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Amiga.org specific forums => Amiga.org Discussion and Site Feedback => Topic started by: AmigaFreak on February 03, 2014, 09:39:10 PM
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Hi all!
I just wanted to drop a message in here about how great Amiga.org is. I've been here for years now, and Amiga.org has been a daily stop for when I need my daily dose of all things Amiga. I've been really happy with the site, the layout and all the features, from the photos that everyone has posted, very interesting stuff, to interesting and informative posts. Sometimes even the weird or odd posts can be funny, even when members of the community might be bickering, it keeps things interesting.
My favorite thing to do on here is to check out the Workbench screenshots and see everyone's setup, and what icons or cool mods they've added.
So I thank those who actually made Amiga.org, those who have funded it, the Moderators who keep it clean, and of course all the cool members here, Amigans like me who have kept the Amiga alive!
Thank you all! :-)
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Hi all!
I just wanted to drop a message in here about how great Amiga.org is. I've been here for years now, and Amiga.org has been a daily stop for when I need my daily dose of all things Amiga. I've been really happy with the site, the layout and all the features, from the photos that everyone has posted, very interesting stuff, to interesting and informative posts. Sometimes even the weird or odd posts can be funny, even when members of the community might be bickering, it keeps things interesting.
My favorite thing to do on here is to check out the Workbench screenshots and see everyone's setup, and what icons or cool mods they've added.
So I thank those who actually made Amiga.org, those who have funded it, the Moderators who keep it clean, and of course all the cool members here, Amigans like me who have kept the Amiga alive!
Thank you all! :-)
Hi well said my friend and I will second that ,a wonderful place to be ,very best wishes Brian.;););)
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Amiga.org I love you to :)
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*this!* :drink:
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It's all Wayne's fault!
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Hi all!
I just wanted to drop a message in here about how great Amiga.org is. I've been here for years now, and Amiga.org has been a daily stop for when I need my daily dose of all things Amiga. I've been really happy with the site, the layout and all the features, from the photos that everyone has posted, very interesting stuff, to interesting and informative posts. Sometimes even the weird or odd posts can be funny, even when members of the community might be bickering, it keeps things interesting.
My favorite thing to do on here is to check out the Workbench screenshots and see everyone's setup, and what icons or cool mods they've added.
So I thank those who actually made Amiga.org, those who have funded it, the Moderators who keep it clean, and of course all the cool members here, Amigans like me who have kept the Amiga alive!
Thank you all! :-)
well thanks to this site i have the best 1200 i ever had ..usb external drives indivision 56x cdrom ..plays mpegs avis cdxl etc...learned about converting mp3 into wavs ..sometimes just playing war worlds with amiga amp ..still not online :<..one day ..but with whdownload pinball an games hours dissappear ..
had a friend see my a1200 last week ..he was amazed ..thats the best compliment of all ..one day ill even get a pic of my w/bench on here i guess .without the good people on here willing to share knowledge an experience i wouldve bben lost too many times ..thanks to all
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I can't stay away either.
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I am stuck here also :)
Ive had loads of fun here over the years, helping people and getting helped, reading quite the amount of amusing posts and informative posts :)
Cheers //Robert
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Dammit, now you made me log in again! :D
:pint:
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Dammit, now you made me log in again! :D
:pint:
yo whabang , where you been :)
It seems the old guard, me included, do not post much anymore.
I lurk most days, but dont post much
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+ 1 ! Always helpful for my miggie issues and it's been alot nicer here lately thanks to the great work of the new mods so thanks guys:D
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+1 still a great site. And lots of people have helped me out with technical info over the (gulp) decades...
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the site is good, users good... ok, but why some important users go away from here? is just a question.
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I cant see why people are leaving either. Perhaps its a bit too 'general' for some and not enough focussed on a specific flavour of amigaos (hard- or software).
For me its just the perfect blend of classic and modern Amiga topics, with just enough off-topic bits and ideas to keep it interesting, presented in a, perhaps slightly dated, but very functional layout and forum engine.
Yeah, I'll stick around.
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Pancakes! :(
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I cant see why people are leaving either.
Maybe it's because most of the threads have a tendency to become less and less about Amiga's, and more just... *cough cough* bat-sh** crazy? :angryfire:
I wonder how long before we start discussing religion and tin-foil hats in this one? ;)
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...I wonder how long before we start discussing religion and tin-foil hats in this one? ;)
nah for that to happen the title of the thread had to be Amiga OS4.1 related:roflmao: but like I said for the past little while the mods have made it much friendlier around here for all camp discussions:)
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What's the issue with AmigaOS 4? - Why does no one like it? - I'm just curious, cause I read some of the negative comments and since I don't know much about OS4 I wonder why it's disliked so much.
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the site is good, users good... ok, but why some important users go away from here? is just a question.
I think the day the site was intentionally taken down by it's (then) owner over a dispute with someone was a final straw for many.
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What's the issue with AmigaOS 4? - Why does no one like it? - I'm just curious, cause I read some of the negative comments and since I don't know much about OS4 I wonder why it's disliked so much.
It's a long story, stretching back over 10 years. Cutting out all of the campist/fanboy nonsense, valid technical arguments against OS4 can be summarised as follows:
* Expensive entry point (unless you already have a system that can run it).
* Incomplete support for available hardware (lack of 3D drivers for high end Radeon, for example)
* Slow pace of development (also applies to alternatives).
* Less than perfect backwards compatibility (again, also applies to alternatives).
That said, I rather enjoy it on my A1200/BPPC/BVision combination. Backwards compatibility is assisted by having the actual hardware and the 603 is capable of surprisingly rapid performance compared to my 040 for legacy 68K applications. And I can always reboot into OS3.1/5/9 if I need to ;)
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@ AmigaFreak
like Karlos said it's just way too long a story to explain briefly but after the demise of Commodore in mid 90's there were various camps of how to continue the Amiga OS in the future and let's just say that politics, passion, & wars etc. ensued.
Lots of stuff on the net to search for when you have spare time but let's keep this thread on the good people that make amiga.org a great place for Amiga fans;)
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What's the issue with AmigaOS 4? - Why does no one like it? - I'm just curious, cause I read some of the negative comments and since I don't know much about OS4 I wonder why it's disliked so much.
Mostly historical reasons, or a preference of other Amiga-like OSes.
Most of the OS4 users left Amiga.org a long time ago when it was decidedly un-OS4-friendly. If you go to other sites like Amigaworld.net and Amigans.net you'll find OS4 is - by and large - looked upon much more favourably.
Luckily A.org is generally a lot more friendly towards OS4 users now, but a few years back it used to be decidely hostile.
I stuck around because I like my classics and my OS4 Miggies the same, and A.org has always been good for classics.