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[Rant] TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET ITANN.lu
Posted on 24-Jun-2002 15:16 GMT by Luca Diana66 comments
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It's time to put aside pityful and damaging behavior. The very existance of the community is at stake. Amiga needs to show now how many active users are out there, and by active I mean people who are willing to invest money in hardware and software. You want to show you're one of them? Get the $50 coupon (and free t-shirt) for an AmigaOne system; you don't care? Don't do anything at all, don't come complaining later when you'll find out that in the real world companies need to show their investors that there is a user base willing to purchase their product. And if you think that even without Amiga Inc. the community is going to survive think again: the numbers are getting smaller by the day, just two or three years ago people were saying there were still 300.000 active users, today we don't even know if there are 50,000 or 10,000 or even less. Without everyone's support the community <b>WILL</b> die. Time to set aside our differences and do one last effort to stay alive. Either you're in or you're out.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 1 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by cheesyonaroll on 24-Jun-2002 13:29 GMT
>>The very existance of the community is at stake.
lol, the communcity will be fine (dare i say in a better position) without amino
>>Amiga needs to show now how many active users are out there, and by active I mean >>people who are willing to invest money in hardware and software
well then they can just release the hardware and software then can't they? so the active users can buy it??
Now do u get it????
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Posted by twice-a-day on 24-Jun-2002 13:37 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (cheesyonaroll):
how old are you? 2 or 3?
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 3 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 24-Jun-2002 14:08 GMT
heck, anyone using "u" instead of "you" is 2-3 years old in my book.
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Posted by heee on 24-Jun-2002 14:29 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Anonymous):
good grief this is a forum an "irc" if you will . This isnt a formal Letter. the meaning comes across who cares.
besides next "u" will complain about the caps - %^).
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Posted by dakang on 24-Jun-2002 14:32 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Anonymous):
...theres some people who never ever have anything positive to say about Amiga. Whatever Bill, Fleecy, Hyperion, Alan and the many many others who have staked so much and achieved so much in so little a time do, some people will never be satisfied.
I think a ignore function in ann would be good but most of these TOSSERS are anonymous or shapeshifting anyway, so...
BTW I think the $50 offer is a great way of getting an idea of how many units to build and I certainly welcome it and support it. Need a european distributor tho...
We're almost at the end of the long dark journey...
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Posted by cheesegrate on 24-Jun-2002 14:39 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (dakang):
>>theres some people who never ever have anything positive to say about Amiga.
u mean amino or amiga inc right ??
>>Whatever Bill, Fleecy, Hyperion, Alan...
this raffle is about amino nothing more..
but the problem with you sheep is u only
praise people assoicated with the name..
i bet u dont' even know who david gerber or matt parsons are..
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 7 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by GrateYourCheesyAss on 24-Jun-2002 14:53 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (cheesegrate):
CheeseGrater or whatever you are why can't you just STFU for once.
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Posted by cheese on 24-Jun-2002 15:25 GMT
In reply to Comment 7 (GrateYourCheesyAss):
pity the guilty parties cannot answer these simple questions i have raised.
maybe some of those people on the a1 list should ask alan some questions such as
did he know that amino was ordering, building etc amiga ones? did eyetech even know about this promo?
or where they just gonna send him money cuz of course the proceeds of the raffle are going to a1/os4 development arent they? of course they are cuase amino really cares about the community and have done all they can to support os4 development even sending hyperion money and programmaers ... NOT
yes just close ure eyes and tell me to stfu,
and get in line to be fleeced sheep ;)
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 9 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Syke on 24-Jun-2002 16:01 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (cheese):
Oh shut up, if I want to bend over for Amiga Inc, then just let me. Don't think that ANYTHING you write can change my opinion. I'm getting oh-so-f*cking tired of you...
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Posted by |Lando| on 24-Jun-2002 16:02 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (cheese):
It's time for you to realise that you aren't doing yourself any favours by acting in this hostile and derogatory manner all the time. Any point you were trying to make is lost amidst the abuse and name calling.
If you have no interest in spending $50 to ensure the future survival of the Amiga, fine. Go off and buy a Mac, or a Pegasos or whatever. Just leave us real Amigans alone. There are many of us who believe that a new Amiga computer is more than worth spending 50 bucks of our money on. Personally, I'm getting two.
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Posted by dammy on 24-Jun-2002 16:59 GMT
In reply to Comment 10 (|Lando|):
Real Amigans or just simply a member of the Faithful Followers Of The Name Cult?
Dammy
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 12 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Troels Ersking on 24-Jun-2002 19:10 GMT
This is it.. I'm out off here (ANN) for some time, can't stand these threads...
Why can't people learn not to complain about every step Amiga, Bplan, eyetech, morhpos, haage & partner, Bernie or others take. I have thought about taking this step for a long time but it makes me very sad that I have to do it, since I have been here since the very start.
A real shame that ANN is worth next to nothing these days... All because of trolls, anonymous idiots, and Morphos (and amiga) _fanatics_ posting pure crap here.
This current thread is a pretty good example where the usual persons show their usual behaivour..
No matter what these companies try to do it has to be shot down by some idiot (Hi Cheesy!).
I am no fan of pre-orders (after the P5 idiots ruined that) and I am not going to pay Amiga the 50$ for a voucher, still I do see the point Amiga makes with this offer.
I will buy the stuff when it's released, if it's released (which I am certain it will be)!
I hope things will get better when stuff is released but im not so sure anymore.
A little group of maybe 10 people has to start big anti-amiga campaigns everytime theres a new exec update or some new info on OS4.
These people don't like the route Amiga has choosen but they forget that it was Amiga that payed lots of money to take over IP, name and everything else that came with that....
You guys didn't do shit yourself to save the Amiga name from Gateway so shut the fuck up and let Amiga decide how they wants to run THEIR COMPANY.
I have my own opinion about the Bplan Vs Amiga fight.
I also must admit that I admire Ralph Schmidt for the initiativ he took back when he started developement of Morphos. Still theres also aspects which I don't like and they weight more, thats why I choose to support the official AmigaOS 4 route.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 13 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by whatever on 24-Jun-2002 20:59 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (Troels Ersking):
must admit that I admire Ralph Schmidt for the initiativ he took back when he started
developement of Morphos. Still theres also aspects which I don't like and they weight
more, thats why I choose to support the official AmigaOS 4 route.
an ass kisser is the reason
If you knew how bad that so caled amiga os is you wouldnt even give it a second chance.
So far as the guy saying ite their company -True, but without a community it wont exsist .
This is about to happen. We must forget how they were suppose to go public by now . Another lie.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 14 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by amigammc on 24-Jun-2002 22:06 GMT
In reply to Comment 13 (whatever):
Go public? What're you talking about?
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 15 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Alkis Tsapanidis on 25-Jun-2002 00:48 GMT
Cheesegrate: Grow up.
Lando: Oh, not these "real Amigans" crap again.
Everybody: Calm down.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 16 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by MIKE on 25-Jun-2002 01:04 GMT
In reply to Comment 13 (whatever):
Well, a lot of folks seem to forget past announcements by these guys as well, which were outright lies.
Aug. 1, 2001 amiga.com, Amiwest Show Report, for one example.
The AmigaOne PPC computer, being built by Eyetech in the UK, is based on Zico specs published by Amiga Inc. Amiga Inc.'s flagship next generation desktop continues to advance towards the first real new hardware for the Amiga community in over 6 years. Excitement is mounting at both the Amiga office and around the world as Amigans realize that the long wait will soon be over. All partners in the AmigaOne and AmigaOS4.0 project have been working hard to meet deadlines as the project moves into its final stages.
Bill also announced that the two week slip in schedule for the Eyetech AmigaOne which had appeared in June had now been pulled back to just one week. The new Rev B boards are functioning well, with live PCI and AGP slots and work is now focused on bringing the board and the CPU cards together. The first week of August will see full system boards delivered to the AmigaOS4 team for preparations to move AmigaOS4.0 from the test bed machines.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 17 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by amigammc on 25-Jun-2002 01:55 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (MIKE):
In case you missed the news, 'cause it seems you really did, Eyetech threw away their own board and went with one designed by a third party because it was going to be (and it is) more efficient. So, enough with these old bullshit "they don't keep their promise, they change idea or stuff like that". I really believe that the winers in the community (which I seriously doubt are part of the community anyway) have even the faintest clue of how the real business world works.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 18 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by DaveW on 25-Jun-2002 05:29 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (Troels Ersking):
Well said. I get the impression that 90% of the lame behaviour recently has come from cheesegrate. I dont understand why he thinks that others should bother picking through his childish flame inciting name calling posts just to find the question he is really asking and then bothering to answer him in a civilised tone.
I no longer come to ANN to be informed, I come to ANN to sit here and laugh at the cheesegrates of this world when I am really really bored or fed up.
The comments section of ANN has become one bad joke full of kiddy-playground antics.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 19 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Mika Hanhijärvi on 25-Jun-2002 07:23 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (cheesyonaroll):
No it wont. I know all of you dpn't aggree this, but we need official Amiga company. Sure the community survived many years whitout commodore or Escom, but it will not survive forever whitout mothercomoany. Userbase colapsed dramatically during last ten years. We need official Amiga company or otherwise Amiga and Amiga community will die sioner or later.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 20 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 25-Jun-2002 07:24 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Anonymous):
And anyone compkaining about using 'u' isn't much older either :)
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 21 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Ben on 25-Jun-2002 07:25 GMT
In reply to Comment 18 (DaveW):
I really don't understand why people get so worked up against Amiga.
If people are against what Amiga Inc. and their partners are doing, they can shift platform, stay on 68xxx, buy the rights or "get a life". Noone are forcing them to stay on the platform!
Maby Amiga sometimes uses a little to colourfull language, but thats their choice.
If you lika Amiga and whant a new PPC/OS4 based machine: Buy a voucer for 50$ so we can get things moving.
If you dont't like the way Amiga are going: Buy a pagasos, a new A1200 og what the h... you want, but stop bogging everybody else.
Lame critisism dos'nt change Amiga inc. strategy (thank god) it only irritates everybody and costs mony, time and ressourcerses that we have all to little of.
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Posted by Mika Hanhijärvi on 25-Jun-2002 07:27 GMT
In reply to Comment 19 (Mika Hanhijärvi):
Aaargh, few typos :)
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Posted by Mika Hanhijärvi on 25-Jun-2002 07:32 GMT
I would ordwr that $50 coupon, but I don't have a VISA or any other creditcard... It would be nice to have any other way to pay it.50USD is not so big money anyway, so atleast i would show my support to Amiga.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 24 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous Coward on 25-Jun-2002 07:52 GMT
In reply to Comment 23 (Mika Hanhijärvi):
Use PayPal!
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 25 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Anders Kjeldsen on 25-Jun-2002 08:05 GMT
In reply to Comment 21 (Ben):
Sure, just buy those coupons.. but don't come bother the sane of us IF you ever find out you've been ripped of :)
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 26 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Phill on 25-Jun-2002 10:12 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (heee):
> good grief this is a forum an "irc" if you will.
This has nothing to do with Internet Relay Chat, the messages aren't relayed to different servers for a start. Not only do you want to destroy the english language you want to use technical terms for the wrong thing too.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 27 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Poor guy without credit card on 25-Jun-2002 10:14 GMT
In reply to Comment 24 (Anonymous Coward):
If you live outside of the US, you also need a credit card to verify your identity for PayPal...
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 28 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Charlie on 25-Jun-2002 10:46 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (dammy):
I never understood the phrase "Real Amigans"
Can someone please once and for all define what makes a "Real Amigan"??
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 29 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by teotwin on 25-Jun-2002 11:10 GMT
Ironic how the topic of coming together seems to bring out the worst in us, haha.
Not to worry, its will all be in the past and irrelevant soon. For one of two reasons. 1. Amiga (and all aspects of, including amiga inc, mos, a1 and pegasos) will die and the entire community with it, so no one will be left to hear the rubish, or 2. The platform will succeed and grow enough that the whining will be nothing but a quiet faint echo from the past that is dismissed before its written. Either way only a few years to go... So please, keep on whining, and be remembered for what your contibution to the platform really was. Dont you feel impotent in regard to actually acheiving something? because you are, your comments do nothing, no good, and in reality no bad, well not to amiga inc anyway. They just annoy. Whatever you are trying to do i dont understand why you persist. But feel free to do so. Because in the end it doesnt really matter, your involvment in the future will be short lived and you will be forgotton quickly...
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 30 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Adam Kowalczyk on 25-Jun-2002 11:11 GMT
In reply to Comment 28 (Charlie):
Here's my definition of "Real Amigan" -> someone who purchases and/or uses hardware and/or software produced and/or licensed by Amiga Inc. :-)
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 31 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Jools Smyth on 25-Jun-2002 11:19 GMT
In reply to Comment 30 (Adam Kowalczyk):
My Amiga(s) came from Commodore. Does that mean I'm not real? :)
I fail to see how this PPC Motherboard can be called an Amiga though. Well i suppose they can call it what they want, but to me it isn't an Amiga.
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Posted by Emeric on 25-Jun-2002 11:36 GMT
"TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT"
"This is no hype. This time it is real." This time... may well be an exception. Or not. Actullay, all we've got so far is hype and fake informations. All my respects for the efforts. I admired all previous Aincs and I admire the current one as well. I wish they'll succeed. But since last years august/november/whatever I don't think I'd pay a cent unless the product is ready...
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 33 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by CDog on 25-Jun-2002 11:37 GMT
In reply to Comment 28 (Charlie):
"Real Amigan"? A ludicrous concept.
To many competing ideaoligies to make
one definition stick.
Are "Amigans" those who use the original
HW, X 86 emulators, or people supporting
or actively working toward new HW/OS - be
it MOS or AOS? What about AROS?
Mabey it's only someone that just hopes to
see the platform succeed commercially, one
more time, in whatever form.
Can we at least agree on that?
(Probably not:(
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 34 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by EmGee on 25-Jun-2002 11:46 GMT
Funny actually (or should I say sad ?), people are fighting about a machine which isn't even in it's final consumer form, and they're already judging it just based on it's specs or prototype models.
Why o why can't ANYONE wait for the release of the OFFICIAL consumer release of the A1/OS4 combo ? If you think you like it, buy it. If you think you don't like it than don't buy it but stop acting like idiots, it starts looking like some african tribe war in the 1800's !!
The Amiga name will always bring a warm feeling to me, although I don't own one atm. It sure brings back some nice memories. And in those days the so called "war' was between platforms (Amiga vs Atari ST, Amiga vs PC etc.) It made the coders/developers very creative for showing of their abilities at the other platform (e.g compare A500 or ST demos/games from 1987 with those of 1993)
Really sad this "war" is now on ONE very SMALL market (10k user max ?).
To those ever negatively criticizing ppl: Stop whining and wait before you judge (you too would rather have the 2002 model of a car than a 1984 model don't you ?)
To those other ppl: Wait and your dreams come true (remembers me of Fairlight intro's :)
Regards EmGee
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 35 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Adam Kowalczyk on 25-Jun-2002 11:47 GMT
In reply to Comment 31 (Jools Smyth):
Jools....then what is an Amiga to you? Please don't spew off some penta-headed 4D graphics system running on a Zorro 5 backplane where Intuition is plugged into your head....so it really knows what you want to do...type stuff. What on this reality based planet we live in is an Amiga to you?
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 36 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Adam Kowalczyk on 25-Jun-2002 11:59 GMT
In reply to Comment 33 (CDog):
> Are "Amigans" those who use the original HW, X 86 emulators,
Yes, if licensed by Amiga or its predecessors.
> or people supporting or actively working toward new HW/OS - be
> it MOS or AOS?
MOS isn't licensed by Amiga. So in this case you could be part Amigan if running MOS on classic H/W. You move into Ex-Amigan if running MOS on a bPlan board not unlike running Windows on an x86 machine. AOS is licensed by Amiga Inc. so you would be a "Real Amigan".
> What about AROS?
I admire the work done by the AROS team especially since it was started in the dark days of Amiga when it really looked bleak. I guess the question becomes will it ever go commercial?
> Mabey it's only someone that just hopes to see the platform succeed
> commercially, one more time, in whatever form. Can we at least agree on that?
The platform I want to see succeed is the AmigaOne running OS 4.0. I also with Thendic/bPlan good luck with their PPC board and MorphOS, but it's not an Amiga.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 37 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Andreas Kleinert on 25-Jun-2002 12:11 GMT
Given the current community's track record, I'll just hope that both - the shirt and the coupon - will have builtin piracy protection.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 38 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by 3seas on 25-Jun-2002 12:35 GMT
Sorry Luca, but asking people to stop taking a stand for what they believe
is not going to help. It hasn't in the past, won't in the present and unless
everyone becomes drones, it's not going to in the future.
But there is a way, a common ground, to build on and work out from.
How can other help? (let's face it, who ever wants to support Amiga Inc. will,
isn't that an understood given by now?)
Here's a common ground (which has been used by both Amiga and MorphOS and others
as well. Some form other efforts like UAE have contributed too, even MorphOS has
contributed, but don't know about Amiga.)
I have my reservations about AROS in that it is only as certain as whatever it's
current development status is and weither or not it has an OSI compliant License.
Right now it does have such a license and the more who become involved in it
supporting the OSI compliant license, the better.
Anyways here's a thread that many of you might want to consider, for when you
really think about it, it's supportive of all Amiga and Amiga like efforts.
It's a, if not the, common ground:
http://www.flyingmice.com/squid/cgi/moobunnythread.pl/amiga?flat=73947
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 39 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Alkis Tsapanidis on 25-Jun-2002 12:35 GMT
In reply to Comment 36 (Adam Kowalczyk):
Ok ok. And WHO IS AMIGA INC TO DEFINE WHETHER OR NOT I AM A REAL AMIGAN?!
Who do YOU think you are to define whether or not we are real Amigans!?
You don't have such a right.
There are people who last used an Amigan in '94 and they now bought the
SDK. Are they "real Amigans"!? So, your theory is flawed.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 40 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by DaveW on 25-Jun-2002 12:57 GMT
In reply to Comment 39 (Alkis Tsapanidis):
Amigan is a stupid term anyway but I would define it as : Amiga branded product user.
So if you had Amiga socks you would be an "Amigan"
I dont want to be an "Amigan" because it has connotations of worship and social exclusion
that I dont want to be a party to. I am a computer user who just happens to buy Amiga
branded products as well as many others. I have an interest in the platform as a consumer
but no rights over and above a normal consumer of any other off the shelf product.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 41 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Jools Smyth on 25-Jun-2002 13:15 GMT
In reply to Comment 35 (Adam Kowalczyk):
>Jools....then what is an Amiga to you? Please don't spew off some penta-headed >4D graphics system running on a Zorro 5 backplane where Intuition is plugged >into your head....so it really knows what you want to do...type stuff. What on >this reality based planet we live in is an Amiga to you?
Thanks for pre judging me. Why is it noone seems to be able to have a civil conversation on here anymore? anyway, An amiga to me is the 68k machine i have sitting on my desk. With its Paula, Copper, Agnus, etc custom chips (And the AGA successors) and the tight integration between these and the OS. What else could it be? I dont believe mashing a few off the shelf parts together is any comparison. In that case then any PC running UAE/Amithlon is an amiga ! Even AmigaOS 4 will rely partly on emulation...
Anyway, fact is, I don't really care whether I am considered an Amigan or Amiga user or Part of a Community or just a customer. I do think though that people should be slightly more open and reasonable about each others opinions on here.
No doubt I will get someone replying to my mail with some rude and personal attacks. Shame...
I do my own thing, and others enjoy it. I have fun using my machines and developing my site.. Nothing more to say.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 42 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Seehund on 25-Jun-2002 13:15 GMT
In reply to Comment 40 (DaveW):
I'll just agree with Alkis, DaveW and *gasp* Tim Rue here.
I think "Amigan" is a ridiculous term (I'm an AmigaOS user, nothing more, nothing less), and it's even more ridiculous to define the term based on trademarks.
Also, the only thing the *indiviuals* in "the community" have in common is that we use AmigaOS. You don't have to agree on everything down to the last detail. That's not a community, that's a blind mob, and I hope not many wish to be part of something like that. Different opinions don't split a community, unless the existence of the community is based on one opinion.
Then again, people seem to be getting used to put individuals in categories, factions and camps lately...
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 43 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Adam Kowalczyk on 25-Jun-2002 13:16 GMT
In reply to Comment 39 (Alkis Tsapanidis):
I have the right to free speech. It's my oppionion and if you don't like it, that's just too bad. The question was raised over what a "Real Amigan" was based on the expression used in Bill's executive update. The intention of my response was to identify Amigans as people that use Amiga licensed hardware and/or software. I think this is a pretty good defintion and much more encompassing than people who use classic hardware. Since a licensed ROM and OS are used with Amithlon, AmigaForever, classic hardware, UAE (supposed to anyway), and the Amigaone, I strongly feel that this is a good definition. If it looks like I'm intentionally excluding bPlan hardware, I am not. I'm excluding non-licensed hardware and software which in effect would make a person a pirate. You might be Amigan in spirit...but not in hardware and software ;)
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 44 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Adam Kowalczyk on 25-Jun-2002 13:23 GMT
In reply to Comment 41 (Jools Smyth):
> Thanks for pre judging me. Why is it noone seems to be able to have a civil
> conversation on here anymore? anyway
You're welcome. It wasn't "pre-judging", it was telling you I'm not up for a discussion on something that isn't possible in this day and age.
> An amiga to me is the 68k machine i have sitting on my desk. With its Paula,
> Copper, Agnus, etc custom chips (And the AGA successors) and the tight
> integration between these and the OS. What else could it be? I dont believe
> mashing a few off the shelf parts together is any comparison. In that case
> then any PC running UAE/Amithlon is an amiga ! Even AmigaOS 4 will rely
> partly on emulation...
Good answer, unfortunately the tight integration between the hardware and software which once was a technical advantage, has turned into a hinderance in moving away from the custom chipsets. Personally, I've always felt it was the OS that made the diffence when compared to other platforms. I was only ever envious of the professional look that the Macs had. The Amiga always had a bit of a toyish look to it as far as font and gadget appearances. But then again, the Mac couldn't multitask and just about every machine would come to a standstill while formatting a floppy.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 45 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Alkis Tsapanidis on 25-Jun-2002 13:32 GMT
In reply to Comment 43 (Adam Kowalczyk):
I do use AmigaOS 3.9 on my Amiga 1200 computer, so don't tell me that I'm not
an Amigan in HW or SW. I run MorphOS as well, which might not be AmigaOS
but it has the Amiga spirit and is compatible with AmigaOS.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 46 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Adam Kowalczyk on 25-Jun-2002 13:55 GMT
In reply to Comment 45 (Alkis Tsapanidis):
"I do use AmigaOS 3.9 on my Amiga 1200 computer, so don't tell me that I'm not
an Amigan in HW or SW. I run MorphOS as well, which might not be AmigaOS
but it has the Amiga spirit and is compatible with AmigaOS."
Everything about you is Amigan....except for the MorphOS part. I'm sure OS 4.0 will clear up that problem for you. I tried MorphOS when I had a working CSPPC. I found it more fuss than it was worth as I didn't seem to have all the right DCE made hardware. I was using an EGS spectrum card and found I couldn't get my machine to run in any worthwhile manner. I'm sure if I had a CyberVisionPPC video card it would have made a difference. I also found the native ECS modes buggy at best.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 47 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by TeNkA on 25-Jun-2002 13:56 GMT
This is more like an kindergarden in my eyes! i really don't understand why you serious Amigan's can stand to be in a forum like this or, sorry forum is not a rightful name to this, what it now is??? i hope the author of ANN.LU never shut this site down, so all you idiots can be here, where you best belong!!!!!.
someone write somthing, somene else reply and dissagre, someone make a reply and make a note about his way to spell/write?!!. someone get's pissed off. and write's back....... and the flame war was a fact, and what happend about the real issue??
no one know, and care anymore coz there is a flame war going on!...
Well people i know there is "serious Amigans" here to, and i don't understand why you people is here,or there aren't any.
Well my opinion about The New Executive update!. Well fact is, that Amiga is moving on, and running a business is not a simple thing!. is requires alot of strenght to ACT. When there is a very "odd group of users" to care off. it's hard to pleased them in both directions. One group don't want this and the other don't want that. So how do you do then????... Amiga one is in my opinion a NEW AMIGA computer. that's what we wanted years ago. and now we allmost got it. and their is peopel who still isn't pleased!!!. so why?... i just say either you buy the situation and live with it or, you sell you system to someone else and get a new PC and forget everything that has with Amiga to do. if you think you could do a better job you could aply for that CEO chair at Amiga Inc, but i doubt it. what i seen so far i really don't think none of you even could handle a spoon. but that is a great thing about being at a kindergarden isn't getting feed! :)-
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 48 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by Adam Kowalczyk on 25-Jun-2002 14:07 GMT
In reply to Comment 47 (TeNkA):
TeNka,
It's just too much fun...I generally walk away from ANN with a grin on my face and get a good laugh. People take things way too seriously. It does remind me of the 8-bit days..."My C64 is better than your Apple II, Atari, TRS-80" Makes sense though, as we've not seen any new hardware since the end of the 8 bit era.
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 49 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by endeka on 25-Jun-2002 14:09 GMT
I tried to subscribe but they require credit card and I'm not willing to do that. Can it be done via post or somethig similar?
TO THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT : Comment 50 of 66ANN.lu
Posted by MIKE on 25-Jun-2002 14:48 GMT
In reply to Comment 47 (TeNkA):
What does a flamewar hurt? Do you think postings of people's opinions on a discussion board are pivotal to the success/failure of a computer platform, take a stand, have a position that's what discussion forums are for, discussions. Most people have already formed their opinions anyway, If you don't have an opinion to express about the threads on this discussion board, I'm sure there are plenty of other forums out there for you, to participate in.
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