[Coco] Amiga Systems

[John Donaldson]

I have done some research on the Net and from what I have found a A2000 
or A3000 may be what I am looking for. As long as I can boot either 
AmigaOS or Linux. I know I can get the C compiler for Linux but was 
there a C compiler for AmigaOS?

John Donaldson, AB8YZ


On 1/14/2014 10:06 PM, Christopher Barnett Fox wrote:
> John,
>
> I had an ECS Amiga 500 in the '90s. Great fun.
>
> I just recently uncovered an old stock Amiga 1200, and I'm in the process
> of upgrading it. I've got a Mot 68882 FPU, 8MB Fast RAM and RTC upgrade in
> the trapdoor slot, and I've got Kickstart 3.1 ROM chips on the way from
> AmigaKit. I've built a CF-based HD replacement, using an inexpensive
> 44-pin laptop IDE to CF adapter available online. Be aware, on older
> versions of the AmigaOS (up to 3.1, I think?), the formatting and
> partitioning for the card has specific limitations - no support over 4GB,
> I believe. However, 4GB is quite a bit of storage for these old machines.
> Also note, I believe some RAM upgrades, (over 4MB?) conflict with the use
> of the PCMCIA slot.
>
> I have to say, if you really just want to play around with the AmigaOS and
> run some of the games, modern emulators are amazing. I picked up Amiga
> Forever, really for licensed copies of all the Kickstart ROMs and
> Workbench disk sets. I built my CF card to boot my Amiga hardware inside
> of UAE using the Workbench 3.1 installer ADFs that come with Amiga
> Forever. It's a great way to support the scene and legally obtain the OS
> and ROMs.
>
> http://www.amigaforever.com
> http://www.amigakit.com
>
> If you want the flavor of AmigaOS and the ability to dual-boot Linux, you
> might take a look at the MorphOS project. It runs on some of the older
> PowerPC-based Macs, which will also run some Linux distros.
>
> http://www.morphos.de
>