Unboxing and Reviewing the A600GS: A New Amiga Classic 68k Computer from AmigaKit 

"A New Amiga Classic 68k Computer". Erm, hardly.

Looks a nice enough box but why use the A600 name if it has no resemblance to one?

A600 was my first computer, I got it when I was 9. That machine made me a gamer for over 31 years now. 😂

Because personal computers first used DB-25 connectors for their serial and parallel ports, when the PC serial port began to use 9-pin connectors, they were often labeled as DB-9 instead of DE-9 connectors, due to an ignorance of the fact that B represented a shell size.

Finally I get to see that thing in action. Thank you. I didn't expect much from the device (and its creator) but I'm still underwhelmed.

looks like a standart single board arm device, in a nice case and an gpio board with db9 connector. the true value of this device is the software and the nostalgia

DOpus is a multipanel file management/directory tool, was really handy for copying files from one location to another. That Clown Picture I think came with one of the Amiga Paint programs and was often used on Public Domain disks. I know I have seen it 1000's of times.

You should have familiarised yourself with it before reviewing. I’m glad I saw this review before I bought one. It doesn’t look ready. I’ll wait for a new version.

Another emulator with orange pi zero w I think 😂

Is this just emulation in a box, like a $30 Raspberry Pi?

Waiting for mine. Hope it get dropped in my direction soon. Thanx for making this. Btw: db9 :)

No details on the hardware, not even on the GS600 wiki; that reeks of emulation, rather than having real MC680x0 hardware, or even an FPGA implementation...

From what I understand, this is a VERY over priced emulator with a horrible interface and a slightly shoddy case. You'd be much, much better off just using a Pi 5 for this kind of emulation.

That's some Good Stuff right there!

DONT doubleclick on the items on the dock !! click ONE time or it will launch 2 times. Hence the memory problem.

I'm interested, but after searching around I couldn't find much in-depth details for the hardware or Octamed 8.

Interesting. I like the fact that it plays a sound sample of a floppy disk being inserted when you click on the disk icon. The bundled software looks decent - just to let you know - dopus is a file manager application. I wonder if you can install a web browser yet, as then it could be used as a PC, and not just a games machine.

"DB9" :D

Shame the ones people have ordered are still not delivered but guess i will just have to wait!!

Both DB9s have stopped working on mine already... and even when they were working up didn't work on port 1 😒

With the budget FPGA MisTer clone around the corner for less cost then this it's worth anyone waiting instead, much better bang for buck.

I would like to see this thing opened, see what chips are there, and see if this is a mere Pi Orange 3 Mini or what ever. I'd hope this is Pi 5 Standards at the very very least. I purchased for OctaMED, will find out soon enough, but ya... strange that no one is tearing them down and posting specs...

Hi Russ. I've just subscribed to your channel. I enjoyed the unboxing plus review of the A600GS. I placed an order of the unit pretty much after watching your channel. I cant seem to find a tick/logo matching mini keyboard..... My plan is to purchase a wireless/bluetooth small factor keyboard and get an embossed A600 sticker from the retailer. I just wanted to ask if a standard no thrills bluetooth /wireless keyboard will work with the A600GS? Ive not seen many reviews posted online as yet with a keyboard being used with a usb dongle. Thanks in advance. Each to their own opinion about the unit. I personally think it looks fab in a small factor design. The operating system looks bright and fresh too. Not into building my own solution as unfortunately I'm not over technical! All the best Mark

nice !!! Deos the MiDI in/out in octamed 8 work via usb to midi really work?

Interesting device. How easy is it to use Amibench, like can we load up say an Amiga basic package? BTW thanks for the overview!

Great video thanks for taking the time to make it. Some follow ups: To activate the main gui on screen keyboard when you enter the text gadgets, press the fire button. When you are in a game you can activate the game keyboard by press select on the gamepad. Wifi SSID scans when you enter the SSID text box with a drop down that auto completes the SSID or lets you choose with a mouse. When you got that mouse pointer freeze in AmiBench, press the 'start' button on the gamepad (or F12 if a real keyboard is attached) and you will bring up the "PAUSE MENU" this allows you to quit gracefully back to the main GUI. The "PAUSE MENU" also offers other functions like inert floppy choose between disk in multi folppy game etc. In the dock just a single click needed.

Nice review, but it seems this is not a very 'polished' product, maybe even a bit unfinished, you chose on-screen keyboard when no real keyboard was connected and on the next screen you can't type in the SSID of your wifi because theres no keyboard, on-screen or physical :-)) sorry, this device is definitely not for me and I must say, that for my purposes, an A500Mini does just as good, and if I wanted to do more, I'd probably just use WinUAE on my pc.

Controller is SNES

Does this use the same type of (ARM?) processor etc. as the A500 mini..?

Two questions that remain unanswered (from my searches): 1) Am I right in assuming that these updated apps can only run on AmiBench? i.e. You can't copy them and use them on a classic Amiga? 2) In what way(s) has Directory Opus 4 been updated? Has it been well and truly bug fixed since it was abandoned, or is it just a new version stamp on old software?

If you already have A500 Mini with a DB-9 Adapter, is there any reason at all to get this?

Could you use a drawing tablet also! A multi track music recording studio app would be amazing! PD software!

Looks like a cheap Android box using a very old ARM apu. Would have appreciated to see the inside.

dopus4 is a file manager type thing

That’s is not an Amiga

Please, share some benchmarks. Tnx

What's the browser like?

A good online play people over the internet chess game should be made called 'chess club'! That would be good!

Thank you for putting the video together. We'll done. Unfortunately, there is nothing in this unit that excites me. I have a 9pin adapter already for the mini, the mini comes with a mouse and a SOLID gamepad, not a 3.99 cheap snes pad. The mini looks the part, and this looks boring and yet cumbersome to use. If it were an only choice, it might be good...

I want a mini cd32.

Do they also sell the controller on its own?

Does it have midi in and out?

Did they mention what sort of CPU and GPU is in this thing ? It sort of looks like a re-branded miniPC of sorts, if I am being honest.

What hardware inside of the machine?

Is this emulation or is it using an FPGA???

I'm assuming it runs AGA games so the name of it is ridiculous. Why not A1200GS or just straight out AmigaGS?

Wait so there is no on/off switch on it?😅

Good Stuff?

uhhh... really nothing new to see here are there? Same old stuff in a different theme... What would be more interesting (for me) would be information about how they pull it off, software or hardware emulation, is it running at stock speed, what graphics modes do you have to play with, does it emulate a soundcard and so on... nice video though, thumbs up on that!

It didn't seem like a great experience honestly, lots of unexpected things or not working!

to be honest...every Raspberry Pi with Pimiga from Chris has more features, more software, more fun. I dont get the point in buying extra non 68k hardware that looks like a console, without mouse, keyboard. There is plenty of amiberry, UAE and so on if you like having an emulator...😂 I prefer Pimiga to this, its a Pi4 with Amiberry plus plenty of software and you have a full linux computer additionally...😂

Amiga themed keyboard required for authentic feels.

Please consider editing out constant smacking. It sounds revolting.

This will be some kind of Raspberry pi type board no doubt. It's too cheap to be fpga, so I'm guessing it's arm based emulation with a horrible custom frontend. Why doesn't it have a proper workbench? Awful. It's not worthy of being called an Amiga.

What’s the point of this? We already have RaspBerry pi for a cheap solution

needs to be housed in a keyboard.

Wow that really was slow moving between menus in Amibench, my 500 is faster

better off just using your emulator..