https://www.reddit.com/r/amiga/comments/1j23asi/how_often_do_you_use_your_amigas/
created by bio4m on 02/03/2025 at 22:24 UTC
34 upvotes, 28 top-level comments (showing 25)
I have a 500 (with PiStorm), 600, 1200 and CD32 but I find myself using them very little these days. Between work and everything else I only really use the 500 for an hour or so of gaming every month.
Anyone else in the same boat ? If theres folks daily driving an Amiga would love to hear about it as well !
Comment by Aenoxi at 03/03/2025 at 01:03 UTC
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I spend more time restoring, fixing and upgrading my Amigas (600, 1000, 1200, 4000D, CDTV and CD32) than I do actually playing games on them. That’s through choice. It’s tinkering with the hardware that I love.
I put in a few days a month with my Amigas. I enjoy the thrill of acquiring near-mythical gear that I could only dream about when it was new, the sheer joy of bringing something broken back to life, and the zen-like nostalgia of switching off from the modern world and embracing the connection with what feels like the more civilized, optimistic times of my youth.
Comment by bluramiga at 02/03/2025 at 22:50 UTC
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My Amiga 500 still works. I use it only once a month, mainly for the feel of it: the pleasure of inserting a floppy disk into the drive or tapping on the keyboard. I prefer using my laptop with the FS-UAE Launcher emulator and the mouse of the A500 Mini.
Comment by bOingball- at 03/03/2025 at 00:13 UTC
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Daily at the moment as I’m currently writing a game engine. My sons A600 as he’s recording YouTube videos about it and my A1200 to test my game engine out. The CD32 I’ve not used for a couple of weeks. - I’ve got mega drives / Dreamcast / spectrums / C64 and MSX to play with but it comes in bursts what I’m on. It’s been miggy time since Oct last year
Comment by miggylha at 03/03/2025 at 05:49 UTC
7 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Pretty impossible ignoring my Amigas here as they are in just about every room. They are a real hobby so a number of them get used each day. Mostly I use to create blogs for the website and or helping answering queries from people. The one I use in this room generally does disk management and creates ADF images from my vast library of Amiga disks. I have also an A4000/030, A3000 and A600 on the desk behind me and an A4000T to my left and an A3000T to my right. They are dormant.
Currently in service are in here A1200 with JAWSII on a 1942, Box room A500 with A590 on 1085 and EZ tower, Blizzard 1230IV, CD, ZIP, scandoubler running on an Iiyama. In the big room I have the A600 and A500 plus an A1000 using the same Commodore monitor, the 500 has the 590 running 3.1. Also have an A1200 in a 2000 case another 1200 with an external SCSI and the second A1000 with the 1060 sidecar. In the back room downstairs I have the original Checkmate with the MegaChip, A590 and second SCSI drive and the A500 with the ViperCD accelerator. In the Workshop I have two A4000/040 one with PicassoIV running on the Mitsubishi, the other on the 1085, an A500 with GVP sidecar running on the Philips, My beloved A1200 with Blizzard 1230IV and SCSI KIT and external ZIP, CD, two SCSI hard drives and Ethernet plus Microvitec., A second A1200 GVP JAWSII with Surf Squirrel using the Microvitec, And a third A1200 with Squirrel, ZIP, two SCSI hard drives, running on a Microvitec.
I actually own 125 Amigas so quite difficult to ignore. But who would. And any number get used daily. Depends what I'm doing. Theye are all on my website if anyone wants the link.
Comment by powaking at 02/03/2025 at 23:38 UTC
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I’m at that stage right now. My A1000 could use some tlc but just don’t have the time to fix her up. My A1200 has a blizzard and also pistorm, ssd etc yet I just don’t have the drive for it as used to. I’m definitely wanting to off load them to someone who wants to continue with their use.
Comment by jrherita at 02/03/2025 at 22:38 UTC
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I'm roughly in that boat, though more towards once every couple of weeks for a few hours. I have a 500 with ACA500+ that never gets used, but I do use my A1200 when it's time to game. I do like to watch Amiga Bill's twitch streams though on Sundays, to get some more Amiga time in.
The "first world problem" I have is there's also an Atari ST, a couple of Atari 8-bits (my first compurters), and a Sega Genesis sitting nearby that compete when the need for classic games hits :).
Honestly there's so much to play on these classic machines I've been debating just getting rid of my gaming PC.
Comment by magicmulder at 02/03/2025 at 23:42 UTC
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I have an A4000T and an A2000 that have both not been turned on since the late 90s. (Removed the batteries of course.)
Comment by GeordieAl at 03/03/2025 at 02:53 UTC
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Have my A1000 sat right next to me on my desk right now ( with a C64 to the left of it, a TI-99 in front of it, and a PI400 underneath it with retro pie setup)
I go through phases of using it daily or not using it for.several weeks.
I'm busy writing a game on it so it gets regular use when I'm not tied up with "real work"
My A500 is sat in the kitchen and needs attention... possibly memory problems but we'll see when I find time for it.
My A4000/060 has been stuck in storage at my Brothers factory for 11 years... I thought it was finally going to be shipped out to me before Christmas, but he is stalling it from happening.
My other (original) A500 was meant to be in my other brothers loft...but he can't find it..
Comment by Daedalus2097 at 02/03/2025 at 23:33 UTC
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I go through phases, sometimes I'm using an Amiga for hours every day, other times I won't touch it for weeks. I'm currently in an almost-daily user phase, with multiple hardware and software development projects on the go. The actual system being used will change too depending on what I'm doing, at the moment it's mostly split between A1200 / TF1260 and WinUAE, but other times I'll spend a lot of time on OS4. Various other machine come into play for testing and what not at other times.
Comment by CommanderCain at 03/03/2025 at 01:15 UTC
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In looking for a monitor for my Amiga 500. I DO have a lifetime update to Amiga Forever, but there are times when original hardware just can't be beaten.
I may wait until we sell the house and move, to get another Commodore Amiga (A1000) setup. Until then, I'll use the emulator; it's a helluva lot faster 🤣
Comment by MousseAfter388 at 03/03/2025 at 07:14 UTC
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Once or twice per week… longish sessions thou, 3-4 hours.
Comment by mike3y at 03/03/2025 at 22:09 UTC
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This is why I just recently decided to mimic Amiga in Linux via theming and make shortcuts to apps that launch within Amiberry. Instead of the other way around using the Amiga desktop and using Linux apps… I feel it’s a much modern feel this way…
Comment by NeilDeWheel at 02/03/2025 at 22:36 UTC
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Same here. I have a CD32 and A500 Mini. I’m currently upgrading the CD32, I’ve put in an Idivision MK3, a TF330 with Buffered IDE. It works well but the case doesn’t close with the indivision HDMI cable. I want to 3D print a new, larger case for it and move the joystick and keyboard ports to the front. This is an ongoing project so I don’t get to play with it that often.
I also find I’m too busy to play the A500 Mini much but I try to get in a game or two a few times a week. I’m currently playing through Gloom Deluxe. Loving that game.
Comment by Firthy2002 at 02/03/2025 at 22:47 UTC
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My actual A1200 is currently boxed up until I eventually get my own place where I can have it set up.
I use WinUAE for the time being if I want to do any Amiga stuff.
Comment by doggydaddy2023 at 03/03/2025 at 01:08 UTC
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It really does get challenging to find enough time as life keeps tossing wrenches into plans. I've recently pulled my 1000 and 500 out (and my ][e). My 3000's need a bit of tlc, as does my 1200. I didn't count on my home server to up and die, my primary workstation to need hospice care and my work client to go "we know this project timeline is impossible, but we need you to do it anyway". So, I probably just spend a few hours a month on them.
Comment by One_Floor_1799 at 03/03/2025 at 01:46 UTC
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I use at least one of my Amigas daily, it's setup to use internet on my X5040 and when things don't work there I use my updated A600. I have lots of emulation on handhelds,home brew laptop,etc. pretty much all set up running various Amiga distributions.
I have a Mac and a PeeCee laptop but only use them for utility stuff, that I absolutely can't do on an Amiga (which isn't much really, my laptop takes longer to update than to do what I booted it up for.).
Comment by fatteragnus8375 at 03/03/2025 at 06:59 UTC
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I have a 500+ with 2mg ram and a gotek. Philips cm8833 mk2 monitor. And i have hooked it up to big stereo speakers which do sound amazing. I dont have the same free time I did when I was young, what with work etc. But i will always make time. I also have a PS5 i like to play on (im a sony fan boy as well since ps1) But I would say at least one evening a week I will pick a game and play it. Also when I have holiday I will dedicate time to it. Especially when my son stays over i like to teach him the history of gaming and computers and the amiga played a big part in that story. I love firing up a demo to watch as well, bringing back all those early 90s memories. 👍🏼😁
Comment by mattthepianoman at 03/03/2025 at 10:06 UTC
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I usually get my A1200 out, use it daily for a month or so and then store it for 5-6 months.
Comment by peregrine-l at 03/03/2025 at 10:56 UTC
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I use my Amiga 1200 when coding a demo, to test it in real conditions. I develop it on Windows with VSCode, its Amiga Assembly extension, and the vasm cross assembler. Modern IDEs are more comfy than the old DevPac and ASM-One…
Comment by typicalspy at 03/03/2025 at 11:43 UTC
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I also have a lot of them and using only a600 for about 30 mins in 6 months... But the feeling that I have them is priceless
Comment by Vrtilka at 03/03/2025 at 11:44 UTC
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I have nearly same collection.A500,500+,600,1200 and CD32.All fully working,recapped,with gotek's and ssd inside.Many upgrades,but really using them only if they need mainteance or upgrades.Every have memory expansion or accelerator.For gaming,i prefer A500 mini with AGS.
Comment by retrolinuz at 03/03/2025 at 15:54 UTC
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I follow the demo scene and enjoy playing both new and classic games on actual hardware. Amiga Addict Magazine keeps me interested in using my Amiga as they regularly feature hidden gems, new games, hardware innovations, and demo scene updates.
Comment by LJBrooker at 03/03/2025 at 21:36 UTC
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I use my Amiga (600 with Pistorm) a few times a week. Mostly just to fire up a game from my youth, listen to the distinctly Amiga sounding music, play for 5 minutes then turn it off, in a slightly better mood than before. ☺️
Comment by Maximum_Example9869 at 04/03/2025 at 05:56 UTC
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I have the same problem. I wish the Amiga had one or two apps that you can use for modern tasks. I was thinking of writing a Kanban board so I can keep track of tasks. That would at least give me a reason to turn it on daily.
Comment by Drunkensailor1985 at 04/03/2025 at 08:13 UTC
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I own a cd32 with tf card etc. I own over 30 unique consoles and have about 60 hours of spare time each week, of which a good portion is often gaming and I'd say amiga is in my top 5 most played