| [Rant] IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 07-Sep-2004 17:34 GMT by Darrin | 140 comments
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Before reaching comment #150 in an earlier debate, I suggested a "wild idea":
Who on each side is prepared to bury the past, treat the other side(s) with respect and DEBATE instead of ARGUE? One golden rule... whoever signs up should try and remeber the names of the others doing the same and treat them with the respect which they would like to be shown to themselves. Anyone against it should then be ignored by the group in order to avoid flamefests.
Here is the reasoning behind the idea:
Let's forget about everything Amiga Inc, Gensei, Hyperion, McEwan, Buck, Fleecy, Hermans, Schmidt, KennyR, Eva, myself, Sammy... EVERYONE has said in the past. Yes, that's right - let's FORGET IT ALL.
It's group hug time!!! Let's accept that OS4, MOS, AROS, AmigaDE and Amithlon are all great pieces of software. Let's accept that the latest Pegasos and Amiga boards are worth buying if you want to. Let's also remind ourselves that several years of blasting each other with wild accusations and insults have got all sides NOWHERE.
I'll start. I apologise to everyone I've insulted on ANN. I'd like to thank everyone I've debated with. I want an AmigaOne for myself. I'd like to pay the same price as the Pegasos for it, but I accept the fact that I want OS4 so I have to buy an AmigaOne and I'd appreciate it if everyone would recognise that it's my choice. I wish the Pegasos and MOS good luck in this small market. I hope OS4+ manages the suceess of the classic OS. I like Amigaworld.net and I'm sure that MorphZone is a wonderful place full of satisfied customers.
Let's cut out the crap. Let's talk to each other as if we were face to face and not hide behind keyboards.
I'd much rather spend my time commenting on what software is being developed for the platforms than talking about what where my T-shirt is or whether a business card was genuine or not.
Can we stick to what's important? Can we agree to disagree? I don't recall the Amiga v ST war being anything like this, but then we usually had to meet each other face to face.
Damn, this reads like a bloody John Lenon song ;-)
This is a chance to start a multi-platform news-site that we can ALL enjoy? I'd like to give it a try.
This may be pointless, it probably won't work, but who is willing to try? Comment below and let's bury the past and respect those who respect us. Thanks for reading.
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| Posted by Darrin on 10-Sep-2004 15:50 GMT | In reply to Comment 135 (Jerry):
>For the past year I bought 3 x A1200 (1 I used for spare parts) and 2 x A1200T
>I also use WinUAE and AIAB and for the past 4 or 5 months I am also using
>AmigaForever.
Looks like you've been busy rebuilding your collection. The only Amigas I have left are an A1200T (Power Tower), A3000 desktop, CD32 and an A1200 mobo. I've been debating expanding the A3000 for a while, but with a finished OS4 always around the corner, I've never bothered.
>I bought all those Amiga from Amibench except the first one I bought from
>AnalogicComputer (A1200 Desktop and I was really disapointed by their poor
>service).
I keep hearing bad things about Analogic. I've never used them myself. I've always ordered from Eyetech or Power Computing depite the extra shipping charges for sending stuff from UK to US. Other companies I've used that were good are no longer trading :-(
>I also connected the PC with one of the A1200T (with BPPC) to transfer and
>convert ADF/ADZ to Amiga Floppies.
I assume you're using a null modem link. See if you can find a copy of "Siamese v2.5". It lets you link an Amiga and PC, share drives, share one keyboard & mouse, use the PC's printer and (this is the kicker) use the PC as a graphics card and retarget your Amiga display over the link (yes, even a serial link - but ethernet is better) so you can display your workbench/RTG software on the PC's monitor in whatever resolution your PC is capabale of. I had a A1200 displaying a 24bit 1024x768 workbench on a 133MHz Pentium 1. i've never tried it on a PC with Windows XP though...
>I just need now to find the time to connect one of the A1200 to the Internet
>(I have already the PCMCIA Card with all drivers/SW).
That's something I've always wanted to do, but never got around to. Shame really as I have a cable modem. Has anyone ever got a wireless network PCMCIA card working in an Amiga1200/600?
The latest Amiga Forever package has a (almost) OS3.9 setup with AWeb that will use your PC's internet connection so that you can instantly surf the web from the Workbench on UAE.
>My next step will be to buy an AmigaOne (or MicroA1) once the Full OS4 is out
>(hopefully in the coming months... But more likely "when it's done") and the
>new production starts...
That's what I'm waiting for. I'd preordered an AmigaOne when the earlybird offer was made, but cancelled it as the delay went on and on.
>ps: I also went to the BigBash in Peterborough where I saw the OS4Pre in
>action... And I was quite impressed !
I don't think there's been an OS4 demo in Louisiana... :-( |
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