Hi from Serbia

Outlaw82 · 15 April 2019, 22:44

Hi!

Sorry I didn’t introduce myself earlier but I completely forgot.

I’m Goran from Serbia.

Owner of a few A500 and A1200.

redblade · 16 April 2019, 02:22

Hi Goran, welcome to the forum.

What Amigas did you use in Serbia? Were they German or British Amiga keyboards? Was there a Serbian workbench? What was Amiga scene like in Serbia?

Hope you enjoy the forum.

chip · 16 April 2019, 08:18

Hi Goran, enjoy your Amigas

Welcome to the forum

gimbal · 16 April 2019, 10:25

Hello Serbia!

512k · 16 April 2019, 11:17

Welcome

Lord Aga · 16 April 2019, 12:27

Dobrodosao Gorane

Quote:

Originally Posted by redblade

Hi Goran, welcome to the forum.

What Amigas did you use in Serbia? Were they German or British Amiga keyboards? Was there a Serbian workbench? What was Amiga scene like in Serbia?

Hope you enjoy the forum.

I hope Goran wont mind my answering. Everything we got in Serbia was from Germany. 3.1 Workbench didn't have a Serbian option (unless there was a hack I was unaware of). I don't know about 3.5 and 3.9. But it wasn't a big deal. From the dawn of time we have been using our machines with English or German systems/manuals.
Amiga scene in Serbia was fanatical. It was by far the most favorite home computer. And as you can see there is still plenty of us around

Outlaw82 · 16 April 2019, 15:01

I don't mind, like Lord Aga says everything was from Germany. I still have all my workbench sets, most of them is English but all manuals are German. And yes Amiga scene was fanatical.

DofD · 16 April 2019, 20:36

Hi there and welcome to the forums!

Mikerochip · 16 April 2019, 23:30

Welcome! A (non working) A600 and A1200 owner here

redblade · 17 April 2019, 00:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Aga

Dobrodosao Gorane

I hope Goran wont mind my answering. Everything we got in Serbia was from Germany. 3.1 Workbench didn't have a Serbian option (unless there was a hack I was unaware of). I don't know about 3.5 and 3.9. But it wasn't a big deal. From the dawn of time we have been using our machines with English or German systems/manuals.
Amiga scene in Serbia was fanatical. It was by far the most favorite home computer. And as you can see there is still plenty of us around

Hi, Thank you for this information about the keyboards. When you used productivity software (Wordprocessor) Did you use a cyrillic font or the Latin topaz? Was there a lot of Serbian PD software released? What was the warez/BBS scene like there?

Thanks for your answers.

Lord Aga · 17 April 2019, 18:58

Save for some resourceful people who may have found the way to insert Cyrillic letters in word processors, most of us used Latin letters only. We were used to Latin letters, molded by them. I didn't see Cyrillic on a computer until I was already a man. By then it was nothing to me but foreign!

mvasic · 17 April 2019, 21:47

Key point in Yugoslavia/Serbia, at the time, was a lack of official distributors. 90% of computer goods was imported from Germany (Munich mostly). My C64 came from Italy, and A500 from Germany.

That lack if support did have one positive effect, we had to learn how to do a lot of stuff on our own, with mostly word of mouth. Getting information was a bit less convenient in pre internet era (late 80s, early 90s).

If I remember correctly, Workbench and Extras were the only original disks I had.

(Pozdrav!)

Cobe · 17 April 2019, 23:05

There were Cyrillic fonts.
I used to print from Page Stream to epson lq 100 open hours and other notices for my parent's store

But yeah, we are used to English on electronic devices and we avoid using Serbian translations mainly because they started appearing in past decade or two and they are poor and hard to understand.

Pozdrav jos jedan!

redblade · 18 April 2019, 09:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Aga

Save for some resourceful people who may have found the way to insert Cyrillic letters in word processors, most of us used Latin letters only. We were used to Latin letters, molded by them. I didn't see Cyrillic on a computer until I was already a man. By then it was nothing to me but foreign!

You must of watched Batman in English too

I think there was a Amon2.5 Amiga Monitor 2.5 which was released by a Serbian group in early 90s, that was the only release I saw.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mvasic

If I remember correctly, Workbench and Extras were the only original disks I had.

That would sound like a lot of people.

Thanks for the infomation. It's interesting to read about different scenes.

15 April 2019, 22:44	#1
Outlaw82 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Sombor/Serbia Age: 42 Posts: 5	Hi from Serbia Hi! Sorry I didn’t introduce myself earlier but I completely forgot. I’m Goran from Serbia. Owner of a few A500 and A1200.

16 April 2019, 02:22	#2
redblade Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Middle Earth Age: 40 Posts: 2,127	Hi Goran, welcome to the forum. What Amigas did you use in Serbia? Were they German or British Amiga keyboards? Was there a Serbian workbench? What was Amiga scene like in Serbia? Hope you enjoy the forum.

16 April 2019, 08:18	#3
chip Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Italy Age: 49 Posts: 2,942	Hi Goran, enjoy your Amigas Welcome to the forum

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gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,926	Hello Serbia!

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Outlaw82 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Sombor/Serbia Age: 42 Posts: 5	I don't mind, like Lord Aga says everything was from Germany. I still have all my workbench sets, most of them is English but all manuals are German. And yes Amiga scene was fanatical.

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DofD Registered User Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Victoria, Canada Age: 56 Posts: 134	Hi there and welcome to the forums!

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Mikerochip Registered User Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Ireland Posts: 304	Welcome! A (non working) A600 and A1200 owner here

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Lord Aga MI clan prevails Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Belgrade, Serbia Posts: 1,443	Save for some resourceful people who may have found the way to insert Cyrillic letters in word processors, most of us used Latin letters only. We were used to Latin letters, molded by them. I didn't see Cyrillic on a computer until I was already a man. By then it was nothing to me but foreign!

17 April 2019, 21:47	#12
mvasic Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: NJ Posts: 11	Key point in Yugoslavia/Serbia, at the time, was a lack of official distributors. 90% of computer goods was imported from Germany (Munich mostly). My C64 came from Italy, and A500 from Germany. That lack if support did have one positive effect, we had to learn how to do a lot of stuff on our own, with mostly word of mouth. Getting information was a bit less convenient in pre internet era (late 80s, early 90s). If I remember correctly, Workbench and Extras were the only original disks I had. (Pozdrav!)

17 April 2019, 23:05	#13
Cobe Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Belgrade / Serbia Age: 41 Posts: 1,004	There were Cyrillic fonts. I used to print from Page Stream to epson lq 100 open hours and other notices for my parent's store But yeah, we are used to English on electronic devices and we avoid using Serbian translations mainly because they started appearing in past decade or two and they are poor and hard to understand. Pozdrav jos jedan!

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