31 Jan
2003
31 Jan
'03
4:31 p.m.
I find those older scsi HD's never die (unlike the newer ones). I wanted to
try programming on the original hardware since I have the monitor for the
500. I dont need any of the newer os's just to play around with and I think
OS 4 and the hardware platform will be stillborn anyway.
Emulation is ok if you dont have the real thing to mess around with.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:34 AM
Subject: Re: Any Amiga users on this list?
Is there a SCSI adapter for the A500, and how hard would it be to get?
The
HD expansions I've always seen don't strike me
as being very reliable in
this day and age.
If you want to do programming, I'd recommend getting a newer Amiga, or
doing
it under Emulation. I've had Amiga OS 3.9 running
on both my A3000/25 and
on my PC, I hate to admit it, but unless you're running something that
requires the HW, emulating the Amiga on a modern system blows the real HW
away. I couldn't believe the difference. Of course I've got to admit,
that
you really should have an accelerator board, if
you're going to try and
run
AmigaOS 3.9.
Now what I'd like to get a chance to play with is Amiga OS 4.0 on the new
hardware! I gather the OS will finally be released in March.
Zane