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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: alx on June 08, 2005, 04:36:33 PM

Title: UK Amiga users
Post by: alx on June 08, 2005, 04:36:33 PM: There's currently a thread on AW.net looking at the location of UK Amiga users (http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=12896&forum=16). Obviously not everyone visits AW.net, so if you don't want to become a member there just to vote, please reply here (but don't then vote there as well ;-)) - the options are:

Scotland
North East
North West
Yorkshire and Humber
East Midlands
West Midlands
Wales
N. Ireland
South West England
South East (not including Essex)
London
East of England (inc Essex)

If you post on other forums with UK users, it'd be great if you could tell them as well...

---edit---

Thanks to the people who have PMed me, but if anyone else wants to take part can they please reply to this thread - it'll keep it on the front page, and make it easier for the results to be read when I'm offline.
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Mikey_C on June 08, 2005, 04:43:53 PM: Thanks for mentioning it Alx

I would have conducted a similar idea here but unless I am mistaken, there is no facilities for polls on this site yet.

This is just a survey/poll to determine the numbers of actual amiga users in the UK, which in recent years has been in steep decline, so much so, that I believe we are now well behind sweden and norway in terms of users with Germany well out in front
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Vincent on June 08, 2005, 05:03:55 PM: We can't post polls as topics, but the mods can and do post polls for us on the main page.

If you want the poll here just ask Wayne or any of the others.

btw, alx put in a vote for Scotland please :-)

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Hmmm, the poll on the main page is blank...
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Mikey_C on June 08, 2005, 05:07:05 PM: (http://maconamiga.amigaworld.net/pics/uk-regions.gif)

Image updated using available data from Both Sites at 15:40 BST (GMT+1) 11th of June 2005
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Mikey_C on June 09, 2005, 12:18:38 PM: Well, as it stands, I have not published a new update to the map for some time, because it appears that, sadly there is only about 150 Amiga users left in the UK :-(

Not many is it?

Mikey C
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: alx on June 10, 2005, 10:14:27 AM: @Mikey_C

Quote
Well, as it stands, I have not published a new update to the map for some time, because it appears that, sadly there is only about 150 Amiga users left in the UK

Worrying, considering that the "big" Amiga magazines only closed down in 2000 or so, and they must have had a circulation in the thousands to stay alive even until then - although perhaps their demise hastened the downspiral of users?

I suppose that some users might only login at weekends though; we'll see the full picture then...
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Mikey_C on June 10, 2005, 03:01:51 PM: Well as it stands (including the 2 votes from Amiga.org) there are 200 Active Amiga users in the UK by the looks of it.
I expect a few more votes will be added, but I think it's not gonna go much further, say 220 tops

Wow Sad day indeed :-(
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: blobrana on June 10, 2005, 03:43:35 PM: Hum,
Yeah low figures indeed,
But not that low…
(I e there are loads more UK users here at A.org than the 2 votes would imply…)
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Vincent on June 10, 2005, 03:47:39 PM: Quote

blobrana wrote:
(I e there are loads more UK users here at A.org than the 2 votes would imply…)

I'll bet there's a good number of people here that have actually voted at AW themselves...
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: jj on June 10, 2005, 03:52:32 PM: I live in good old grandslam winning wales, but in all honesty my ppc equiped miggy has been in the loft for over a year, still browse on this site nearly every day, just waiting to see what happens
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Doobrey on June 10, 2005, 03:55:53 PM: Quote

Mikey_C wrote:
Well as it stands (including the 2 votes from Amiga.org) there are 200 Active Amiga users in the UK by the looks of it.

Better make that 200 active users that have read Amiga.org and Amigaworld.net in the last week AND could be bothered to vote.

BTW, seeing as I've got 4 Amigas, can I vote another 3 times ? :crazy:
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Mikey_C on June 10, 2005, 04:16:27 PM: @Vincent

Indeed, no arguments there. If however, anyone on here hasn't got an AW account and would like to tell everyone they exist, then, please look at the Map above, ensure where you are (borders are a bit funny) and post on this here thread.

I will add your vote to the map totals as I update it.

Thank you all :-)

Mikey C
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: antique on June 10, 2005, 04:34:23 PM: Hi! Do you know how many amiga users there are in Norway?
Classic and AmigaOne?

Antique
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: alx on June 10, 2005, 05:11:24 PM: Quote

antique wrote:
Hi! Do you know how many amiga users there are in Norway?
Classic and AmigaOne?

I've got the bare bones of a website rather similar to the Linux Counter (http://counter.li.org/) that would be useful for tracking Amiga users anywhere. Someone had volunteered to help with the scripting (very simple php) and had almost got everything working, but I cannot seem to get in contact with him any more. If you can code in PHP and want to have a look at getting it working, give me a (P)Email :-)

BTW welcome to A.org :-D
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: alx on June 11, 2005, 10:48:02 AM: :bump:

One final bump now, for anyone who only logs in at the weekend...
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Jabaruk1 on June 11, 2005, 01:04:05 PM: Humberside A1200 used daily but i seem to be alone now days :(
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Mikey_C on June 11, 2005, 01:41:55 PM: :laughing:

No you aren't there seems to be a few in your area. :-)

Have you voted? or would you like me to add you to the tally?

Unless I am wrong, I will add you to the Yorkshire/Humber region on the map, correct?
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Mikey_C on June 11, 2005, 03:55:02 PM: Wow, what a pity, good waste of a machine :-(
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Zero on June 11, 2005, 04:33:05 PM: ...South West here (Bristol).

Using A1200 Power Tower 32mb 030@40Mhz,68882@40Mhz, 1.2gb HD, OS3.9
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Robert17 on June 11, 2005, 06:41:33 PM: I'd like to take this chance to say, I exist :-)
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Mikey_C on June 12, 2005, 10:37:10 AM: @Robert17

Er Great, have you voted? if not where in the UK are you?

Ta

Mikey C
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: sir_inferno on June 12, 2005, 10:58:44 AM: N51:30:291,W0:1......errr...i mean London :-)
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Zero on June 12, 2005, 11:36:25 AM: Sorry, forgot to say add me to your poll :)
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Cyberus on July 19, 2005, 08:25:23 PM: I'm in SE England
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Robert17 on July 19, 2005, 09:05:02 PM: Norwich, Norfolk for me :-) Any others from this neck of the woods?
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: lopos on July 19, 2005, 10:31:04 PM: I live in the mountain of Wales :-D
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: mikey2001 on July 19, 2005, 10:32:45 PM: The rainy North West :-)
Title: Re: UK Amiga users
Post by: Hyperspeed on July 19, 2005, 10:34:46 PM: The Amiga.org QuickStats say:
Users 3689

Maybe Amiga.org should purge users who haven't logged in for 6 months but still, the end result will only show how many Amiga owners are online with their Amiga. Since Amiga browsers etc. are way behind IE/Firefox then surely it's not too surprising?

I bet a lot of people still use their Amigas as games consoles, business use, video production etc.

Maybe these offline people still go to Amiga shows and thus would still be part of the community, even reading the rare Amiga magazines in European newsagents and buying new hardware (but not going online).

There are 6 million Amigas in the world and on Sat 23rd July 2005 (Amiga's 20th birthday) I'm sure a lot more than 200 people in the UK will be still making use of a machine so versatile and powerful!

After all, people fight and scram to get Amiga stuff on eBay - and there's new people coming into things by playing with UAE and noticing AmigaOS4/AmigaOne stuff!

:-D