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Hi everyone. I hope I've put this in the right place, if not, I apologise and I'd appreciate it if the moderators here moved it to a more correct location.
I've been working on my own web site for a few days now, and while much of it still has placeholder text (if anything) and there are many errors and outright incorrect things, I would appreciate any and all feedback, particularly on one of the few pages which I'd consider at alpha testing stage: http://theamigamuseum.com/amiga-kick...-os/workbench/ As I say, the rest of the site is still subject to much in the way of changes, I have a lot more work to do, and even that page isn't finished yet, but feedback would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Troy. |
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cool website, i like that. just bookmarked.
one thing - the amiga was more than just about games and demos, there were also Applications - Software section #1) just added, it seems Last edited by emufan; 03 September 2016 at 00:58. |
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Whoops, I thought I'd added that placeholder, but you're right, I had not added a page for Applications. Thank you! I have fixed that, I still have to write proper content for that page - along with many other pages, such as all the hardware pages, most of the timeline pages, and lots more. But I'm getting there, even if more slowly than I'd like. The hardest part I've found is finding accurate information, and some of it seems to be lost to time, which is a big part of why I'm doing this. I want it to be an accurate reference site anyone can go to. |
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just saw you added the new section
obligement website is a good source. lotsa amiga related articles/information. it may help to verify what you found yourself. |
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While working on this, it's hard sometimes to not just sit and watch the videos I'm finding of some of the key people, or to get carried away reading. To me, the whole story of the Amiga is fascinating and so full of character, same goes for the people. To me, that is a big part of what makes the Amiga special - there isn't that same character in the Mac or IBM PC story. |
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The many of the models (CDTV / A500+ / A600 / A1200 / A3000t) seem to their specs mixed up with the A1000 ..... "Amiga 1200 with 2 external drives Amiga 1200 with 2 external drives Power for the masses! CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7.16MHz (NTSC) Motorola 68000 @ 7.09MHz (PAL) Chip RAM: Standard 256K Expandable to 512K with the A1050 memory expansion (link opens in new tab) Maximum resolution: 640×400 (NTSC) 640×512 (PAL) (32 colour maximum in 640x resolutions) Kickstart versions: Kickstart Disk 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Workbench version: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Total RAM: 256K (expandable to 8.5MB with the addition of 256K Chip and 8Mb FAST) Price in 1985: (US Dollars) $1,285 not including monitor" |
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Yes, I've still got a lot of work to do, and that's part of it that I still have to sort out, I'm slowly going through and changing the pages for the various models to have the correct information. Right now I'm working on the Kickstart 2 page, and will probably go back to editing those pages after I've got a bit more about Kickstart 2 on its page. |
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Now all the pages that had the specs from the A1000 should be fixed, often left blank for now until I go back and revise that page properly.
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I'm still working on this page - http://theamigamuseum.com/amiga-kick...kickstart-2-0/ but any feedback would be very much appreciated.
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Windows with capital W.
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No, the other way around. Windows with a capital W is copyright of Microsoft.
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Look at the pixel gaps at the top and bottom from 1.3 and compare. 1.3 looks a lot nicer with equal spacing. I don't know what Commodore were smoking when they designed 2.x - 3.x. It looks very unprofessional |
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I once read, Apple hired real designer for creating the GUI of their macintosh machines,
not just creative coder/engineers - I think commodore should have done that too @TroyWilkins: whenever you search for kickstart, you always read 1.x / 1.0 / 2.0 / 2.04 and so on, never just "Kickstart 1" / "Kickstart 2" |
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If you mean people referring to Kickstart in particular versions, such as 1.3.1, to keep the page count somewhat manageable, I decided to group together all minor version numbers, so for example all the different Kickstart 2 versions (2.04, 2.05, v37.299, v37.300, 37.350, and so forth) will all be on the Kickstart 2.0 page, whereas Kickstart 3.0 (v39.106 etc) and Kickstart 3.1 (v40.x) get separate pages. |
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I allways felt just fine with the look & feel of the workbench; but a real designer could have made some tiny changes/additions to attract more people on using the amiga.
One thing for sure they should have changed, a standard filerequester about "Kickstart 1" : generally spoken - this you can find in your texts - but, if you look into other documents/websites, they allways write "Kickstart 1.0" or "Kickstart 2.x". |
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And yeah, while the standard icons were serviceable, they certainly left plenty of room for improvement, and a good graphic artist could have made a world of difference there I think. On the second, I'll have to have a look and consider changing it to 1.x, or perhaps a more general "1st generation of kickstart versions" or something. I think for the most part, I've tried to stick to the general naming of kickstart 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3/2.0/3.0/3.1 but I will have a good look and try to make it 100% consistant, thanks for the feedback! |
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