My wife and I were talking a few days ago, a bit morbidly, about what to do if either of us dies before the other, and eventually it came around to my Amiga gear. My wife does not have any interest in the Amiga and sees it as just old junk and plans to happily throw it all away in case of my death, this was quite alarming and got me thinking. For those of us who don't have children to inherit our Amiga gear, or live in another country, or do not know other Amiga users near by, what do we do? As we get older is it time to find an Amiga buddy who in the event of your death can contact your spouse and arrange looking after the Amiga? Should this perhaps be a list of that can be given to your spouse? I am just throwing out ideas but it seemed sad that when I die my Amiga stuff would just be thrown away.
Do we need an Amiga buddy system?
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It's the same with my... she won't hesitate to throw everything out. I have too much of everything so even if one tries to sell something, it will be a nightmare. Especially as you don't know what is worth selling and what is junk. I might as well put price tags on the boxes 
@amifan it is sad to know that the retro gear we cherish would /might end up in the trash :-(
Thankfully my wifey wouldn't just simply throw out my stuff, even though she sees it as retro gear taking up space, she know's what i paid and what it's worth. (unlike my mother -
).
But at this moment in time I really have no "buddy" to dontate it too!
Thankfully my wifey wouldn't just simply throw out my stuff, even though she sees it as retro gear taking up space, she know's what i paid and what it's worth. (unlike my mother -
).But at this moment in time I really have no "buddy" to dontate it too!
When (and if) I reach retirement age, every last scrap of my retro gear will be offered back to the community. I also have a stipulation written into my living will to the same effect.
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And yes, I seriously considered buying the following for my final journey but the wife wasn't impressed
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And yes, I seriously considered buying the following for my final journey but the wife wasn't impressed
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That's the most macabre thread I came across in ages, although as we're getting older, it's a normal thing to think of it. There are two options I guess. Either you have child(ren) and try to transfer your Amiga passion, or if you don't have, just start to sell...
You didn’t take into account that most of the community is same age than you and will most likely pass away at the same moment than you.
Best option is still kids. My daughter wants my A4000 for her later but I think she would rather keep instead my Sega Dreamcast Hello Kitty limited pack.
Best option is still kids. My daughter wants my A4000 for her later but I think she would rather keep instead my Sega Dreamcast Hello Kitty limited pack.
My kids won’t be interested and i agree
Even though i did manage to get them on my dragon 32 and all my mini stuff c64mini, a500mini pcengine psx snes megadrive etc the problem is there is no nostalgia for them. My 13yr old for him it was the wii and xbox 360 and the only difference from his series x is better graphics and loading times.
The reason i agree with my kids is some of the games from my youth that i used to play all the time today are……. Sorry but very poor. I can’t believe i played some of the games that i did. Back then but thats all there was.
Nostalgia is what it is memories from my youth wishing for better when my mates had a c64 and i had a dragon32.
even the cd didnt exist the only game console i had was an acetronic then the intellivision from 1978 and they looked amazing but today 1 rectangle shooting squares at a triangle going beep boop crunch ( skiing on the intellivision was a laugh ) hmmmm.
I remember it being amazing but now its meh! Spoilt by the likes of death stranding or horizon forbidden west on my ps5
Even though i did manage to get them on my dragon 32 and all my mini stuff c64mini, a500mini pcengine psx snes megadrive etc the problem is there is no nostalgia for them. My 13yr old for him it was the wii and xbox 360 and the only difference from his series x is better graphics and loading times.
The reason i agree with my kids is some of the games from my youth that i used to play all the time today are……. Sorry but very poor. I can’t believe i played some of the games that i did. Back then but thats all there was.
Nostalgia is what it is memories from my youth wishing for better when my mates had a c64 and i had a dragon32.
even the cd didnt exist the only game console i had was an acetronic then the intellivision from 1978 and they looked amazing but today 1 rectangle shooting squares at a triangle going beep boop crunch ( skiing on the intellivision was a laugh ) hmmmm.
I remember it being amazing but now its meh! Spoilt by the likes of death stranding or horizon forbidden west on my ps5
Actually my kids don’t see at home any computer or console newer than 25 years old (except laptops or NUC for serious stuff).
I don’t need Xbox, PS4 or anything like this. My i7 NUC is equipped with an external gpu 1060 or something in case I would need gaming. It has been fired on maybe twice in three years (to play Skyrim which is fine enough with the I7 alone actually).
On the contrary, when an Amiga appears to be a daily computer it helps building the interest.
I don’t need Xbox, PS4 or anything like this. My i7 NUC is equipped with an external gpu 1060 or something in case I would need gaming. It has been fired on maybe twice in three years (to play Skyrim which is fine enough with the I7 alone actually).
On the contrary, when an Amiga appears to be a daily computer it helps building the interest.
My wife has zero interest, but is aware that it isn't just "junk" and likely will have some value. My son, who is into retro, consoles mainly not my Amiga computers, would likely end up with it. I would trust he would keep what he wanted and could sell the rest. 
My old man has a garage full of motorbikes, classic and off-road. When he's gone, I'll be selling the lot as I have zero interest in two-wheeled death traps. I know they mean a lot to him but I do not share the same interests and will have no emotional baggage getting shot of them.
I expect it to be exactly the same once I'm 6 feet under, as none of my relatives are interested in retro gaming.
One man's treasure is another man's trash. Tis as it ever was.
I expect it to be exactly the same once I'm 6 feet under, as none of my relatives are interested in retro gaming.
One man's treasure is another man's trash. Tis as it ever was.
This is such a bummer of a subject.
It's true. As it is true with anything collectable and vintage. A huge part of the draw is nostalgia. Once that dies off, with it dies the collectable. True for old cars. True for retro computers. True for vintage audio hardware. True for old anything.
New generations won't care about it, because they have no connection, no life reference to it. For every 100 Amiga systems, 97 will probably just end up being dumped. What kid cares about this stuff today? It was a different time. We were part of the time when computers really came into their own, and Amiga pushed many of the liveability features forward in a big way. It could do things no other hardware could.
This is it. Right now. The top of the second echo nostalgia wave. The restoring. The retrobrighting. The recapping. The new accelerators. This is it. The top of the echo nostalgia wave. There won't be another wave this high...ever. It is higher than the one in mid 2000s, and higher than the one in mid 2010s. Next up, plenty of listings. flood on the market of Amiga hardware. "AMUGA computer. This was my dads. Don't know much about it. Powers on. Sold as-is. No returns."
They say we feel better after a sad song. I've just played it.
It's true. As it is true with anything collectable and vintage. A huge part of the draw is nostalgia. Once that dies off, with it dies the collectable. True for old cars. True for retro computers. True for vintage audio hardware. True for old anything.
New generations won't care about it, because they have no connection, no life reference to it. For every 100 Amiga systems, 97 will probably just end up being dumped. What kid cares about this stuff today? It was a different time. We were part of the time when computers really came into their own, and Amiga pushed many of the liveability features forward in a big way. It could do things no other hardware could.
This is it. Right now. The top of the second echo nostalgia wave. The restoring. The retrobrighting. The recapping. The new accelerators. This is it. The top of the echo nostalgia wave. There won't be another wave this high...ever. It is higher than the one in mid 2000s, and higher than the one in mid 2010s. Next up, plenty of listings. flood on the market of Amiga hardware. "AMUGA computer. This was my dads. Don't know much about it. Powers on. Sold as-is. No returns."
They say we feel better after a sad song. I've just played it.
While it is very true with a ALOT of the kids, my nephew is a prime example of one of those who are not that interested, he knows of the Amiga, just not that interested to keep one. My late father gave him an Amiga 1200 and he gave it to his dad who had Amiga's, but again not really interested and so that Amiga was sold.
There's still hope though and a big part of me would like to think the Amiga will never die. They may not be used and appreciated by the many yonger generation, and even some of the older, but there will always be the few kids that do, and they will be the ones who will keep this much loved machine alive.
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Well, I tend to think that Amiga will never die too, or maybe it will not be so much active as it is now, but as long as new hardware comes up... and look PiStorm for example. It's something unique for Amigas that brings great speeds, and maybe youngsters that usually don't have the patience to wait, it helps. Marry new hardware with old one, it's really intriguing in all aspects of computing, not only Amiga-specific.
I've kept a few of my Amiga bits to pass on to family, but for the most part they are destined for others to enjoy.