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Title: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Amiduffer on January 11, 2008, 09:15:25 AM
Take the quiz.

link (http://www.tetzl.de/quiz/quiz.cgi?L=en)
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: kd7ota on January 11, 2008, 09:27:26 AM
Got 15 right hehehe.

Surprised I knew some of Amiga history though im only 21  :-)
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: McVenco on January 11, 2008, 09:29:26 AM
Quick run: 23 out of 30. Damn questions about libraries, who wants to know that anyway?
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Krusher on January 11, 2008, 09:30:50 AM
64% correct, average Amiga knowledge.

I had to guess a few answers, especially about the libraries and functions :-?

Not too bad considering I haven't touched a real Amiga in years.
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: BinoX on January 11, 2008, 09:42:18 AM
You scored 29 points out of 30 possible.
That is 97 percent.

Advanced Amiga-User!

Wooo!

Only got the number of keys on a keyboard question wrong!
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: meega on January 11, 2008, 10:14:53 AM
Which keyboard was it that was asked about?
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: _ThEcRoW on January 11, 2008, 10:23:07 AM
22 out of 30! 74%
Average amiga Knowledge!
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: benJamin on January 11, 2008, 10:34:30 AM
22.

Some very silly mistakes.

Learned some stuff.

 :-D


"I wish my lawn was Emo, so it would cut itself."
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Oli_hd on January 11, 2008, 10:42:00 AM
You scored 22 points out of 30 possible.
That is 74 percent.
Average Amiga knowledge !

The dates got me. :(
I thought it was 95 for the bankrupcy and that Amiga Inc was the name after Commodore was asset stripped. Mehh
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: chiark on January 11, 2008, 10:43:52 AM
Excellent :)

One thing...

Q29: How many general purpose (data/address) registers has a Motorola 680x0 processor?

I'll not give the answer away, but on the other hand I'd argue that at least one is not general purpose (it's always the stack pointer) that they're split between data and address not general purpose.  Nothing stops you using an address register for data, on the other hand you can't use indirecet addressing on an address stored in a data register ;)

Really enjoyed that quiz!  I think you could do a monthly one :D
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: tokyoracer on January 11, 2008, 11:59:48 AM
I got 15 / 15 too. Some were guesses but I am 18 so I don't think it's to bad.
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Zac67 on January 11, 2008, 12:03:58 PM
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16) In which country was the A2000 hardware developed?
possible answers
   USA
   Germany
   Phillipines
   Bahamas

is rather arbitrary: the very first A2000 (A1000 based) was developed in Germany, but was very quickly replaced with the West Chester design (A500 based). There is no 'the' A2000 hardware, because there are two different versions. "In which country was the first A2000 hardware developed" would be more appropriate.


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10) How many keys are on a standard Amiga keyboard?
possible answers
   96
   98
   104
   110


The English versions only have 94 keys.


Nonetheless, a very nice quiz.  :-D
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: orange on January 11, 2008, 12:05:07 PM
er.. only 20 points..  :shrug:
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: monami on January 11, 2008, 12:56:01 PM
15/15. some complete gueses...
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: nikodr on January 11, 2008, 01:20:20 PM
23 out of 30.I got 77%.Not bad at all!:)
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Andeda on January 11, 2008, 01:22:10 PM
21/30 = 70%

well i got something right  :-)
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: tokyoracer on January 11, 2008, 01:22:19 PM
I did think some of the questions were a bit much but that could just be nooby me. :roll:
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Akiko on January 11, 2008, 01:39:50 PM

How dare it call me a cheat!  :lol:

23  :-)
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Oli_hd on January 11, 2008, 02:15:50 PM
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is rather arbitrary: the very first A2000 (A1000 based) was developed in Germany, but was very quickly replaced with the West Chester design (A500 based). There is no 'the' A2000 hardware, because there are two different versions. "In which country was the firstA2000 hardware developed" would be more appropriate.


Commodore always called the American A2000's B2000's I think, if you look at the techincal docs showing the pinout of the CPU slot its always A2000/B2000.
That said, the front cover always showed the A2000 text...
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Agafaster on January 11, 2008, 02:25:12 PM
I got 18/30 first pass !
not bad, but some of 'em I did kick myself for getting wrong.
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Ral-Clan on January 11, 2008, 02:31:56 PM
Got 20 out of 30 right.  67%.  All the library and "exec" questions, etc. etc. I had to guess at.

I agree that the A2000 development question should be re-worded to "first prototype" to reflect the two teams developing it in Germany and the USA.
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: darkcoder on January 11, 2008, 02:50:33 PM
I scored 25 points out of 30 possible.

That is 84 percent.

Advanced Amiga-User!

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I was wrong on the first one (the "public" word made me think it was 86), and the number of keys in the keyboard (I was honest, I had a keyboard next to me... :)

Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: AeroMan on January 11, 2008, 03:26:08 PM
25 also!

I´ve missed the keyboard and I was sure exec was mad by RJ Mical...
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: yorgle on January 11, 2008, 03:41:19 PM
You scored 22 points out of 30 possible.

That is 74 percent.

Average Amiga knowledge !


Although, I thought that it was possible to get an effective 12 bit audio output using the volume control as well as the audio data through Denise?  I believe one of the later versions of ProTracker did this...  or does it use extra hardware outside of the Denise proper?
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: darkcoder on January 11, 2008, 04:00:51 PM
AFAIR, they get a "14-bit" audio output through Paula (not Denise!). I am not sure whether this trick qualifies as a real 14-bit or if it has some limitations...anyway, there was no 14 bit option in the quiz! ;-)
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: amigadave on January 11, 2008, 04:22:54 PM
Only 24/30 80% Average Amiga intelligence.
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: tekopaa on January 11, 2008, 04:25:56 PM
10P i am beginner thats true :)

make samekind question from C64 :) i am sure i will be better in that

 :lol:
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: mpiva on January 11, 2008, 04:38:56 PM
21/30 = 70%

Not bad (the library questions really killed me), but the first question's a trick question IMHO.  I answered 1984 (Jan 1984 @ CES), when the Amiga was first presented.  Didn't realize until after that the question had "Amiga 1000" in it.    :evil:
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Dragster on January 11, 2008, 05:07:27 PM
You scored 25 points out of 30 possible.
That is 84 percent.

Advanced Amiga-User!

hehe... not too bad :-)

Cheerz
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Amigaz on January 11, 2008, 05:33:47 PM
17/30

Did some wild guesses on the geeky software questions...not my bag anyway
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: bloodline on January 11, 2008, 05:35:11 PM
I got three wrong:

The Month of commodore's bankruptcy
Only Amiga Makes is possible (though, I'm pretty sure the answer is wrong)
How many keys on the keyboard...
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: rkauer on January 11, 2008, 08:11:41 PM
 Got 2 wrongs: related to address/libraries.

 28 points in the first passage. Not bad at all.

Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: DoogUK on January 11, 2008, 08:34:20 PM
You scored 25 points out of 30 possible.
That is 84 percent.

Advanced Amiga-User!


guessed all the library ones...havent a clue about them.
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Zac67 on January 11, 2008, 08:41:31 PM
@yorgle & darkcoder

The 14 bit audio trick in Paula works by combining the two voices of a channel - one is set to maximum volume and one to minimum. You play the data's high 8 bit on the loud voice and the low 6 bit as the lower 6 bit of the quiet voice. Combined this pretty much gives - 14 bit.
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Krusher on January 11, 2008, 08:44:00 PM
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Zac67 wrote:
@yorgle & darkcoder

The 14 bit audio trick in Paula works by combining the two voices of a channel - one is set to maximum volume and one to minimum. You play the data's high 8 bit on the loud voice and the low 6 bit as the lower 6 bit of the quiet voice. Combined this pretty much gives - 14 bit.


 :-o Finally an answer I understand, I was wondering about this for years  :crazy:

Thanks!
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: rare_j on January 11, 2008, 10:28:43 PM
Nice quiz!

21... :-)

This question:
On which address is the Amiga exec.library pointer located  
I thought was a bit hard!
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Brian on January 11, 2008, 11:16:56 PM
22/30... speeded through this fun test in about a minute, learned a few things. Still I find some of the questions quite irrellevant for judging ones genuine Amiga knowledge.

I must say, comparing to my Amiga surroundings, I hardly see myself as an "Average" Amiga user. :-D
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: HopperJF on January 12, 2008, 12:34:41 AM
60% - Average Amiga User

18/30

I was doing well until all the techie stuff hehe
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: taunusand on January 12, 2008, 12:42:19 AM
You scored 27 points out of 30 possible.

That is 90 percent.

Advanced Amiga-User!


Some of them were luck!! I've been very lucky during this test  :-D

Nice work!! More of theese, thanks :-)
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: alexh on January 12, 2008, 01:03:29 AM
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bloodline wrote:
Only Amiga Makes is possible (though, I'm pretty sure the answer is wrong)

It has to be. The "correct" answer makes no sense in english.
Title: Re: Think you know your Amiga?
Post by: Merc on January 12, 2008, 01:24:24 AM
You scored 26 points out of 30 possible.

That is 87 percent.

Advanced Amiga-User!

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Cool quiz, some good questions in there!