I'm new around here

[WindowsBoy]

I used to have an Amiga and found this site by accident. What do you guys do here? I guess I will have to explore the site more.

[Mr Softy]

Originally posted by WindowsBoy
What do you guys do here?

We all love the Amiga, in a way or another! :D

Wlecome!


oh, and... expect some gentle sarcasms regarding your username and avatar! :p :D

[LaundroMat]

Originally posted by WindowsBoy
What do you guys do here?

Best EAB newcomer question. Ever. Honest.

Welcome, WindowsBoy, and be prepared to be taken back to the innocence that was your youth, the countless hours spent in front of the Amiga, jumpers for goalposts...

Oh wait.

[WindowsBoy]

Well after reviewing some of the site I must say.

Are you guys “Out of Touch Rich Elitists?

After reading many posts from Akira, UnknownK, IanS, Pyromania, Twistin Ghost, Mr. Softly, Amigaboy, RetroMan, LaundroMat I am shocked! When I owned an Amiga comparing it to the latest version of Windows at the time (3.1) hell yes the Amiga was far better. But comparing that same Workbench (3.1) which has never been updated in what 10 years now to Windows XP (The ultimate superior OS of all time) is unbelievable. Of course XP is better do you guys have your heads stuck in the sand? Doesn’t Workbench do like 256 colors max even on the best Amiga (4000)? I love to play classic Amiga games as much as the next guy via emulation but I don’t dare even think my emulated Amiga is better than then the Windows OS it is dependant on and a slave to run. WinUAE is a Windows program after all. We all should be thankful of Windows and the WinUAE developers that have given us a way to run classic Amiga games since the Amiga hardware is Outdated/Not available/Old.

It’s 2003 guys, a new Amiga game or app has not been produced in years and the company is dead.

[Tim Janssen]

Welcome to EAB, Windowsboy.

Most people here at EAB (myself included) have a soft spot for 'dead' machines and nostalgia in general.

Yes, Windows XP is better than Workbench and yes, the Amiga isn't commercially viable anymore (although we have seen Quake 2, Hexen II and Knights and Merchants the past few years).
However, this is a discussion board about the Amiga, its games and its community. Most people on this board have used the Amiga almost on a daily basis in the late eighties and nineties and most people admit the whole community and culture that surrounded the Amiga makes it so unique. This is what we still fondly remember and we are all aware this will never be matched by the current mass-market PCs and consoles.

[manicx]

Ooops! Butter in me bread!!!! Ermm, do you know anything about OS3.5 or even better 3.9, or MorphOS, or OS4.0?

Workbench with 256 colours max? Mine runs in 24bit... I just found a little program that very few people know about it (I doubt if more than 2-3 know its existence) called Picasso96. The rest are stuck in the middle ages with 256 colours max. :laughing

For your information the original program was called UAE (no win?) and was running in linux...

winXP ultimate superior OS of all time? :laughing :laughing :laughing :laughing :laughing This is really runty...

[Twistin'Ghost]

Originally posted by Tim Janssen
Yes, Windows XP is better than Workbench...
[...]
This is what we still fondly remember and we are all aware this will never be matched by the current mass-market PCs and consoles.
Speak for yourself, as I am apart of all and I vigorously disagree with both comments.

Note to self: subtract credibility points from TJ...

[Mr Softy]

mmmh. If you don't like the rich elitists here, you're allowed to leave. :p ;)

Anyway... I love the Amiga, I have windows (2K) because it happens to be a standard, but I'm not fond of it. It can be efficient, it is more stable than I thought, but Minisoft is a very dangerous company. :disgusted

[Tim Janssen]

@Twistin', you wrote:
Speak for yourself, as I am apart of all and I vigorously disagree with both comments.

I am sorry if I have spoken for the whole board - it wasn't my intention. I just wanted to give a gentle reply to Amigaboy's 'provocation' to the Amiga.

[RetroMan]

I'm new around here
I don´t think so ;)

[Mr Creosote]

Are you guys “Out of Touch Rich Elitists?I'm an out of touch poor elitist ;)

[Amigaboy]

Originally posted by Tim Janssen
I just wanted to give a gentle reply to Amigaboy's 'provocation' to the Amiga.

I hope you meant WindowsBoy, instead of me.
Yes, I'm a fan of Windows, but I'm not going to tell an entire board of Amiga addicts that they have their head in the sand.

[Tim Janssen]

@Amigaboy,
Hmm, it seems I am REALLY messed - ofcourse I meant Windowsboy with my reply.

I am not quite clear this morning - a result of lack of sleep and too much stress on my work. Until then, I'll shut my mouth before I offend more people. ;)

[Mr Softy]

This thread reminds me of something I've seen:

It was two or three years ago. I went to a punk night at a local club. There was three or four bands playing, and the place was filled with people. It was the first time of my life I've seen so many punks at once. I mean, real punks, like in London 1975. Not some pre-teens with Blink 182 T-Shirts. The real deal.
There was maybe 200 of them! Bad, ugly, drunk, and having a hell of a good time.
Then I went outside, to take a breath of fresh air and smoke a cigarette or two. There was also a dozen punks outside, with their dogs. And there come those two very drunk B-Boys, dressed like Snoop Doggy Dog, who start talking shit. Saying things like, "hey stupid punks, you suck!" "what's the dog for? zoophily?", or "punk music is for loosers". This kind of shit. I felt like it was time for me to go back inside. I mean, punks are known to be hot-blooded, and they know how and when to use their fists.
I thought it was really dangerous, not to say stupid, to taunt a hundred of always-angry punks. I would not have done that, would I? Besides, the b-boys were only two.
Maybe that the b-boys were not totally aware of the place being filled with punks inside.
;)

[Dastardly]

lol
EAB is full of Punks!

[manicx]

Amiga Cyberpunks!!!:cool

[kriz]

Arrrghh !!!! Stupid and ignorant comment by windozeboi , I dont even want to comment on what he said because if he havent followed the amiga the last 10 years , he doesnt know anything about the amiga after 1994. He probably havent heard about ppc cpu`s, mediators (pci boards), sound cards, new games/and apps, OS 3.9, the development of amigaOne ....

amiga cyperpunks unite !!!

[WindowsBoy]

Originally posted by kriz
Arrrghh !!!! Stupid and ignorant comment by windozeboi , I dont even want to comment on what he said because if he havent followed the amiga the last 10 years , he doesnt know anything about the amiga after 1994. He probably havent heard about ppc cpu`s, mediators (pci boards), sound cards, new games/and apps, OS 3.9, the development of amigaOne ....

amiga cyperpunks unite !!!

AmigaNONE you mean?

[kriz]

why are you flaming ???

whats the point of joining an amiga board if you dont like amiga (and even dont want to hear about the new developments, surely if you were an amiga user you would like to see its still alive ...) ????!

[manicx]

:laughing winXXXP?

[WindowsBoy]

Originally posted by kriz
why are you flaming ???

whats the point of joining an amiga board if you dont like amiga (and even dont want to hear about the new developments, surely if you were an amiga user you would like to see its still alive ...) ????!

I have read a little about the AmigaOne and I would like to see it come out with Amiga OS! Today it comes with Linux which I can get for my PC for free if I wanted it that is. Why not ship AmigaOne with shock horror "AmigaOS"? I like Amiga for the classic games, todays PC games suck.

[kriz]

well the amigaOne is not for sale yet, you can pre-order but that is ... They are working on OS4.0 , this is a big task and its going to take some time to get it done (but we can wait abit longer, since we have waited this long already ...). Im not buying the AOne until OS4.0 is ready and shipped with it ...

[manicx]

Well, a PC comes with windows but you have to pay for it... New Amiga hardware is ready but works with Linux at the mo. What's wrong with that? Even Amiga NG will actually emulate classic amiga (at least in terms of games)...

[CodyJarrett]

WindowsBoy - I am shocked too, but shocked rather that you would concern your first thread on an Amiga board about how many of the members are deluded because they don't share your opinion. It looks suspiciously like trolling to me.

Believe it or not, your word is not a Universal Truth and this is an Amiga board, not a Windows fan board. Some members hate Microsoft and Windows XP and some like it. Some use only their Amiga. That is up to them. Personally, my main computer runs Windows XP and I also use WinUAE and a real upgraded Amiga.

What we don't need is yet another discussion about the Amiga vs PC or Workbench vs Windows. These topics have been overdone and often end in flame wars, because of the strong feelings involved. The topic has been restarted again in an inflammatory and poorly argued way. What's the point, other than to annoy people?

[Pyromania]

@ WindowsBoy

http://cpc464.back2roots.org/

Maybe a trip to amiga beginners will help you.

[CodyJarrett]

WindowsBoy is a current member of the EAB pretending to be a new member, in order to cause trouble.

WindowsBoy is banned and this thread is closed.