Amiga 500 upgrade or big box Amiga?

[SilkWorm]

With a Vampire Firebird you have everything you need.
You have a fast RTG graphic card, hdmi output, a flicker fixer, a network card, a lot of memory (512Mb or 1Gb) and you can use both ECS and AGA (ecs and aga are also redirected on the HDMI)

Minus serious compatibility issues for older software, like demos. Just my 2 cents.

 

[dragan]

With a Vampire Firebird you have everything you need.
You have a fast RTG graphic card, hdmi output, a flicker fixer, a network card, a lot of memory (512Mb or 1Gb) and you can use both ECS and AGA (ecs and aga are also redirected on the HDMI)

Vampire was also an option, but I read that some people had issues with older games and demos.

 

[cgugl]

When you install a faster cpu you have these problems.
The advantage of the FireBird/vampire is that it is upgraded continously to improve the compatibility...

 

[YouKnowWho]

When you install a faster cpu you have these problems.
The advantage of the FireBird/vampire is that it is upgraded continously to improve the compatibility...

Who not just get a MISTer at that point? You can put it in a Amiga 1200 case, and have an Amiga, PC, Mac, MSX, C64, consoles, arcades, oh my.

I say keep it 68K pure. No Pi, no FPGA. If you get a real Amiga, may as well cross the finish line. If he goes for 1200 and wants to keep it light on the wallet, throw 4MB of RAM and FPU card in there and party like it's 1995 with an 020 AGA lovely machine (better than 500?). TF1232 will not break the bank either for a stretch buy. Like Coldplay said...Give me real, don't give me fake.

That's my 2 cents. I'm in for 4 cents now, so shall say no more.

 

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[Xanxi]

Vampire was also an option, but I read that some people had issues with older games and demos.

No Vampire V2 is perfect, powerful, compatible, stable and mature.
Even if it seems outpowered by the PiStorm, it is still a lot smoother and there is only few things that the PiStorm can do better (in my case, only playing Mame68k, which is faster on my Pistorm32lite but still not good enough unfortunately - so it beats the Vampire V2 for this but not a true victory).

 

[SilkWorm]

When you install a faster cpu you have these problems.

In case of Vampire it is mostly about the SAGA part, not the CPU.
I have not experienced any issues with demos when using 030 or 060 cards with real CPUs.

I am not against Vampire, I like and use all of the solutions (real CPU cards, Vampire, PiStorm) - it is just about being aware, each of this solutions has pros and cons, and it is for different target audience.

 

[Mikele]

I would get A1200 as some people have already suggested. Apart from AGA, with PiSTorm you will get you a big Amiga experience like gfx card and better sound.
Keep A500 for nostalgia, OCS demos and games loaded from Gotek.

 

[Watson]

That's my 2 cents. I'm in for 4 cents now, so shall say no more.

I'm interested to know what 10 cents would get?

 

[YouKnowWho]

I'm interested to know what 10 cents would get?

I imagine time-out in the coroner to "cool your jets."

You want me to push it to 10 cents and see what Mod does to me? Maybe I win a FREE Amiga?