14 Jul
2016
14 Jul
'16
10:16 a.m.
On 14 July 2016 at 17:56, Brad H <vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net> wrote:
My question about the FPGA Amigas is can you not just
emulate pretty much
anything on a PC these days? I never tried Amiga emulation (if I have the
real thing I always go to that). Not sure how much the emulators can
handle.
Yes you can, and sometimes with better fidelity, but it doesn't
_transform_ your generic C21 computer into a retro machine. You're
running a program under your normal OS. It doesn't look or feel the
same.
But running vintage kit takes effort, knowledge, possibly
troubleshooting & repair skills, and you need to own it or know where
to get it.
Whereas you can buy a new FPGA-based recreation, usually for not much,
and whereas it's not the same, it is a computer. It boots and runs the
same OS as the old machine. No emulation, it's real hardware, and
probably better than the original.
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