Suggestion: Support - AmigaOS Forum

Ulysses13 · 08 June 2021, 19:05

I keep having questions about Workbench/AmigaOS and they occur across emulation in general, FS-UAE (specifically because I use a Mac), FPGA or real hardware. Other people would have other forums to choose between too, depending on their setups. Every time something occurs to me, I never know where to post the question, because there is no basic AmigaOS thread, only specialist ones about HOW you're running it.

It fragments the conversations and the queries. Means you need to be a keyword search ninja.

The OS is the OS, so how about a forum for questions about Workbench/Amiga OS, regardless of whether you're a classic hardware enthusiast or a Vampire?

Seems like a good way to consolidate the fact that we're talking about a platform, not a fragmented bunch of geeky ways to run it.

Subforums would be the versions, like OS 3.1, OS 3.2, OS 4 etc...

The central OS platform should be the main support forum, the ways of running it should be more specialist, and less prominent. And there would be an 'Emulation' forum about problems to do with recreating the OS on other systems.

A primary Amiga OS forum would be a good place for discussion about the OS, now it seems to have a lot of new momentum and there are surely good ideas about how to progress it, as well as support and developer discussion.

Unless there IS a forum like this and I've missed it...?

Octopus66 · 09 June 2021, 00:41

+1

RCK · 27 July 2021, 17:50

Subforum added

https://eab.abime.net/forumdisplay.php?f=4

SpeedGeek · 28 July 2021, 18:59

Nice work RCK!

Now, here is the other important detail. There are many AmigaOS related threads posted in support.apps and support.other which should be moved into the new sub-forum. This looks like a job for the G-mods, do we have any volunteers?

gimbal · 30 July 2021, 14:13

*crickets*

Maybe you should be made moderator of those particular subforums so you can do it

(if regular mods can even do that? I don't know)

08 June 2021, 19:05	#1
Ulysses13 Registered User Join Date: May 2020 Location: Surrey / UK Posts: 111	Suggestion: Support - AmigaOS Forum I keep having questions about Workbench/AmigaOS and they occur across emulation in general, FS-UAE (specifically because I use a Mac), FPGA or real hardware. Other people would have other forums to choose between too, depending on their setups. Every time something occurs to me, I never know where to post the question, because there is no basic AmigaOS thread, only specialist ones about HOW you're running it. It fragments the conversations and the queries. Means you need to be a keyword search ninja. The OS is the OS, so how about a forum for questions about Workbench/Amiga OS, regardless of whether you're a classic hardware enthusiast or a Vampire? Seems like a good way to consolidate the fact that we're talking about a platform, not a fragmented bunch of geeky ways to run it. Subforums would be the versions, like OS 3.1, OS 3.2, OS 4 etc... The central OS platform should be the main support forum, the ways of running it should be more specialist, and less prominent. And there would be an 'Emulation' forum about problems to do with recreating the OS on other systems. A primary Amiga OS forum would be a good place for discussion about the OS, now it seems to have a lot of new momentum and there are surely good ideas about how to progress it, as well as support and developer discussion. Unless there IS a forum like this and I've missed it...?

28 July 2021, 18:59	#4
SpeedGeek Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wisconsin USA Age: 60 Posts: 839	Nice work RCK! Now, here is the other important detail. There are many AmigaOS related threads posted in support.apps and support.other which should be moved into the new sub-forum. This looks like a job for the G-mods, do we have any volunteers? Last edited by SpeedGeek; 03 August 2021 at 02:06.

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gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,905	crickets Maybe you should be made moderator of those particular subforums so you can do it (if regular mods can even do that? I don't know)

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