Pang of Nostalgia: Now what?

or: How to use an Amiga in 2015.

Disclaimer #1

It is not my intention to advertise a certain product.

I have no business relationship with any of the vendors of the products mentioned other than that I bought their product.

Disclaimer #2

I stand on the shoulders of giants.

I have no deep knowledge of the Amiga's hardware, cannot solder, and may not be able to answer your specific question.

This talk is a recollection of my personal experience.

YMMV, HALOF.

Sebastian Bergmann

Sebastian Bergmann

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http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=20108














http://www.slengpung.com/?id=3840&eventid=57

“It should not be a surprise that countless Amiga users migrated to Linux and other open-source OSs as the Amiga's necessary ultimate fate became clear, for much of the spirit of the Amiga free-software community persisted in these communities without being tied to a single corporation's decisions and fate. Indeed, the Amiga's fate serves as an object lesson for the modern open-source movement, speaking to the way that even excellent hardware and software can wither when said excellence is proprietary and closed source.”

"The Future Was Here", Jimmy Maher

But I digress ...














2015: Amiga's 30th Anniversary

My Amiga 1200

  • Replaced my Amiga 500 in 1993
  • Motorola 68EC020 CPU and 68882 FPU
  • 2 MB Chip and 8 MB Fast Memory
  • Quantum ProDrive LPS 120MB SCSI 2 harddisk
  • Amiga Technologies M1438S 14" CRT display
  • "Mothballed" in August 1998
  • "Revived" in March 2015

Operation Dust-Off

Minimal Assembly
and First Boot














Indivision AGA MK2cr














Jens Schönfeld

New Hardware














ACA1233-40 Turbo Card














IDE-to-CompactFlash Adapter

Data Rescue

Capacitor Replacement

(plus various repairs
and more cleanup)














Stefan Schakow

New Hardware (continued)














3D-Printed DVI Backplate














PCMCIA CompactFlash Adapter














PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter














USB Floppy Emulator














USB Floppy Emulator














Video Capture














Linux














AmigaOS 3.1














AmigaOS 3.9














WHDLoad














AmigaOS 4.1














Alternative Platforms and Operating Systems














MIST (FPGA-based aMIga and ST)

AmigaOS

AmigaOS and Popular Derivatives

AmigaOS
and Popular Derivatives

  • AmigaOS 1.0 - 1.4 (1985 - 1990; Commodore)
  • AmigaOS 2.0 - 2.1 (1990 - 1992; Commodore)
  • AmigaOS 3.0 - 3.1 (1990 - 1994; Commodore)
  • AROS (since 1996)
  • AmigaOS 3.5 (1999; Haage & Partner)
  • AmigaOS 3.9 (2000; Haage & Partner)
  • MorphOS (since 2000)
  • AmigaOS 4.0 (2006; Hyperion Entertainment)
  • AmigaOS 4.1 (2009; Hyperion Entertainment)
  • AmigaOS 4.2 (2016?; Hyperion Entertainment)













Mac Mini G4














MorphOS














ThinkPad X201s














AROS














http://kck.st/1MmvoTb

Amiga Reloaded

  • New Amiga Mainboard
  • Form factor for Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200
  • No CPU on-board, but ACA12xx card support
  • AGA Chipset
  • 2 MB Chip RAM, accessible at full speed by CPU
  • On-board B/W Composite video
  • PCB add-on with Amiga DB23 video
  • AGA MK2 flickerfixer board with VGA/HDMI video
  • 3.5mm stereo jack audio
  • Modern DC-DC power supply


http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/Amiga_reloaded

The End

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