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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: TomJ on May 31, 2010, 05:12:46 AM
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I've kept my Amigas around because I bought all that software years ago and don't want to spend ridiculous prices to by new programs that do the same thing. I'm not curious about favorite games, but productivity, music or graphics software and the like!
Other than games what do you use your Amiga for and why? :)
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DirOpus 4 - just makes getting around the Amiga so much easier...
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CEd
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on my classics I still mess with: lightwave, Alladin 4d for messing around with 3d graphics, DOpus is still the best file manager, and of course OctaMED Sound Studio for sweeet tunes:)
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Opus Magellan II
OctaMED Sound Studio
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For me it is Scala InfoChannel 500. A really outstanding piece of software.
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Scala is most certainly on my list of things to learn how to use! :)
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DOpus 4 and ClickToFront - I'm dead in the water without them.
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IBrowse, SimpleMail and Roadshow (yes, my AmigaOne is my main computer)
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Scala MM400
Dopus 4
Smart play (i'm not good at making .mods, but i like listening to them)
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I love and still use aladdin 4d. Great for hobby !!!
Rednova
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- Protracker for music
- DirOpus for file management
- Xcopy for copying disks
- Dpaint for art work
I also played with Vista and Lightwave, but never got serious with that.
I also was a big fan of MagicWB and now ClassicWB, makes the whole 3.0/3.1 a lot better.
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Cubic IDE
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ImageFX - I've been using it since 1.6 or whatever was given away on one of those UK magazine coverdisks and still like it. Can't bother to learn Photoshop or Gimp for the few things I use it for. The latest 4.5 has all the features I need.
Bars&Pipes for midi. It's fast, simple and no latency. I'm used to it since ages.
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There are many of them...
- GCC
- Yam
- OWB
- DOpus 4
- Wookiechat
- Milkytracker, Hivelytracker
- Tunenet
- MPlayer
Varthall
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DOpus4.
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Directory Opus 4!
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Toni Wilen`s great Filemaster.
(http://www.classicamiga.com/images/stories/jreviews/software/F/filemaster3_1_7.png)
Then maybe DirOpus.
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DOpus Magellan II and FinalWriter 97. I'd be in heaven if both of these were available native in AmigaOS4.1
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Dpaint III
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CEd
I agree with Piru.
CygnusEd.
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from back in the day, I am ashamed to say Xcopy :)
Once I have a hard drive for my current machine, I'll get into protracker for sure. Tempted to get a cheap printer and use it for word processing as well
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Scala MM400, I make DVD's for a couple of local theatre groups.
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OctaMED Sound Studio
WHDload
always curious about Scala MM400, will some post a new thread "all about Scala MM400" ???
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Brilliance 2.0
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oh, I used to mess quite a bit with Dpaint IV back in the day as well. One of the few paint programs that seemed easy to use
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Nowadays,
-MIAMI
-IBROWSE
-SABREMSN
-WOCKYCHAT
-DISK MASTER
-WHDLOAD
-HIPPO PLAYER
-PROWRITE
-JPEGVIEWER
-SONGPLAYER
-METRO
-SCOUT
-YABBERWOCKY
-AUDIOMASTER III
-OTHERS
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I use the following programs almost every evening:
68K programs Final Writer 97 and AmigaAMP
PPC programs OWB 3.28, DvPlayer and NotePad
Final Writer 97 is a my full featured word processing program.
AmigaAMP is very simple to use and gets along well with my other programs.
DvPlayer to play video.
NotePad to keep my log and use as a general text editor.
Origin Web Browser v3.28 and NetSurf 2.5 work well for most of the websites I visit. These web browsers are progressing nicely. IBrowse and AWeb APL Lite (aka AWebPPC) were my main web browsers until OWB and NetSurf stepped up to the plate.
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redfox + OS4
--[edit]-- upgraded from OWB 3.27 to OWB 3.28 this evening (June 2). :D
--[edit]-- Latest version of TuneNet is quite nice (plays songs/music/internet radio). Still testing.
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my favorite program is Deluxe Paint III:afro:
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X-COPY, D-COPY, AMOS, and some variant of SEKA (Master ?).
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Workbench :)
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We could add what software we actually bought! :)
Most used:
VBCC and SASC (for it's debugger), WHDLoad, Amplifier and SongPlayer1.53 (for some eqing on treble / bass adjustment wich is available on others for PPC only)
Favorite:
ImageFX4.5, DPaintIV/V, WHDLoad. Brilliance. CubicIDE is very good even compared to other platforms but I'm too used to a standard editor and command line.
Software I bought:
IFX4.5, Cubic IDE, Wordwordth7.1 (sadly doesn't support 24bit pics), WHDLoad, AOS3.9(! :)), TZero (very good and enjoyable actually but got bored...), Myst.
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Distant Suns
Digital Universe
dOpus 4 (Ordering is cool, too)
iBrowse 2.4 (always liked it!)
Yam
Final Writer (and Final Copy)
Final Data
Professional Calc
Flight Simulator II
PPaint
PlayCD
Amplifier
Aminet Radio
many more
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Ced
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CEd
What is CEd?
Is it still available?
That's why I put this thread in I have been away from the Amiga seen for the most part since 1995 and I'm looking for programs I haven't heard of that might be useful.
oh and my programs:
Deluxe paint III
Pagestream
diskmaster2 (because i haven't gotten used to a better one yet)
Caligari2
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Anticlick, Flush, lha & unzip (LOL).
On a serious note:
Dopus4 (I hate Workbench replacements!)
Scala MM
Virtual floppy + TransADF
WHDLoad
Hippo Player
OctaMed Sound Studio
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What is CEd?
Cygnus Ed.
Is it still available?
No, but it is still copyrighted.
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Cygnus Ed.
No, but it is still copyrighted.
Vesalia has copies for sale:
http://www.vesalia.de/e_cygnused.htm
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Depending on the project, Ced or ImageFX or Pagestream...
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oh and how can I forget about WHDLoad, TuneNet, SimpleMail, OWB and especially glUAE!
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OctaMED... That held me with the Amiga, there still isn't any real comparable software on the Mac. I do own a copy of OctaMED (later named MED) on the PC, but that really just served as a transition to modern DAW music software.
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Directory Opus Magellan II.
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Hmmm well I purchased Digi-view for my A1000, used that a hell of a lot. Even got the recommended Panasonic black and white security camera and some non-yellow lightbulbs I remember (but then stuck everything in a room with lots of natural light and used it on days with lots of diffuse sunlight). Got an upgrade to Digi-View 4 as well.
Also bought Digi-Paint.
I can't think off the top of my head what else I purchased, I had Deluxe Paint 3 given to me free when I spent about 2000 bucks on my A2000 setup in late 1990.
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When i bought my Amiga 2000 in 1989 I bought Deluxe Paint with it. This was my first paint program and was the start of an interesting career.
Now that I have AmigaForever I have to figure out how to use DP with it, but that's for later. :)
Later, I used IFX, CED and iBrowse to write articles, create web pages and whatever. such an amazing system!
oh, yeah Magellan!
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Ignoring free software, the commercial/shareware stuff I use most is:
Microdot-II
Wordworth
Turbocalc (actually got this off an Aminet CD, which I got free for uploading something..)
MakeCD (which is free now, but I paid for it)
Honourable mention to Pagestream, Photogenics and SoundFX, which I don't use very much but are invaluable when I do.
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Toni Wilen`s great Filemaster.
(http://www.classicamiga.com/images/stories/jreviews/software/F/filemaster3_1_7.png)
Then maybe DirOpus.
Good one, forgot about this one, I should have it somewhere :)
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Mine recently have been AmiBlitz, DiskMaster, AmiCDFS, and Lemmings. Oh, and Civilization :D
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Brilliance2.0
DpaintV
SIDplay
Magic64
ArtDepPro
ImageFX
Scala
SID2 file manager >best in my opinion for standard screen sizes<
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I forgot Digital Sound Studio. With careful recording techniques, it was capable of great results.
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I don't own an Amiga anymore. The last program I used the most? Hmm, probably Frodo ;)
If not Frodo, PayBack. I love that game!
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easy easy easy!
Ami-Express!
Also Dir-Opus, LaDraw, WHDload...
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Vesalia has copies for sale:
http://www.vesalia.de/e_cygnused.htm
Or you can go to the source (http://www.apc-tcp.de/support/0030e.php).
Staf.
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FileMaster 2.2 is by far the most used piece of SW in my Amigas.
3.0 never became stable enough for my taste, so I'm sticking with the old version. :-)
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My favorite has got to be YAM. One of the few GUI based email clients on any platform that actually works properly. Then I really like Pagestream, and used to be a big fan of Photogenics.
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Greetings,
For me, it would be transadf. Without this, I would never be able to backup all of my floppies to ADF image and MakeCD for all the rest of the program.
Regards,
GiZz72
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When I had my A2000, most used were VLab, OpalPaint and Imagemaster r/t
Favorite on the A3000D was ScanTek, PhotoAlbum, LW4 and any 24bit image editor. For a while on the A3000D it was DiskSalv. Not my favorite, but seemed to be the most used. :(
VideoToaster/Flyer 4.x on the A4000D
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Scala MM400, I make DVD's for a couple of local theatre groups.
Interested about this. What are you using to capture and convert the MM400 output to DVD?
I'm running MM400 on WinUAE and am trying to figure out a reliable solution. A windows screen capture program (MS Expression for example) and WinUAE/Scala running together is too much for my AMD Turion X2 laptop to deal with.
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Have you tried playing with the processes' affinities and priorities? Splitting each of those heavy processes off to a different core might help.
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That would be DirOpus 4, I've used that for many years.
Others worth mentioning: Scalos 1.2d, Filemaster 3.0, JanoEditor, SnoopDOS, Scala, DPaint V, Imagine, ArtPro, WHDLoad, AMOS, Blitz Basic 2, HippoPlayer, Delitracker, Executive, YAM and lots more.
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Scala MM400, I make DVD's for a couple of local theatre groups.
Interesting!!
How do you get Scala's output into a dvd? do you just digitize the analogue output into mpeg2?
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Final Writer 97 (purchased)
TurboCalc (got for free from an Amiga magazine)
TransDOS
Deluxe Paint IV (purchased)
Scala (wanted it but never got it)
DOpus
Bought my A1200 for school work mostly--Bachelor level and later some Masters level. It was small for a small dorm room desk, was the best bang-for-the-buck at the time, was good at multitasking well, was snappy, and did what I needed. Also, it booted fast and no shutdown procedure was needed.
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Ok, let's see, in no particular order:
CygnusEd
Diskmaster 2
AmIRC
YAM
IBrowse 2.x (great usability, and great to see that MorphOS-OWB is so much influenced from IBrowse :)
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Interesting!!
How do you get Scala's output into a dvd? do you just digitize the analogue output into mpeg2?
I'd imagine about the same way would get VT/Flyer projects on to DVD.
Program out to video DVD recorder in. Unfortunately, not a digital transfer, but the results still look great. Have done this a few times with video projects.
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Hi,
I use on my Amiga A1200, and my A4000
1. Disk Master, never did like Directory dopus.
2. Pen Pal use it for all my data basing.
3. Final Writer
4. GVP IV24 programs for movie editing.
5. VIP professional. (Was great then and still is, if you know how to use macro's)
6. Scala
7. Black Editor
8. PPaint
9. Protracker