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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: iamaboringperson on February 04, 2004, 10:31:12 PM
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Read about the world famous 'Aminga':
http://www.planetxoops.com/modules/mylinks/ (http://www.planetxoops.com/modules/mylinks/)
This site is dedicated to the Aminga, a Unix-based animation computer that was built by Commodore. These computers were once the world’s best for games and graphics when the PC was still in the 286 / 386 days and couldn’t handle dynamic graphics.
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:lol:
Great site, BTW :P
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:lol:
I was going to post this.... but then I couldn't be bothered. ;-)
Edit: Is this what people mean when they say, "you is aminga"?
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:lol:
Just shows once again that anyone can get published on the web. Can't spell or use a spell checker. :-D
Maybe the secretary was out sick or working under the table. . . . . :-P
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Where can I buy an Aminga? Any resources? :-D
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Interesting. Where are the forums and news items for this mysterious Aminga UNIX system, then? I can only see Amiga stuff here. I wonder why Commodore never advertised this "Aminga" :lol:
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Unix based? Eeeeek! :shocked: Maybe the first versions of AmigaOS were developed on a Sun system, but they got rid of unix influence damn quick.
These computers were once the world's best for games and graphics when the PC was still in the 286 / 386 days and couldn't handle dynamic graphics.
At least that's right. :P
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that_punk_guy wrote:
Edit: Is this what people mean when they say, "you is aminga"?
:lol:
I think that should have been enclosed in tags!
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I don't know what an Aminga is, but havn't you ever heard of the A3000UX? :-P
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Maybe it's the one they released in china. :D
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I just posted corrections to it - so we'll see if thefix it.
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Welcome robbhar :-)
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AMINGA?!?! :-o
OMG.
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hahahaha how silly
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(http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/cbm-900-portrait.jpg)
Maybe that poster got a bit tangled up in the story of The CBM 900 (http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/900.html)?
"Introduced CeBIT 1985
Hardware Z8001 (16bit; 23bit address bus with segment registers; early protected mode architecture [OS and user ring levels]; RISC), 512K RAM (max 2MB), 20MB HD (ST225) with reported options to 40MB or 67MB, 5.25"1.2MB disk drive (similar to the SFD 1000). Centronics and IEEE-4888 ports.
The Commodore 900 ran a modified port of Mark Williams' Coherent UNIX v0.7.3 (some 0.7.2), a prototype version, and was intended as a mainframe-class machine with multitasking, timesharing, virtual memory, multi-user capabilities -- what you would expect from a Typical Un*x Mainframe. System adminstration was accomplished through an X-Windows-like GUI on the workstation version of the 900.
Eventual Fate Scrapped prototype; project officially discontinued in favour of the newly-acquired Lorraine, later becoming the Amiga. Some models, however, were released in Europe as development systems at around US$4000 apiece (!), even though the actual computer was never publicly released. 500 units produced."
Press Release from Commodore Microcomputers, Sep/Oct 1985 (http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/secret/cbm-clip-900.jpg)
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@vortexau
That's one cool computer :)
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Is this what people mean when they say, "you is aminga"?
Since you brought it up, what does that strange UK saying mean for real? Does it have anything to do with those Gumby cartoons?
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weirdami wrote:
Is this what people mean when they say, "you is aminga"?
Since you brought it up, what does that strange UK saying mean for real? Does it have anything to do with those Gumby cartoons?
Minger?
It means "skanky ho." :-D
Er, someone who doesn't wash and/or is generally unattractive.
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Minger?
Ah, so that's how it's spelled. You UKers and your crazy dropped R's. :-P
I take it that Gumby's sister Minga, although not too attractive herself, has nothing to do with this word, eh? :crazy:
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Erm... I don't know ;-)