Amiga.org For Sale?

[EDanaII]

There is a difference. A landmine you can't reason with, Franko you can. To an extent anyway

I've had better luck with land-mines! :p

[Methuselas]

If you let Franko back, you have to let Doomy back. After all, he *WAS* the first Amiga.org "troll."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNti5bN9ILU

(Moto's version is better, but I only have it as an mp3.)


*AND* Atheist too. We need an OS4 zealot who will bringeth back the Rapture.


Sorry for playing devil's advocate. Argo, feel free to give me a point, for this.

[AmigaClassicRule]

Balloon Land, from the co-creator of Mickey Mouse!

Thank u so much. I used to watch it as a kid. I loved it when I was a kid, hehehe. I used to dream as a kid about a planet filled with ballloon creatures and plants and even houses hehe and I would go there and pop them just like the cartoon and I get all giddy heheheh.

[Darrin]

Looks like Franko still reads AO:

http://crap.forumotion.co.uk/t146-erm-nobody-bothered-to-ask-me#872?tid=94cc5ab36498ac155116a7f5201bdcce

I've no idea what is in the YouTuve vids as I'm at work and they're blocked. Click at your own peril!  :eek:

[eliyahu]

@thread

folks interested in discussing possible lifting of bans and/or other matters related to moderation on the site, please open a new thread in the site feedback forum. thanks!

-- eliyahu

[Kesa]

The best thing about Franko is his taste in music. I go to crap not for the trolling or amigas but for the music.

[Digiman]

Quoted for truth.

I liked Franko because he was one of the few people around here who were completely unwilling to compromise their stance on what is and isn't "Amiga" for the sake of diplomacy or "keeping the name out there" and who demonstrated a real passion for the platform, rather than just hanging around perpetually carping about how it's not fast enough to play YouTube on. We could use more people like that.

Isn't that a general thing here, ie the "if it doesn't have a Paula chip on the motherboard it is not an Amiga" type attitude? Seems plenty of people wave that flag quite loudly here

[Darrin]

@thread

folks interested in discussing possible lifting of bans and/or other matters related to moderation on the site, please open a new thread in the site feedback forum. thanks!

-- eliyahu

Done!

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?p=718254#post718254

[persia]

Well technically he is right.  The only computers to bear the Amiga name had Paula chips.  (Except a handful of intel boxes and tablets licensed from the late and unlamented Amiga Inc)

Isn't that a general thing here, ie the "if it doesn't have a Paula chip on the motherboard it is not an Amiga" type attitude? Seems plenty of people wave that flag quite loudly here

[commodorejohn]

Isn't that a general thing here, ie the "if it doesn't have a Paula chip on the motherboard it is not an Amiga" type attitude? Seems plenty of people wave that flag quite loudly here

It's not so much his exact position as that it was quite clearly something he believed in, whereas with a lot of other people it seems to just be an argument they take to use against the opposing "camp" but drop whenever it would conflict with another position they want to take. At the time Franko was around, a lot of people who generally fall in that camp were saying things like "well, I like the 68k as much as anybody, but at least CUSA is getting the Name out there" or "I know the C64x isn't what any of us want, but Barry's a smart match for our community anyway because he's a successful businessman with money." Hell, even I was trying to at least be diplomatic until I got a better feel for what kind of people they were. The mad Scotsman, however, was having none of it, wasn't going to compromise his positions for anything, and clearly relished defending them. Whatever else you think about the guy, I totally have to respect that.