i am scared & deppresed from some of the retarded things they have done and are doing globaly ,things are very wrong.
we nead more operating systems like this to loosen the strangle'hold microsoft has on the computing world. bigup all working on these kinds of projects
@DARKJURNEY Only trouble is MS have muscled everyone else out of software support. EVERYTHING is developed for 'Windows only' these days with only a few exceptions.
Anyone whos a PC gamer NEEDS effing Windows just to be able to run any of the same games you get on consoles and the DRM and digital download schemes are killing that market too.
Isn't it strange how here i am, i just got home from work, i boot up the PC to check my email..etc.. and then i have a response from someone on YouTube and during that whole time i am feeling sleepy as i drone through Windows and THEN i come across an Amiga video such as this one and suddenly when i see the OS, the programs, hear the music...etc.. I am NO LONGER tired and feeling very awake!
The Amiga used to do that to me every time i came home and powered it up ;)
in anchorage alaska my dad was the "amiga guy" cause he had a 2000 and read all the books and bought all the cool stuff. so if anyone needed help with there amiga they just called him, any where in ancorage and also barrow and some places in the states.
Leute, lasst den Unsinn und verschwendet doch nicht eure Zeit.
AMIGA ist tot, das ist nun mal so!
Arbeitet lieber an Linux und Bada mit! Es gibt Amiga-Themes und ein passendes XWindow-Modul. Dazu lasst ihr eure Amiga-Soft in einem Emulator laufen. Das wars.
@stuthomson Amiga's pre-emptive multitasking was provided by the operating system. Even though this is 'superior' to the cooperative multitasking of Classic Mac and Win3.1, it's still only doing one thing at a time underneath the hood, by managing time-slices. Architectures on the Intel platform including Windows 95/NT, Linux, and OS/2 Warp could perform the same kind of multitasking that the Amiga did. Multi-processor and multi-core systems however, can genuinely do two things at once.
No, point of multitasking was having multiple tasks running. This became reality to PC with WinNT and Win95, but bear in mind that WinNT kernel and DOS are purchased by Microsoft, not made by.
Amiga handled CPU overload tasks, much better (and does it even today with PowerPC hardware and OS4) while PC has good multitasking with Win7 thanks to multi cores. However, both OS and the software are just beginning to be 64 bit and multicore.
@vojinvidanovic79 You're a real fanboy it matters to you that the NT kernel was "purchased" rather than "made by." You're also wrong. Cutler *was* an actual MS employee; he coded the NT kernel, which is more than subtly different than the Mach/DEC versions. I loved my Amiga, I made arguments for it long after it was eclipsed, but Win95 was far more usable than the contemporary Workbench. NT's multi-proc support is ages old. UNIX and UNIXlikes multi-tasked better on worse hardware. We move on.
Amiga changed my life and gave me the first taste of great Multi-media potentiality for a home based computer. I had a Video-DCTV Scanner. Audio digitizer. Hard drive and CDTV hooked to my Amiga 500. I could run cross dos as well as go online and download shareware from local BBS's in my area. Amiga was glimpse into a more powerful computing future Not far AHEAD!!! :D
But I don't want an old AmigaOS today. It would had been much cooler if Syllable, SkyOS, Haiku and AROS-guys worked together on something new and modern.
@Dekamore I know an OS isn't more than the GUI, so what? I also know the kernel won't be the same but AROS is still an AmigaOS built to be similar instead of new and fresh with abilities, APIs and such of the old OS and eventually some of the flaws to ..
The developers are free to do what they want and what they want is obviously AmigaOS on x86. But I'd rather have something new and fresh but in the style of Amiga. Back when Jay designed Ranger and later at the development of Hombre they ....
@Dekamore ... probably wanted _THE BEST_ computer platform / they could deliver. Not any silly same old. Commodore is what hold it back and killed it.
@Dekamore And Windows is an OS now. Even back in 3.x days i think Windows did some part of the OS of itself instead of thru DOS and if nothing else I assume it broke out of DOS totally at NT. Though Windows isn't my thing.. Doesn't current Windows version even lack a "real"/compatible dos prompt?
@Dekamore Actually DOS was a combination of the DOS kernal, the FAT16/32 file system, the DOS shell and various other tools packaged together to make a complete OS. Windows was a separate GUI or desktop environment designed as a replacement for the shell, though even now the shell still exists as certain tasks are better and more easily performed in a command line rather than in a GUI.
Easisest, if you count the error messages and baloons, not so. Concept of icons, mouse, desktop and windows existed in Mac and Amiga, too a bit before.
Its just most used because of the hardware support, drivers have made it, but, OS is almost never optimized for your hardware. Basicaly, good PC concept (ISA bus, VLB bus, PCI and PCI-E bus) saved the day, and M$ was lucky dude to have OS.
If you check Win7Pro and Office Pro prices, they are as expensive as complete PC.
@Dekamore DOS is not only an OS, but it is a poor OS, formerly called QDOS (Quick + Dirty OS). Now Windows has shifted to NT, but NT is not the 'new technology' that the name describes. It is a hacked version of DOS, that whilst upgrading its capability, still provides a huge number of limitations on Windows, and in doing so (due mostly to the popularity of Windows) is responsible for holding back technology. I describe NT as a 'current legacy' system. A dirty hack sitting at the top of the pile
@nicholasthetaylor NT isn't based on DOS. It's based on OS/2, from back in the days when IBM and Microsoft were working on it together. Microsoft took the stuff they were working on and turned it into Windows NT. You're right about it not standing for New Technology -- they got the NT from the codename for the i860, which was to be a target platform.
@OneEyedJack1970 'Based' was the wrong word I suppose, but its clear that NT wasn't written completely from scratch. What I meant was that Windows NT - 7 are littered with problems that really shouldn't be problems. I've never used OS/2, but if its anything like NT then it just feels like a Windows clone. The NTFS filesystem is clearly superior than the terrible FATX, but it has some terrible limitations; the pathname length limitation for one. It beggars belief!
@hardstyle905 I care about the path limit, because I have hundreds of projects on the go at once. On the Amiga I could use longer folder and filenames to be more descriptive, but now I have to get around it by having a spreadsheet that lists them all. This might not sound so bad, but it wastes a lot of time and besides, it bugs me! Also, if you found your churlish and cowardly remark remotely entertaining then you should definitely consider getting out more, loser.
@nicholasthetaylor I'm just sick of you people bashing Windows. Okay, I bash Vista and 7 myself, but XP is very decent, if you can overlook a few minor issues.
@hardstyle905 Sorry you feel that way. From another perspective, the more people complain, the more problems surface, which means that Operating System developers can come up with solutions to the problems. Personally speaking, I would love for Windows or any other operating system to be a flawless tool to use, and if it was then I would be the first to sing its praises. I currently use XP from HD and Ubuntu from CD. Neither are adequate solutions in my opinion, but I have to use something.
@hardstyle905 If you use the correct software on Windows XP the experience is like no other, jsut formatted my rig with a fresh xp and correct software and runs like a champ.
@kreeddem If you want some mental performance on XP I recommend getting a small SSD and use it as your OS drive and maybe put the programs you use most on it too. It will run like nothing you've ever seen. That's what I've done not too long ago... it's amazing
@hardstyle905 Sounds good man, when I get some spare cash I will do that. what SSD would you recommend? I have seen a SSD for £99 and it has a transfer rate of 1000MB's, thats like rocket fuel!
@kreeddem What SSD is that? Sounds almost too good to be true. I guess that's a PCIe card then since SATA 3 isn't fast enough for 1000MB/s. Right now I have a OCZ Vertex 2. Hits about 240MB/s which is about double that of most HDD's but more importantly, the access time is only 0.1ms for SSD's vs about 13-18ms for HDD's. You feel this difference much more than the higher throughput.
@kreeddem If you use the standard alignment, yes. SSD's have to be aligned properly for XP, or they wear down faster than normal. It's no big hassle though. Just download the little partitioning program that comes with Vista or Windows 7 (diskpar.exe) or if you have a Win7 disc you can use that.
Can somebody help me please? I´ve got an Amiga 1200, and have a problem with video output. When I connect the Amiga via the composite video out jack ( labelled COMP ) to the video-in input of my TV ( it is a NTSC japanese TV but in my country we use PAL system ), the image is sharp and clean, but is all greenish, and does not show the other colors, what could be going on ? something has gone wrong with my Amiga video ? I would be very grateful for someone´s help!
This is good idea. I think it should not be Anti-Windows or Anti-Linux or Anti_Mac oriented idea. I think no matter what, system should be user friendly (otherwise it is repulsive by masses) which gave advantage to Amiga 500 in a first place. Also, drivers support must be on a high priority and that makes solid ground for future developers to make any kind of software. Today, software is above hardware so anything is possible.
I think now would be a great chance to make a new amiga with the new ati radeon 5000 series cards, a good quad core cpu, fast ddr3 ram, hard disc and a (optional?) blu-ray player, output for hdtv - all for a nice price. also the option of a official keyboard and mouse, ect.
they only needed a special (and good) os with many basic programs built-in and as much support as possible (conversions of pc games, programs, exclusive games, ect.)
because it would have 'rounded-up' hardware (with expendable ram), it could produce graphics unmatched by pc (in exclusive games) and last longer. three years of 'active' life-span at least, but probably much more (five or so - like consoles)
tbh the amiga never went away for me... we have pc's and macs and god knows what OS but i still have my amiga setup in my dinning room with all the games and programs. its never gone away and still used everyday since i had it hehe :) its my baby i love it!
but this would be cool! id set it up on my 9 year old time computer and see what it could do!
Whilst Aros will never challenge Microsoft it may hit a space where Linux has missed. The hobby enthusiast without coding skills. Plus you may want to take another look, I reckon by next year, Amiga 25th it will rock.
Hahahaha, wow. AROS is a research operating system. Meaning it's not going anywhere and isn't usable. The only replacement for Microshaft Shitsta is Linux. Gotta love the cuddly penguin x3
AROS is in development. It will NEVER replace Windows at the rate it's going. Like I stated, Linux is the closest replacement. I've never tried a Mac because I don't have Mac hardware.
Linux > Windows > AROS = Hobby/Research OS's > No Operating System Found
I wish to back to the 90's and and play on amiga. I had only commodore 64, but mainboard get burned, and next was only 286, 386,.. with dos/windows :(
I think, amigaos will never get more popularity, because there is no software compatible with it. They should merge it with linux or create something like Wine.
Amiga also changed all my life, along with Commodore C64, and I think it actually changed the world. NASA used it, late Arthur C. Clarke used it, many many people used it, and although it seems gone, but its technology spreaded to others, Microsoft technology developed on Amiga (LZX as an example), Amiga companies changed names and continued (Sony PlayStation is actually started by Psygnosis!), and Amiga people went to other companies and still work (look for Dave Hynie for example).
@webbhead92: watch Dave Hynie's Death Bed Vigil, they show what was the conditions, and every bit of their design history refers to Andy Warholl as one of the most amazed people who embraced and used Amiga for serious work.
looks intresting , the amiga was originally designed as a games console i think but with the os went for the computer a good thing to though it was as powerful as most arcade machines on the market that cost thousands i admire them trying there original idea of getting into the console market with a machine that actually kicked ass but jeeze they left it late they could have invested in making it better then the 1200 at least too so it would have stud a chance against the saturn and ps1 heh
but yeah if it can run alien breed without hassle and dpaint would be fun developing for it , does it have its own graphics library or is it a start from scratch job heh anyway looks neat :)
The AROS Project has a very cool live cd for download. AROS is a pretty cool os but I don't think the project is legal enough to get widespread usage. Still, it's fun.
Get On ! ! ! Amiga Always ! ! ! bought a 600 for my son for gaming........Reading the small adds in AF & saw an add " Rave Demo`s " I ordered Wildfire..State Of The Art...Hypnotic Hammer......& the result.....I was hooked BIG TIME ! ....hours of Easy Amos then Amos Pro which was better but dual playfield & Pallet handling
was bugged lol was about to move on to Dice C when life went wrong & so its ripping encoding & YouTube nowadays....lol
I love Amiga, always did and I have many. There is no way to revive this cause we lost the game back then. I prefer the old (chipset) amigas rather the modern. In my car I always listen to Amiga mods and I have a girlfriend :-) No prob for me to remember.
They have been working on this for over half a decade and it's a long way off.
The Amiga is dead, nothing will ever bring back the technical tour de force that was the 1985 Multitasking full colour 30FPS animating digital stereo sound wonderkind compared to the crappy 80186 FM/PC speaker EGA c64 lookalike graphics shit fest. If you don't like PCs it's a bit late now to be looking for an alternative (Linux and OS X is just as crap as Vista...same old rubbish different badge!)
Amiga was great for its time. But they mostly stopped developing hardware and they were in error pushing only to game market.
Amiga as platform stil exist but today standards are different.
PC is open platform and OS and software tend to be Open source and Free as in freedom.
You have right to choose your hardware OS and software. And with GNU/Linux And other Free systems we can choose multiple CPU and machine architectures. Open source and Free GPL based Systems are future.
your right Amiga was good back in the 1980's But it was only limited to its own hard ware and soft ware at least that's what I read and heard from some computer geeks. however with open source software and those Multiple C,P,U machines you mentioned people can do anything even on a lap top that was reserved only for Amiga back then. perhaps its time to stop kicking a dead horse and move on to open source and G;L,P Systems.
Amiga is dead. I mean in the current world...shit...I own three Amigas despite the fact that I have a fancy Amiga emulator. Despite being way ahead of it's time...I had(and still do)a ton of problems. Workbench sucks. The sound is great when playing games, but when you try and use composition programs...it's awful.
No. From the mid to late 80s, they were way ahead of everything else. Problem is, Commodore got complacent, sucked at marketing, and didn't keep advancing the hardware.
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Linux sucks, been there done that. The people who love Linux, only say that because they are so annoyed by Windows (aren't we all) But Linux is no good alternative for normal day use, you have to be a programmer or computer nerd to be able to do anything interesting with Linux, it's totally hopeless. I hope the Amiga OS is more user friendly than Linux, and less mentally handicapped than Windows, but we'll see.
Well yours confirm that you have absolutely no life, if this is your idea of spending your time, insulting people you don't know over the internet without even any contructive arguments. Good job, now go get yourself a girlfriend.
Hmm....first Macs are eventually reduced down to an industry-standard IBM PC clone running a different OS, and now Amiga OS for every PC? Got Hardware, anyone?
That's exactly my point. Once upon a time platform = hardware (and using a different OS on an IBM PC was not considered a different platform). Now it has gone to the other extreme, whereas platform = OS and the hardware apparently doesn't matter...it could even be emulated :-S
That kind of logic gets Windows users thinking that Linux = Free Windows, which is not true at all.. Even Ubuntu is quite bumpy to use on a lot of PCs (Linux tends to work best on custom built PCs with standard generic BIOSes)
Oh definitly. Like I am not against that. I actually realised that I misphrased that sentence. I meant that 'if' there was going to be something like a Windows killer then the closest rival could have been Linux Ubuntu (latest ones). And for normal everyday use you can use it like if you are really using your computer scacely for simple tasks.
Very cool but... after 8+ yeaes on Amiga and then 10 years on PC and now having recently bought a MacBook and spending more time on the Mac I can say... that while we all know OS X is NOT Amiga OS, OS X Is much closer to the Workbench that Windows is (if Windows was ever anything like a user friendly OS anyway). But that's the trouble : how is the Amiga OS going to make a difference today? With Windows emulation (VirtualBox?) I'd use it over Linux any day though!
Hyperion Entertainment is very pleased to announce that Amiga OS 4.1 has gone into final testing and is scheduled for release mid-Q3/2008. Building on the solid foundations of Amiga OS 4.0, Amiga OS 4.1 introduces a wealth of substantial new functionality which is a prerequisite for the deployment of industry standard applications on the Amiga platform.
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man.....the O/S battles are won.......no new OS is gonna be any competition, your efforts are valiant but your time is over my friend...but you display programming skill get in with a video game company or something, stop wasting time and skill on this garbage, nothing can be made that isnt already and no one is gonna switch for no reason.
Aros or MorphOs are just similar to AmigaOS, but aren't AmigaOs. AmigaOs will never be useable on pc. I had PegaII 1ghz, but i sold, because it isn't a real Amiga, the feeling is missing. I use now my old REAL Amigas, and I am happy. Os3.9 is really a good one.
Sorry dudes, i hate this pc/mac sh*t.... If You want to use AmigaOs, buy an AMIGA. Emulation is not the real thing !
Maybe you're born into the DOS century, or earlier windows. If you don't live in those amiga ages you may read a book, or play with your brand new psp or Playstation.
Nostalgia of Windows 95 era... I was 5 years old then.
And a sense of abandonment. The site looked like it was made in 96 and not updated for years; and quite shockingly it had the word "windows Vista" on that site, but I don't see a date. It looks like an old html site, but with a bit of modern flash graphics...
It's good to be retro and nostalgic and keeping the old feel alive... but in terms of technology, it's pretty scary and confusing to be retro.
If I ever get some huge inheritance, it will be spent on reviving the philosophy of coding from the 80's. Performance above everything else. So what if your code can run on a lot of hardware? Imagine if you only had to write for one graphics chipset, and one sound card, and one processor?! Whoa! No more API? Really? Just protected mode on/off? shit! sweet!
Seeing what people can squeeze out of a C64 is an utter embarrassment to our 21st century programmers. Fuck all of you
Modern computing is a fucking joke. No one knows asm anymore, no one understands how to communicate directly with hardware, OS's want to make sure that even if you're a shitty company like S3, your worthless video adapter will be supported and will lag down the machine. Apple was smart to stay proprietary on all their machines, until now. People aren't focused on efficiency anymore, I hear programmers today say "ram is less expensive than my time." Fuck you, you fake ass wannabe coder
if only...back in its day Amiga was ages ahead of the others, and for what you got the price was much lower than todays upper end Macs, do dis to Macs, its a good platform, but if commodore wasnt fucking stupid, then we would be pressing ctrl amiga amiga and not ctrl alt delete when things went south
mac is just expensive ( for rich people who think its hip ) ... have fun telling the world how much your mac owns, it isnt any different from other computers... i personally dont like wasting money, if u want to do it thats your own fault.
The amiga, if it kept on developing from where it started, would be 10 years ahead of pc and mac today......the problem is the major players involved with software & hardware decided the pc was their future, strangely not the amiga.
Well... I really don't think we have anyone to blame for the Amiga's demise other than Commodore. I remember when my friends A1200 didn't just run rings around my PC, it danced the Can Can while it did it. The Amiga ruled, it was Commodore that failed.
Technically, a lot of speed in the old days were based on hardware, rather than Time. Try running Oregon Trail or an old program today... Damn near impossible to see anything
I somewhat wish AROS had/has a chance, but there's no way in hell there will be any truly viable commercial support (GPL flash sucks, GPL pdf sucks, Java?)
I loved my AMI, but I'm stuck with Linux. Good luck, guys.
No, flash, pdf, and java suck! I think closed source proprietary _technologies_ suck, suck, and suck even more, because they are, unlike normal applications, _dependencies_.
You seriously _want_ to reconsider your dependencies if you _don't want_ to let your life and human civilization in the hands of controloholic profiteers.
If the Amiga came out and acted the same way it did back in the day. Then hell yeah, I'll switch to it aginst Windows in a split second, no matter how much it cost to get it. I wouldnt be frustrated anymore with Windows or MAC Errors anymore :)
is this AROS or something that is actually amiga OS compatible?
RobertC19850209 6 months ago
What is the background music? I want that module!!!
lurynowicz 8 months ago
I still have my Amiga. It was cool back in the day to have something only a few people in your area had. Everyone had Commodore 64 or one of the less powerful computers. Getting on the internet message boards at 5600kps was a trip back then. Amazing how much everything has changed. Amiga did everything 1st. Was the first of all the computers to run CLEAR full motion video and on the Amiga 2000's it ran morphing software similar to Michael Jackson's Black or White video.
christopheruchia 9 months ago
Windows still has half the crud in it it doesn't need anymore from previous versions... Vista was about 16GB!!! once installed!
NeoHoshi 1 year ago
what is the name of this MOD ?
vbrun2 1 year ago
windows doesnot fool me for a second. i am scared & deppresed from some of the retarded things they have done and are doing globaly ,things are very wrong.
we nead more operating systems like this to loosen the strangle'hold microsoft has on the computing world. bigup all working on these kinds of projects
DARKJURNEY 1 year ago
@DARKJURNEY Only trouble is MS have muscled everyone else out of software support. EVERYTHING is developed for 'Windows only' these days with only a few exceptions.
Anyone whos a PC gamer NEEDS effing Windows just to be able to run any of the same games you get on consoles and the DRM and digital download schemes are killing that market too.
NeoHoshi 1 year ago
I'm not particularly happy with Microsoft so yeah I would love to try Amiga OS :-)
Amiga forever!
dagbli 1 year ago
Isn't it strange how here i am, i just got home from work, i boot up the PC to check my email..etc.. and then i have a response from someone on YouTube and during that whole time i am feeling sleepy as i drone through Windows and THEN i come across an Amiga video such as this one and suddenly when i see the OS, the programs, hear the music...etc.. I am NO LONGER tired and feeling very awake!
The Amiga used to do that to me every time i came home and powered it up ;)
blade004 1 year ago
wow
bobyard123 1 year ago
AROS is just a clone for Intel, that can do a lot of redirection for better h/w .
traceyrmj2 1 year ago
in anchorage alaska my dad was the "amiga guy" cause he had a 2000 and read all the books and bought all the cool stuff. so if anyone needed help with there amiga they just called him, any where in ancorage and also barrow and some places in the states.
chrismofer 1 year ago
Leute, lasst den Unsinn und verschwendet doch nicht eure Zeit.
AMIGA ist tot, das ist nun mal so!
Arbeitet lieber an Linux und Bada mit! Es gibt Amiga-Themes und ein passendes XWindow-Modul. Dazu lasst ihr eure Amiga-Soft in einem Emulator laufen. Das wars.
SambaAnroechte 1 year ago
The PC is not a hard-multitasking machine. How does AROS run Amiga software that requires multitasking hardware architecture?
stuthomson 1 year ago
@stuthomson Amiga's pre-emptive multitasking was provided by the operating system. Even though this is 'superior' to the cooperative multitasking of Classic Mac and Win3.1, it's still only doing one thing at a time underneath the hood, by managing time-slices. Architectures on the Intel platform including Windows 95/NT, Linux, and OS/2 Warp could perform the same kind of multitasking that the Amiga did. Multi-processor and multi-core systems however, can genuinely do two things at once.
thinkfaster 1 year ago 2
@thinkfaster
No, point of multitasking was having multiple tasks running. This became reality to PC with WinNT and Win95, but bear in mind that WinNT kernel and DOS are purchased by Microsoft, not made by.
Amiga handled CPU overload tasks, much better (and does it even today with PowerPC hardware and OS4) while PC has good multitasking with Win7 thanks to multi cores. However, both OS and the software are just beginning to be 64 bit and multicore.
vojinvidanovic79 1 year ago
@vojinvidanovic79 You're a real fanboy it matters to you that the NT kernel was "purchased" rather than "made by." You're also wrong. Cutler *was* an actual MS employee; he coded the NT kernel, which is more than subtly different than the Mach/DEC versions. I loved my Amiga, I made arguments for it long after it was eclipsed, but Win95 was far more usable than the contemporary Workbench. NT's multi-proc support is ages old. UNIX and UNIXlikes multi-tasked better on worse hardware. We move on.
thinkfaster 1 year ago
Amiga Workbench was the best OS I ever had, but when Windows 95 came out, I stopped using it.. That was the worst decision I every made..
pokerockmario123 1 year ago
The death of Windows 3.1 right?
justin76pa 1 year ago
What is that MOD playing, I recognise it?!
nutellajunkie 1 year ago
@nutellajunkie
This is the main tune from Flower Power demo by Anarchy, sound by Jester/Sanity
DerHorra 1 year ago
I love the OS, but their windowing system is so last century.
THEtechknight 1 year ago
@THEtechknight Not too bad for an 80-ies OS to have a 00-desktop ;)
JohanKH 1 year ago
Amiga changed my life and gave me the first taste of great Multi-media potentiality for a home based computer. I had a Video-DCTV Scanner. Audio digitizer. Hard drive and CDTV hooked to my Amiga 500. I could run cross dos as well as go online and download shareware from local BBS's in my area. Amiga was glimpse into a more powerful computing future Not far AHEAD!!! :D
ACDCISCOOLNESS 1 year ago
But I don't want an old AmigaOS today. It would had been much cooler if Syllable, SkyOS, Haiku and AROS-guys worked together on something new and modern.
JohanKH 1 year ago 3
@JohanKH an OS is not a GUI.
people call windows a OS but for many years windows was a GUI for DOS.
and DOS is an OS.
Dekamore 1 year ago 8
@Dekamore I know an OS isn't more than the GUI, so what? I also know the kernel won't be the same but AROS is still an AmigaOS built to be similar instead of new and fresh with abilities, APIs and such of the old OS and eventually some of the flaws to ..
The developers are free to do what they want and what they want is obviously AmigaOS on x86. But I'd rather have something new and fresh but in the style of Amiga. Back when Jay designed Ranger and later at the development of Hombre they ....
JohanKH 1 year ago
@Dekamore ... probably wanted _THE BEST_ computer platform / they could deliver. Not any silly same old. Commodore is what hold it back and killed it.
JohanKH 1 year ago
@Dekamore And Windows is an OS now. Even back in 3.x days i think Windows did some part of the OS of itself instead of thru DOS and if nothing else I assume it broke out of DOS totally at NT. Though Windows isn't my thing.. Doesn't current Windows version even lack a "real"/compatible dos prompt?
JohanKH 1 year ago
@Dekamore Actually DOS was a combination of the DOS kernal, the FAT16/32 file system, the DOS shell and various other tools packaged together to make a complete OS. Windows was a separate GUI or desktop environment designed as a replacement for the shell, though even now the shell still exists as certain tasks are better and more easily performed in a command line rather than in a GUI.
namayake 1 year ago
@Dekamore
yes i still think windows runs on dos 'under the hood'
Capeau 1 year ago
@Dekamore Don't want to harm your feelings, but Windows 7 does not run on DOS.
But you are right though.
nitroray 1 year ago
@nitroray
All Windows NT series does not boot from DOS, but it took XP to finally realize it.
However, Windows, even with 7 is still the buggiest, slowest OS (compared to hardware people use to run it) EVER
vojinvidanovic79 1 year ago
@vojinvidanovic79
Yeah but also most used and easiest to understand, plus it can do ANYthingg compared to any other device. :)
I'm not a MS fan but they won the battle for me.
nitroray 1 year ago
@nitroray
Easisest, if you count the error messages and baloons, not so. Concept of icons, mouse, desktop and windows existed in Mac and Amiga, too a bit before.
Its just most used because of the hardware support, drivers have made it, but, OS is almost never optimized for your hardware. Basicaly, good PC concept (ISA bus, VLB bus, PCI and PCI-E bus) saved the day, and M$ was lucky dude to have OS.
If you check Win7Pro and Office Pro prices, they are as expensive as complete PC.
vojinvidanovic79 1 year ago
@vojinvidanovic79
Totally true. Except that Windows 7 costed me $0.14 (for the DVD to burn it to) ^^
nitroray 1 year ago
@Dekamore
Yes, but not anymore, Windows is much on its own (NT onwards, mostly), they got rid of the DOS base (though it was in a way in XP).
Sonjayu 1 year ago
@Dekamore DOS is not only an OS, but it is a poor OS, formerly called QDOS (Quick + Dirty OS). Now Windows has shifted to NT, but NT is not the 'new technology' that the name describes. It is a hacked version of DOS, that whilst upgrading its capability, still provides a huge number of limitations on Windows, and in doing so (due mostly to the popularity of Windows) is responsible for holding back technology. I describe NT as a 'current legacy' system. A dirty hack sitting at the top of the pile
nicholasthetaylor 1 year ago
@nicholasthetaylor NT isn't based on DOS. It's based on OS/2, from back in the days when IBM and Microsoft were working on it together. Microsoft took the stuff they were working on and turned it into Windows NT. You're right about it not standing for New Technology -- they got the NT from the codename for the i860, which was to be a target platform.
OneEyedJack1970 10 months ago
@OneEyedJack1970 'Based' was the wrong word I suppose, but its clear that NT wasn't written completely from scratch. What I meant was that Windows NT - 7 are littered with problems that really shouldn't be problems. I've never used OS/2, but if its anything like NT then it just feels like a Windows clone. The NTFS filesystem is clearly superior than the terrible FATX, but it has some terrible limitations; the pathname length limitation for one. It beggars belief!
nicholasthetaylor 10 months ago
@nicholasthetaylor To be fair, many of the system calls in OS/2 are based on those in DOS.
OneEyedJack1970 10 months ago
@nicholasthetaylor Who cares about path length limit? Do you have too many porn folders?
hardstyle905 4 months ago
@hardstyle905 I care about the path limit, because I have hundreds of projects on the go at once. On the Amiga I could use longer folder and filenames to be more descriptive, but now I have to get around it by having a spreadsheet that lists them all. This might not sound so bad, but it wastes a lot of time and besides, it bugs me! Also, if you found your churlish and cowardly remark remotely entertaining then you should definitely consider getting out more, loser.
nicholasthetaylor 4 months ago
@nicholasthetaylor I'm just sick of you people bashing Windows. Okay, I bash Vista and 7 myself, but XP is very decent, if you can overlook a few minor issues.
hardstyle905 4 months ago
@hardstyle905 Sorry you feel that way. From another perspective, the more people complain, the more problems surface, which means that Operating System developers can come up with solutions to the problems. Personally speaking, I would love for Windows or any other operating system to be a flawless tool to use, and if it was then I would be the first to sing its praises. I currently use XP from HD and Ubuntu from CD. Neither are adequate solutions in my opinion, but I have to use something.
nicholasthetaylor 4 months ago
@hardstyle905 If you use the correct software on Windows XP the experience is like no other, jsut formatted my rig with a fresh xp and correct software and runs like a champ.
kreeddem 3 months ago
@kreeddem If you want some mental performance on XP I recommend getting a small SSD and use it as your OS drive and maybe put the programs you use most on it too. It will run like nothing you've ever seen. That's what I've done not too long ago... it's amazing
hardstyle905 3 months ago
@hardstyle905 Sounds good man, when I get some spare cash I will do that. what SSD would you recommend? I have seen a SSD for £99 and it has a transfer rate of 1000MB's, thats like rocket fuel!
kreeddem 3 months ago
@kreeddem What SSD is that? Sounds almost too good to be true. I guess that's a PCIe card then since SATA 3 isn't fast enough for 1000MB/s. Right now I have a OCZ Vertex 2. Hits about 240MB/s which is about double that of most HDD's but more importantly, the access time is only 0.1ms for SSD's vs about 13-18ms for HDD's. You feel this difference much more than the higher throughput.
hardstyle905 3 months ago
@hardstyle905 Yea was some type of Card I think, I have heard that windows xp fucks up SDD's allot faster? Is the true?
kreeddem 3 months ago
@kreeddem If you use the standard alignment, yes. SSD's have to be aligned properly for XP, or they wear down faster than normal. It's no big hassle though. Just download the little partitioning program that comes with Vista or Windows 7 (diskpar.exe) or if you have a Win7 disc you can use that.
hardstyle905 3 months ago
@hardstyle905 Thanks for your help bro really appreciate it :).
kreeddem 3 months ago
@Dekamore true i only found that out 1 year ago im 12 and im a pc (joke im a multi boot whore) hahaha LOL
mujrfster1234 1 year ago
@Dekamore Wtf are you talking about? Or have I posted multiple comments?
Was that an answer to my "But I don't want .."-comment?
It's still old inferior shit if you prefer that explanation.
Windows is an OS. That you ran Windows on top of DOS earlier doesn't matter much today does it?
JohanKH 6 months ago
@Dekamore correct,nothing else to say ....
jay55also 1 week ago
@JohanKH
I feel my Windows 7 is an Amiga and I call it AmugaOS!
89990000 8 months ago
@89990000 If Nokia wasn't so lame we could have had aMeeGo...
JohanKH 6 months ago
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Can somebody help me please? I´ve got an Amiga 1200, and have a problem with video output. When I connect the Amiga via the composite video out jack ( labelled COMP ) to the video-in input of my TV ( it is a NTSC japanese TV but in my country we use PAL system ), the image is sharp and clean, but is all greenish, and does not show the other colors, what could be going on ? something has gone wrong with my Amiga video ? I would be very grateful for someone´s help!
customizersp 1 year ago
This is good idea. I think it should not be Anti-Windows or Anti-Linux or Anti_Mac oriented idea. I think no matter what, system should be user friendly (otherwise it is repulsive by masses) which gave advantage to Amiga 500 in a first place. Also, drivers support must be on a high priority and that makes solid ground for future developers to make any kind of software. Today, software is above hardware so anything is possible.
Xeramach 2 years ago
they should make a new amiga, simply called 'amiga 2'
out of good pc components
good price, good os, good software, awesome games, easy ports from pc, great graphics, longivity...
I'd buy it
nooblet911 2 years ago 2
...and VIDEO TOASTER NEWTEC...ou TRICASTER with this new AMIGA 2 !!!!
latarteauxconcombres 2 years ago
I don't honestly see the point in that. Although that's pretty much what the new apples are... ok maybe that's not such a bad idea =)
maybeilltrythisone 2 years ago
new apples = money money money money money money money money mon-
naktacs 2 years ago
nice idea but prob best to stick with amiga-theming linux for for nostalgia value & anti-MS or something like that..
can't even get community to keep up cutting edge opengl development. Graphics (which was major point of 'amiga' name) is microsoft d3d these days.
[someone should update "amiwm"]
walter0bz 2 years ago
direct x is not used on the ps3 and id software still make opengl games (rage)
nooblet911 2 years ago
ps3, and xbox360 use "to the metal" graphics engines, not directx or opengl.
this is because they are proprietary games consoles. platform holder takes hardware dev risk recoups potential loss on closed platform licence fees.
not your open-platform graphically advanced amiga.
i think the amiga will remain unique in history.
closest option is Linux PC + openGL, but it's not getting support.
next imminent "option" = Linux + Intel Larabee (100% software-graphics)... unlikely mainstream.
walter0bz 2 years ago
I think now would be a great chance to make a new amiga with the new ati radeon 5000 series cards, a good quad core cpu, fast ddr3 ram, hard disc and a (optional?) blu-ray player, output for hdtv - all for a nice price. also the option of a official keyboard and mouse, ect.
they only needed a special (and good) os with many basic programs built-in and as much support as possible (conversions of pc games, programs, exclusive games, ect.)
nooblet911 2 years ago
because it would have 'rounded-up' hardware (with expendable ram), it could produce graphics unmatched by pc (in exclusive games) and last longer. three years of 'active' life-span at least, but probably much more (five or so - like consoles)
but!
it would take balls to make, sure
nooblet911 2 years ago
sadly to produce graphics you need *market share* for economies of scale on such huge projects.
even the PC is becoming less economical.
amiga was "do everything", ahead of its time
now we have
PC = jack of all trades,
Mac = artists tool
Consoles = games.
best just get one of each plugged into your Command Centre :)
something "recent/similar" would have been SONY PS3+LINUX but they've ditched it as there was no interest.
just dual boot amigaOS/pc :)
walter0bz 2 years ago
If this OS will be compatible with the old amiga games, then it would kick so much ass.
Dennemark 2 years ago
Try WinUAE instead ;)
Slurfs 2 years ago
Necro-Amiga is angry
SecretTrollAccount1 2 years ago
LOL, Secret Troll
and Necro Amiga, LOL WTF
AreYouWetYet 2 years ago
tbh the amiga never went away for me... we have pc's and macs and god knows what OS but i still have my amiga setup in my dinning room with all the games and programs. its never gone away and still used everyday since i had it hehe :) its my baby i love it!
but this would be cool! id set it up on my 9 year old time computer and see what it could do!
kragle2008 2 years ago
Whilst Aros will never challenge Microsoft it may hit a space where Linux has missed. The hobby enthusiast without coding skills. Plus you may want to take another look, I reckon by next year, Amiga 25th it will rock.
clusterukdevelopment 2 years ago
Hahahaha, wow. AROS is a research operating system. Meaning it's not going anywhere and isn't usable. The only replacement for Microshaft Shitsta is Linux. Gotta love the cuddly penguin x3
AROS is in development. It will NEVER replace Windows at the rate it's going. Like I stated, Linux is the closest replacement. I've never tried a Mac because I don't have Mac hardware.
Linux > Windows > AROS = Hobby/Research OS's > No Operating System Found
shinyedgestudios 2 years ago
Nice video produced on a PC...
persiacom 2 years ago
"could be the death of windows" - stroll on son!
keeprighton2007 2 years ago
I wish to back to the 90's and and play on amiga. I had only commodore 64, but mainboard get burned, and next was only 286, 386,.. with dos/windows :(
I think, amigaos will never get more popularity, because there is no software compatible with it. They should merge it with linux or create something like Wine.
If i'm wrong, please correct me.
QrzysztofPL 2 years ago
you have a valid point, but i wonder if windows apps can run on it.
chrismofer 2 years ago
so Amiga will live again in this year 2009
pianorenamon 2 years ago
The Amiga lebt nur mit den Usern !!!
Psykotrope68 2 years ago 3
Amiga also changed all my life, along with Commodore C64, and I think it actually changed the world. NASA used it, late Arthur C. Clarke used it, many many people used it, and although it seems gone, but its technology spreaded to others, Microsoft technology developed on Amiga (LZX as an example), Amiga companies changed names and continued (Sony PlayStation is actually started by Psygnosis!), and Amiga people went to other companies and still work (look for Dave Hynie for example).
PaymaanJ 2 years ago 20
@PaymaanJ ....Even Andy Warholl used it.
webbhead92 1 year ago
@webbhead92: watch Dave Hynie's Death Bed Vigil, they show what was the conditions, and every bit of their design history refers to Andy Warholl as one of the most amazed people who embraced and used Amiga for serious work.
PaymaanJ 1 year ago
Amiga changed my life
Robfoxman 2 years ago 18
looks intresting , the amiga was originally designed as a games console i think but with the os went for the computer a good thing to though it was as powerful as most arcade machines on the market that cost thousands i admire them trying there original idea of getting into the console market with a machine that actually kicked ass but jeeze they left it late they could have invested in making it better then the 1200 at least too so it would have stud a chance against the saturn and ps1 heh
buzzjunked 2 years ago
but yeah if it can run alien breed without hassle and dpaint would be fun developing for it , does it have its own graphics library or is it a start from scratch job heh anyway looks neat :)
buzzjunked 2 years ago
The AROS Project has a very cool live cd for download. AROS is a pretty cool os but I don't think the project is legal enough to get widespread usage. Still, it's fun.
nytebrew 2 years ago
Get On ! ! ! Amiga Always ! ! ! bought a 600 for my son for gaming........Reading the small adds in AF & saw an add " Rave Demo`s " I ordered Wildfire..State Of The Art...Hypnotic Hammer......& the result.....I was hooked BIG TIME ! ....hours of Easy Amos then Amos Pro which was better but dual playfield & Pallet handling
was bugged lol was about to move on to Dice C when life went wrong & so its ripping encoding & YouTube nowadays....lol
clokkwork 2 years ago
I love Amiga, always did and I have many. There is no way to revive this cause we lost the game back then. I prefer the old (chipset) amigas rather the modern. In my car I always listen to Amiga mods and I have a girlfriend :-) No prob for me to remember.
VincentGreece 3 years ago
They have been working on this for over half a decade and it's a long way off.
The Amiga is dead, nothing will ever bring back the technical tour de force that was the 1985 Multitasking full colour 30FPS animating digital stereo sound wonderkind compared to the crappy 80186 FM/PC speaker EGA c64 lookalike graphics shit fest. If you don't like PCs it's a bit late now to be looking for an alternative (Linux and OS X is just as crap as Vista...same old rubbish different badge!)
MadCommodore 3 years ago
Windows 7 will be good.
Kracg999 3 years ago
haha, funny comment here.. ;)
tredfxman 2 years ago 4
Amiga was great for its time. But they mostly stopped developing hardware and they were in error pushing only to game market.
Amiga as platform stil exist but today standards are different.
PC is open platform and OS and software tend to be Open source and Free as in freedom.
You have right to choose your hardware OS and software. And with GNU/Linux And other Free systems we can choose multiple CPU and machine architectures. Open source and Free GPL based Systems are future.
markoresko 3 years ago 3
your right Amiga was good back in the 1980's But it was only limited to its own hard ware and soft ware at least that's what I read and heard from some computer geeks. however with open source software and those Multiple C,P,U machines you mentioned people can do anything even on a lap top that was reserved only for Amiga back then. perhaps its time to stop kicking a dead horse and move on to open source and G;L,P Systems.
Freespire44 3 years ago
Yes, but keeps us wondering where the Amiga would have been today... If it would have been given the same opportunity as the PC.... right?
tredfxman 2 years ago 3
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Go with Linux - the Amiga was fun with the custom chips but today it`'s only something for freaks with no girlfriend.
r8qt7 3 years ago
Amiga is dead. I mean in the current world...shit...I own three Amigas despite the fact that I have a fancy Amiga emulator. Despite being way ahead of it's time...I had(and still do)a ton of problems. Workbench sucks. The sound is great when playing games, but when you try and use composition programs...it's awful.
babyrapor 3 years ago
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Jeez, fricken Leapard ripoff! Everyone copies Apple. Pisses me off. Think of ur own ideas! GEEZ!
blueblob4 3 years ago
WTF are you talking about ?
Keruaran 3 years ago
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Fuck Amiga. Leave it fucking buried. Yeah, I owned an A500. Piece of crap.
ioport 3 years ago
In their day they were way ahead of anything else.
Keruaran 3 years ago
No. From the mid to late 80s, they were way ahead of everything else. Problem is, Commodore got complacent, sucked at marketing, and didn't keep advancing the hardware.
ioport 3 years ago
Um, yes that's what I said...
Keruaran 3 years ago
Video made on a PC...
persiacom 3 years ago
Um, Aros is for the PC... Sheesh pay attention man...
Keruaran 3 years ago
If they came out with an Amiga OS that would run on PC hardware, I'd definitely give it a try.
Hiraghm 3 years ago
death of windows? -- gimme a break, as much as i love amiga the OS is totally outdated, new concept please
zeeninetynine 3 years ago
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Linux sucks, been there done that. The people who love Linux, only say that because they are so annoyed by Windows (aren't we all) But Linux is no good alternative for normal day use, you have to be a programmer or computer nerd to be able to do anything interesting with Linux, it's totally hopeless. I hope the Amiga OS is more user friendly than Linux, and less mentally handicapped than Windows, but we'll see.
1981Myname 3 years ago
Could you possibly be more full of shit ?
Keruaran 3 years ago 4
Could you possibly be wasting your time in a more stupid way?
1981Myname 3 years ago
"you have to be a programmer or computer nerd to be able to do anything interesting with Linux, it's totally hopeless"
Nah, your comment confirms that you are simply full of shit.
Keruaran 3 years ago 3
Well yours confirm that you have absolutely no life, if this is your idea of spending your time, insulting people you don't know over the internet without even any contructive arguments. Good job, now go get yourself a girlfriend.
1981Myname 3 years ago
is it ready yet?
Exoskeletor 3 years ago
ITS NEVER TOO LATE AMIGA FANS :))))))
oooo i like the idea.
paranoicb 3 years ago
Hmm....first Macs are eventually reduced down to an industry-standard IBM PC clone running a different OS, and now Amiga OS for every PC? Got Hardware, anyone?
Velktron 3 years ago
It's the OS that counts. Hardware is hardware.
erok713 3 years ago 2
That's exactly my point. Once upon a time platform = hardware (and using a different OS on an IBM PC was not considered a different platform). Now it has gone to the other extreme, whereas platform = OS and the hardware apparently doesn't matter...it could even be emulated :-S
Velktron 3 years ago 3
can I run this on a pen drive like knoppix?
NOOBNUT08 3 years ago
looks a little old.. lol
Jurassicparkz08 3 years ago
Amiga ftw but it wasn't the OS that was special..it was the whole pakage!
There is already Windows killer that is Linux (Ubuntu)
Wiilovewii 3 years ago 5
That kind of logic gets Windows users thinking that Linux = Free Windows, which is not true at all.. Even Ubuntu is quite bumpy to use on a lot of PCs (Linux tends to work best on custom built PCs with standard generic BIOSes)
nmnnotmyname 3 years ago
Oh definitly. Like I am not against that. I actually realised that I misphrased that sentence. I meant that 'if' there was going to be something like a Windows killer then the closest rival could have been Linux Ubuntu (latest ones). And for normal everyday use you can use it like if you are really using your computer scacely for simple tasks.
Wiilovewii 3 years ago
Very cool but... after 8+ yeaes on Amiga and then 10 years on PC and now having recently bought a MacBook and spending more time on the Mac I can say... that while we all know OS X is NOT Amiga OS, OS X Is much closer to the Workbench that Windows is (if Windows was ever anything like a user friendly OS anyway). But that's the trouble : how is the Amiga OS going to make a difference today? With Windows emulation (VirtualBox?) I'd use it over Linux any day though!
fuaburisu 3 years ago
Hyperion Entertainment is very pleased to announce that Amiga OS 4.1 has gone into final testing and is scheduled for release mid-Q3/2008. Building on the solid foundations of Amiga OS 4.0, Amiga OS 4.1 introduces a wealth of substantial new functionality which is a prerequisite for the deployment of industry standard applications on the Amiga platform.
CRJarvis 3 years ago
Yuck all that grey makes me depressed
unknownorigin84 3 years ago
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man.....the O/S battles are won.......no new OS is gonna be any competition, your efforts are valiant but your time is over my friend...but you display programming skill get in with a video game company or something, stop wasting time and skill on this garbage, nothing can be made that isnt already and no one is gonna switch for no reason.
mjmorpheus 3 years ago
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COR it looks modern,,, note the sarcasm
looks even older than workbench (H)
grahamgregson 3 years ago
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That is SO ugly! I would never buy that... Windows and Mac looks great, that... is... fucking... ugly!
CyanideXCloud 3 years ago
Aros or MorphOs are just similar to AmigaOS, but aren't AmigaOs. AmigaOs will never be useable on pc. I had PegaII 1ghz, but i sold, because it isn't a real Amiga, the feeling is missing. I use now my old REAL Amigas, and I am happy. Os3.9 is really a good one.
Sorry dudes, i hate this pc/mac sh*t.... If You want to use AmigaOs, buy an AMIGA. Emulation is not the real thing !
MaverickM1 3 years ago
Obviously you're so young to say that.
Maybe you're born into the DOS century, or earlier windows. If you don't live in those amiga ages you may read a book, or play with your brand new psp or Playstation.
Leave the amiga for those who knows it better.
WolfBackGR 3 years ago
I checked out the Amiga website.
...
Nostalgia of Windows 95 era... I was 5 years old then.
And a sense of abandonment. The site looked like it was made in 96 and not updated for years; and quite shockingly it had the word "windows Vista" on that site, but I don't see a date. It looks like an old html site, but with a bit of modern flash graphics...
It's good to be retro and nostalgic and keeping the old feel alive... but in terms of technology, it's pretty scary and confusing to be retro.
TerrawindX2 3 years ago
Now This Is A Project I Can Get Behind! And Back 100% Keep Up The Great Work Guys :)
Faith :)
Good Job
Fma42081 3 years ago
Can it do DirectX? that's about the only Windows will die.
pcfxer 3 years ago
So far, it only uses OpenGL.
DevilMaster 3 years ago
That looks horrible to be honest....
(no im not a vista/mac/ubuntu/eye candy fan boy..) it jsut looks horrible
rofferjak 3 years ago 2
This is not Amiga OS. This is AROS, an OS designed to act like Amiga OS.
7031 3 years ago
Dekamore, free? The new Amiga OS is free of charge?
LiquidFilter 3 years ago
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Europeans are losers.
cuttock 3 years ago
ctualy they r smarter, i'd says second best after the japs
LiquidFilter 3 years ago
Smart means nothing when there wont be any europeans left (hyperbole here, actually there'll be some remnants left).
The birthrate is extremely low, and the only one's making babies in Europe are non-europeans.
Not that I care, just making a observation.
cuttock 3 years ago
lmao, good reply good try, and no the europeans wont go extinct!
LiquidFilter 3 years ago 2
If I ever get some huge inheritance, it will be spent on reviving the philosophy of coding from the 80's. Performance above everything else. So what if your code can run on a lot of hardware? Imagine if you only had to write for one graphics chipset, and one sound card, and one processor?! Whoa! No more API? Really? Just protected mode on/off? shit! sweet!
Seeing what people can squeeze out of a C64 is an utter embarrassment to our 21st century programmers. Fuck all of you
jazzpsalti 3 years ago 2
lol agree
Lam1ngton 3 years ago
Modern computing is a fucking joke. No one knows asm anymore, no one understands how to communicate directly with hardware, OS's want to make sure that even if you're a shitty company like S3, your worthless video adapter will be supported and will lag down the machine. Apple was smart to stay proprietary on all their machines, until now. People aren't focused on efficiency anymore, I hear programmers today say "ram is less expensive than my time." Fuck you, you fake ass wannabe coder
jazzpsalti 3 years ago
if only...back in its day Amiga was ages ahead of the others, and for what you got the price was much lower than todays upper end Macs, do dis to Macs, its a good platform, but if commodore wasnt fucking stupid, then we would be pressing ctrl amiga amiga and not ctrl alt delete when things went south
survivalist455 3 years ago 5
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MACS STILL OWN!!!!
VitalSigns13 3 years ago
You poor miss guided soul....
furyplum44 3 years ago
mac is just expensive ( for rich people who think its hip ) ... have fun telling the world how much your mac owns, it isnt any different from other computers... i personally dont like wasting money, if u want to do it thats your own fault.
phpboxxx 3 years ago
wow now look at THAT resolution!! CMON your DREAMING!
qwerfderf 3 years ago
The amiga, if it kept on developing from where it started, would be 10 years ahead of pc and mac today......the problem is the major players involved with software & hardware decided the pc was their future, strangely not the amiga.
A REAL F-U-C-K-I-N-G SHAME!
sunairseven 3 years ago
Well... I really don't think we have anyone to blame for the Amiga's demise other than Commodore. I remember when my friends A1200 didn't just run rings around my PC, it danced the Can Can while it did it. The Amiga ruled, it was Commodore that failed.
Lam1ngton 3 years ago 6
The "CROWN" belongs to "AMIGA". If is wasn't for "AMIGA" there wouldn't be a MAC or PC today.
EFPLOIZA 3 years ago 5
I loved my basic amiga 1200 especially with improved games like oscar and super stardust. The good old days really were good.
bazfanv2 3 years ago 5
parasites.
Uberdude25 3 years ago
It should be open sourced and given completely over to the community. Amiga fans kept it alive, and they deserve it.
Lam1ngton 3 years ago
Great Job!!!
rosspeross 4 years ago
wasnt the amigas speed based on its chipset?
Lumotaku 4 years ago
Technically, a lot of speed in the old days were based on hardware, rather than Time. Try running Oregon Trail or an old program today... Damn near impossible to see anything
w0ppe 4 years ago
linux forever!!!!!
but i sitll like windows
and i've got a few games left over from Amiga.. that i can never play again probably.
asi357 4 years ago
Really cool thing - AROS.
I'm testing now newest release.
But I'm still MAC lover ;-)
Sier9iej 4 years ago
I somewhat wish AROS had/has a chance, but there's no way in hell there will be any truly viable commercial support (GPL flash sucks, GPL pdf sucks, Java?)
I loved my AMI, but I'm stuck with Linux. Good luck, guys.
neptho 4 years ago 2
No, flash, pdf, and java suck! I think closed source proprietary _technologies_ suck, suck, and suck even more, because they are, unlike normal applications, _dependencies_.
You seriously _want_ to reconsider your dependencies if you _don't want_ to let your life and human civilization in the hands of controloholic profiteers.
humid1980 4 years ago
I haven't tried it yet, but this would be the coolest peace of software I've seen yet.
Now add some java, eclipse, mysql and I'm in!!!
avensis77 4 years ago
If the Amiga came out and acted the same way it did back in the day. Then hell yeah, I'll switch to it aginst Windows in a split second, no matter how much it cost to get it. I wouldnt be frustrated anymore with Windows or MAC Errors anymore :)
MenstrualBubbles 4 years ago 5
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USE LINUX! WILL GET YOU FREE!
tommyjones1978 4 years ago
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fuck you mac rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
theinsane101 4 years ago
If you love Mac, why hate amiga?
TravellerMusic 4 years ago 2
i dont hate amiga im simply pointing out that mac rules.i dont know why i used fuck.i overreact sometimes.
theinsane101 4 years ago
mac is lucky commodore had retarded people in charge or noone would ever remember the macintosh.
Lumotaku 4 years ago
Is this any good? Can you play UT and DOTA on this?
siu02rk 4 years ago
goldsak: yes, he means for x86
louisbcypher 4 years ago
All pcs? Don't you mean PPC computers? If this were available for my duo powered laptop I would snap it up IMMEDIATELY
goldsak 4 years ago