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Re: "Alternative" platforms as primary computers
« on: September 20, 2006, 11:42:45 AM »
I had a few dark years (2000-2005) when I only used PCs, but about a year ago I suddently got the urge again. I put my Falcon/CT60 in a tower case, installed EasyMiNT (a FreeMiNT distro; FreeMiNT is a popular open source un*x-sortof-kernel-thingy for these machines), and started coding like crazy.

Recently I was fortunate to find a Hades060, which is about half as "fast" as the CT60, however since it features PCI graphics it's a lot more pleasant to work with (the falcon/CT60 suffers from chipmem bandwidth problems just like the Amiga, so graphics is slow in higher resolutions).

I'm using the Hades as my main machine. I mostly use GCC, IRC & ICQ, so I'm not very limited by this setup at all. There is no decent browser for FreeMiNT and I miss Cubase SX, so I'll be getting a MacBook soon.

Still have no Amiga, but I'm definitely Amiga-curious.

-- PeP/Shoggoth