Subj : Re: Amiga echo long live like Amiga :-)
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Benny Pedersen
Date : Sat Jul 08 2006 06:49:14

Hello Wilfred!

06 Jul 06 00:29, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Benny Pedersen:

 BP>>>>>> just to wake anyone up and see who is left ?
 WvV>>>>> But who still uses an Amiga?
 BP>> aminet ?, i follow them, around 5 new files uploaded makes me think that 
 BP>> amiga still is abit alive :-)
 WvV> Ok, there is still live... What were the files about?

its not just pictures, as there is seems to me still c coders around :-)

http://www.aminet.net/

 WvV>>> I haven't been following the developments around the new hardware
 WvV>>> and os's for a couple of years now. Is there anything new?
 BP>> AmiAthlon seems dead :/, AROS lives but is not free
 WvV> I don't even know what they are, or what they look like.

same here, maybe AROS team wake up and find fidonet and the amiga echo ?

AROS = Amiga Replacement OS

 WvV> Any news on the hardware front?

i don't know realy, i just hope hardware wonders join fidonet and amiga

 WvV>>> Or has it all died out...
 BP>> don't say that, it might happend
 WvV> Sorry! ;)

until then its time for UAE to make something, and have it on aminet

 BP>> if i remember you have an a1200 ? :-)

 WvV> A1200? I have a A4000 and a A500 (gathering dust), before that a 
 WvV> A1000... Is the A1200 an actual machine?

yes it is, try searching http://www.google.com/ :-)

 WvV> I don't remember that...?

a1200 is a lightwigth a4000
a500 do as a a600, but a500 plus is realy just an a600 in hardware where the a500 ports is still the samme, where its changed on a600 to be like the a1200 is

and a500 plus have no pcmcia card slot, a600 can only have 2M chip mem, and if you want more you need a new computer :/

a600 and a1200 can have mem extensions on pcmcia cardslots, but you can max have 4M internel mem in the 8M autoconfig range so, problem is that the cardslot is in the autoconfig memory range, for realy no reason :/(

 WvV>>> I doubt the amiga floppies I have saved somewhere in a box, are
 WvV>>> still readable... It must be more than 5 years since they have seen 
 WvV>>> some daylight! ;

its true that floppys not last long, but i bet thay can be if its good floppys and you did not just put them around the monitor where there is manigtic things, even c64 floppys holds very good :-)

 BP>> thats why i belive its a good ting trade mark to save it some where
 WvV> Indeed! Can Amiga floppies be red on a PC?

yes if you are lucky to have a drive that can run 150 RPM :-)

most pc drives can only 300

remember crossdos on amiga ? :-)

 WvV> Or do you need to start your Amiga to convert them to files?

that will work yes :-)

 WvV>>>  + Origin: Amiga Offline BBS Lisse (2:280/464)
 BP>> where is amiganet zone 40 gone ? :(
 BP>> silended died ?
 WvV> It's been gone since November 2003, on Don Plesky's own request. He 
 WvV> was the only node left and didn't see a point in continue to poll...

lol, Don be back :-)

 WvV> He is however still listed in de fido-nodelist, so he might even be 
 WvV> connected here? Don? ;)

he could atleast use UAE :-=)

 Regards Benny

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