[Bradlinc]

Is there anything that the original Amiga hardware can do that can't be done in an emulator?

[mlindner]

Amiga emulators are quite finicky in my experience and generally have a lot of audio output problems and glitches.

[philjohn]

Be utterly rock solid in a live setting

[Bradlinc]

Is this a statement that the emulators aren't particular solid or that the Amiga hardware is very reliable?

[philjohn]

The Amiga hardware was very reliable, an emulator running on another platform would give me pause if I were still performing live.

[midislack]

Is there an Amiga emulator which isn’t subject to the scheduling vagaries of modern operating systems?

[mister_tee]

this is probably cheating-it's beyond "original Amiga hardware"-but there were various expansion boards like the Video Toaster which did video switching and effects, and later editing.

I was originally going to suggest the Amiga's video genlock that enabled products like the Toaster, but it looks like WinUAE can simulate genlock via an external AVI file.

disclaimer: was not an Amiga user or analog video professional; some of that might not be totally accurate or use the correct terms. And iiuc, the 1000/500 series for example didn't have the expansion capabilities of the 2000.

[snvzz]

Anything involving low latency, be it playing Pinball Dreams or anything to do with audio production.