On Thu, 18 Jun 2020, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote:
> DB-23 to SCART cables were (and still are) readily-available from anywhere
> that
> has anything to do with the Amiga. Sometimes they had sawn-down DB-25 plugs
> since DB-23 wasn't exactly a common connector even in the Amiga's heyday.
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> Subject: Re: Amiga Vendors?
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> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 05:39:44PM -0400, Eth
On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 05:39:44PM -0400, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote:
[...]
> The early plasma TVs usually had BNC RGBHV inputs and such. They could take
> VGA in very easily. I'm pretty sure a PC would have been way easier to deal
> with and could reach much higher resolutions... without
I guess so, too. Connecting Amiga to plasma was probably the least
hassle of all alternatives. PC would need something special (either
card or converter?), and a hard drive, and a big box, and separate
keyboard and reboot every four(ty) days - Amiga 500 could be just
"stuffed under the rug". And
On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 at 02:15, Tomasz Rola via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I would say that was cool.
Me too! :-)
> I guess so, too. Connecting Amiga to plasma was probably the least
> hassle of all alternatives. PC would need something special (either
> card or converter?), and a hard drive, and a big
On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 03:02:57PM +0200, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 19:51, Tomasz Rola via cctalk
> wrote:
> >
> > From time to time I behave like a normal human and, for example, zip
> > channels on my cable tv. Few years ago, while stopping at their "see
> > what we
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 12:31:09PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote:
[...]
>
> And soon another version of something so marketing has new something
> to make you buy a new version hardware and software.The problem was
You know, we have so many letters in alphabet, what a pity to not use
them all...
> On Jun 13, 2020, at 10:03 AM, Doc Shipley via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On 6/10/20 11:05 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
>> I found AmigaKit.com in the UK, are there any Amiga vendors left in the US?
>> I need to order some parts, and not only do I not remember who I u
On 6/10/20 11:05 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
I found AmigaKit.com in the UK, are there any Amiga vendors left in the US? I
need to order some parts, and not only do I not remember who I used to use in
the US, I assume they’re gone.
Zane
I haven't dealt with them but there's Amiga
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 20:31, ben via cctalk wrote:
>
> And soon another version of something so marketing has new something
> to make you buy a new version hardware and software.The problem was with
> Amiga it was designed as 'game box' rather than a computer. (Nowdays you
> phone is PC and the
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 19:51, Tomasz Rola via cctalk
wrote:
>
> From time to time I behave like a normal human and, for example, zip
> channels on my cable tv. Few years ago, while stopping at their "see
> what we have on offer to you, prospective viewer" kind of channel, it
> cracked open and I
On 6/11/2020 11:51 AM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote:
Indeed, newish computers are USB-only. And this means a layer or two
of cruft which filters signal going between device and
processor. Gamers know this, too, which is why they seem to prefer
motherboards with ps/2 ports.
And soon another
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 03:58:24PM +0200, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 13:41, Jules Richardson via cctalk
> wrote:
> >
> > The 4000T that I have was built in May of '96, and it amazes me that there
> > was any kind of market for it in light of how widespread PCs on the
You are glossing over the fact Amiga users are technically 3/5ths of a
person by law. Unfortunate but that also means Amiga user's opinions
are 3/5ths important by extension. International law is very clear on
this. Sorry. :)
-A
On 2020-06-10 12:54, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 14:45, David Brownlee wrote:
>
> The big issue with the Hydra was its lack of cache coherency between
> processors, which made conventional SMP somewhat... challenging. You
> could do very cool multiprocessor stuff with it, just not in a
> conventional SMP capable OS (I
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 13:41, Jules Richardson via cctalk
wrote:
>
> The 4000T that I have was built in May of '96, and it amazes me that there
> was any kind of market for it in light of how widespread PCs on the desktop
> had become by that time.
Agreed.
VideoToasters might have been the main
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 11:58, Liam Proven via cctalk
wrote:
> There was also a 3rd party multiprocessor board, the Hydra from
> Simtech, but the appearance of the DEC-designed StrongARM killed that
> off -- one 200MHz StrongARM was performance competitive with half a
> dozen ~25MHz ARM710
On 6/11/20 5:58 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 09:52, Ethan Dicks via cctalk
wrote:
I'd say the Amiga really lost its shine around 20 years ago, about the
time Linux was getting serious and Windows 98 dominated the desktop.
Unfortunately, yes, I think you're right.
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 09:52, Ethan Dicks via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I'd say the Amiga really lost its shine around 20 years ago, about the
> time Linux was getting serious and Windows 98 dominated the desktop.
Unfortunately, yes, I think you're right.
Ditto the Acorn RISC OS platform -- I know,
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 12:08 AM Zane Healy via cctalk
wrote:
> What I’m referring too is that in the US the Amiga hasn’t been a viable
> commercial platform for nearly 30 years.
I was using my A3000 every day through 1997, and only stopped because
I got a sweet deal on an A4000 in NZ and
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 12:04 AM Zane Healy wrote:
> > On Jun 10, 2020, at 12:45 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > I still have a load of GG2 Bus+ boards I need to test and bag...
>
> I was wondering if you were still had GG2 Bus+ Boards, like you did 20 years
> ago.
I probably have a lifetime supply
On Jun 10, 2020, at 9:54 AM, John Foust via cctalk
wrote:
>
> At 11:05 AM 6/10/2020, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
>> I found AmigaKit.com in the UK, are there any Amiga vendors left in the US?
>> I need to order some parts, and not only do I not remember who I used to us
> On Jun 10, 2020, at 12:45 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 12:05 PM Zane Healy via cctalk
> wrote:
>> I found AmigaKit.com in the UK, are there any Amiga vendors left in the US?
>> I need to order some parts, and not only do I not re
At 11:05 AM 6/10/2020, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
>I found AmigaKit.com in the UK, are there any Amiga vendors left in the US? I
>need to order some parts, and not only do I not remember who I used to use in
>the US, I assume theyâre gone.
Geeze, we're not that old. You make it s
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 12:05 PM Zane Healy via cctalk
wrote:
> I found AmigaKit.com in the UK, are there any Amiga vendors left in the US?
> I need to order some parts, and not only do I not remember who I used to use
> in the US, I assume they’re gone.
I still have a load of GG2 Bu
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Subject: Amiga Vendors?
I found AmigaKit.com in the UK, are there any Amiga vendors left in the US? I
need to order some parts, and not only do I not remember who I used to use in
the US, I assume they’re gone.
Zane
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I found AmigaKit.com in the UK, are there any Amiga vendors left in the US? I
need to order some parts, and not only do I not remember who I used to use in
the US, I assume they’re gone.
Zane
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