The Amiga Dictionary - Page 11

meega · 24 March 2008, 00:14

N is for Next, a text viewer.

meega · 24 March 2008, 00:19

O is for Outline fonts, implemented through bullet.library.

Merlin · 24 March 2008, 00:20

P is for Pagesetter or Pagestream, which were two of the top flight desktop publishing titles for the Miggy.

@ meega

Bovvered!!

LOL

Graham Humphrey · 24 March 2008, 00:21

Er... Q is for Quit

An option which exits the program you are running.

Merlin · 24 March 2008, 00:24

R is for Retry, a question we've all been asked when a program fails to load.

Zetr0 · 24 March 2008, 00:28

no i refuse to do S on the grounds i have done it the last umpteen times...

Merlin · 24 March 2008, 00:35

S is for Soldering, something our Zetr0 has done plenty of when he has been inventing cool mods for our Amigas.

NLS · 24 March 2008, 08:50

T is for Mr. T.

Some of us though he was cool back then (buahahahahaha).

NLS · 24 March 2008, 08:51

U is for Utilities.

A word we used much more back then than we do now.
I had a great collection of.

NLS · 24 March 2008, 08:53

V is for VGA.

A port we didn't have.
A mode that was difficult to use.
The PC display mode that marked the start of Amiga's demise after it became cheap common-place.

vodley · 24 March 2008, 22:17

W is for Warhol. Andy Warhol was featured on the cover of Amiga World magazine. http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/warhol.html
After his death, his Amiga art movie project titled YOU ARE THE ONE was discovered and reconstructed. http://www.detroitmona.com/still_famous.htm

Graham Humphrey · 24 March 2008, 22:55

X is for X-It

Soko Ban-type puzzle game from Psygnosis (and yes, X is a real struggle).

Shoonay · 24 March 2008, 23:20

Y is for Yo!Joe!2
Kinda "promised" in the ending of Yo!Joe!, but never done...

vodley · 25 March 2008, 02:50

Z is for Zoetrope. Early cell animation program.

NLS · 25 March 2008, 09:23

A is for Aegis

Once a nice company. I remember Aegis Animator... I used to make stars "in love" dance together... (ok I copied from someone else, but did it very nicely and was jaw-dropping at the time)

Merlin · 25 March 2008, 11:38

B is for Bodean, the creator of the notorious discs with the Bodacious Bordello Beauties.... fnarr

(Multiple B word score there, beat that!!)

Zetr0 · 25 March 2008, 14:39

C is for Captive

The only game reference needed in the Amiga Dictionary!

Eclipse · 25 March 2008, 14:55

D is for Deluxe Paint
The great art package bundled with most Amiga's

Merlin · 25 March 2008, 15:18

E is for Esc(ape), the key at the top left of the keyboard

NLS · 26 March 2008, 20:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merlin

B is for Bodean, the creator of the notorious discs with the Bodacious Bordello Beauties.... fnarr

(Multiple B word score there, beat that!!)

you come second man...

(and this thread is getting too long to "control"

maybe someone should start posting a brief?

24 March 2008, 22:17	#211
vodley Zone Friend Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: homer AK usa Age: 59 Posts: 82	W is for Warhol. Andy Warhol was featured on the cover of Amiga World magazine. http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/warhol.html After his death, his Amiga art movie project titled YOU ARE THE ONE was discovered and reconstructed. http://www.detroitmona.com/still_famous.htm Last edited by vodley; 24 March 2008 at 22:46.

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