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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: runequester on June 18, 2010, 08:18:46 PM
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The thread about who is using classic amigas still got me thinking about what I actually use my computers for.
So.. what do you currently do on your computer ?
Which of these things are essential and which are bonus ? (i,e, you could go without them if need be)
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Do you mean generally or on our classic machines?
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I use my A1200 with Blizzard '030 for assembly language programming and sometimes games (recently registered WHDLoad :)). I also play music on it in WAV format for the novelty factor. It's a pity AmigaOs 3.0 is so far behind the times and I sometimes think of writing something much better (and don't say AmigaOs 3.9, because that's just as far behind the times :lol:).
A new OS and things like good web browsers which don't need GFX cards and ten million tera herz CPUs to be fast, would surely be welcome (I'd do it all if it wasn't so much damned work :lol:)
Old machines like classic Amigas with 68K+AGA could do a lot more with up to date, well written OS and other software (yes, that means ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE, deal with it ;)). Pity no one seems to want to do it :(
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I meant both actually :)
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I meant both actually :)
Well, my classic machines are mostly used for hobby coding and making music.
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So.. what do you currently do on your computer ?
Largely as a gateway to chat about things on these forums, and otherwise largely to learn and work on hardware projects. I'm interested in FPGAs, Verilog, driver programming, updating uboot, playing with PCI and PCI-Express busses, learning and then doing PCB design and layout, and computer system design.
I haven't done much else for some time. I haven't had an Amiga plugged in for a while, the wife really wants us to get around to sorting through our combined clutter room, and get an office of sorts set up and I'll be able to use Amigas again then. I haven't played a game in ages. I own all the Hyperion games, Wipeout, etc. but have never really played them. Still never even seen Shogo in any context beyond the cardboard box. I really hope to change that someday.
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I use my Power Mac G4 for web browsing, e-mail, some light gaming (Fable, Battlefront) (and a candidate for MOS 2.6 hopefully0
My iBook for music and public web browsing in cafes and such
My Powerbook for light gaming, web and music
My A3000, nothing atm, its in NY getting fixed. When I get it back, probably for fun, coding and light web browsing
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Well, the pc is primarily a 'media gateway'. It's a web browser for collecting and managing old radio programs, music, graphics or whatever. A source of news and communications for places like this and other interests. It's also a warehouse for personal data... like scanned bills & such or logs that the doc wants me to keep. So it's more of an appliance than a hobby like it was back the prime of the Amiga & before.
I'd like to do learn some FPGA coding sometime... and do a little bit of VB stuff. But VB is a lot more convoluted than I'd like... and I'd prefer not to go to the bare metal like C. ;-)
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I use most of my computers to tinker with software toys. I use my PC to play Fallout 3 and work from home, although not usually at the same time. I don't really do anything useful or creative with them these days, but I'm most productive during the late summer and fall months, so we'll see.
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The thread about who is using classic amigas still got me thinking about what I actually use my computers for.
So.. what do you currently do on your computer ?
Which of these things are essential and which are bonus ? (i,e, you could go without them if need be)
I assume you are talking about Commodore Amiga's? I have an A1200 rig which I mainly use to access some old stuff I have on various old media. That's pretty much it, I'm afraid. MorphOS took over a long time ago for me. And when it comes to MorphOS, I have several capable systems. 1x Pegasos1 April2, 1x Pegasos2 G3, 1x Pegasos2 G4, 1 Efika, 1 Mac Mini G4 1.5GHz/64MB VRAM, of which only the Peg2 G4 has a registered MorphOS key file, but the Mac Mini will follow within days. All that is purely for hobby, however.
Other than that I recently put together a new PC based on an Intel Core i7 (quad core) and Windows 7. That's the system I use professionally. Can't live without the applications and performance.
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I use a MacBook for web browsing, photo management, some games, (learning and doing) web coding, playing with different operating systems (Virtual Box is great), web publishing and shopping!
Amigas packed up due to lack of space. :(
Robert
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I use my PC to play Fallout 3
Oh man, that is a good game! I don't know how much time I have spent playing that (and the addons). "I've seen it all!" On PS3 though. ;)
I'm a sucker for the Bethesda engine used in Fallout 3 and Oblivion IV (which I obviously also played a lot). I know many people have negative opinions about it, but I like it a lot. :)
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for spending to much money and ebay & amazon... :/
Tom UK
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Internet
Torrents
watch movies/listen to music (it's an A/V hub for projector + 12ft screen)
emulators
email
web page design
pixel art
photo archive/manipulation
print stuff
burn coaste....I mean discs
Once a decade transcode AVI to VOBs
I think that's it really. The only thing I don't do is play games (ie modern PC games) as I have just about any console you can think of and a stack of games for it from 1978 onwards :)
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@takemehomegrandma
I'm really looking forwared to Fallout New Vegas, even if the graphics won't change substantially.
Bethesda's engines aren't always optimal, but when they're first released, they usually do novel things that eventually become standard. Can't wait to see what they come up with for the next Elder Scrolls game, assuming they're working on one.
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@takemehomegrandma
I'm really looking forwared to Fallout New Vegas, even if the graphics won't change substantially.
Have you tried the recent HD pack for it?
I applied the large address aware mod (allows fallout3 to use up to 3GB), tweaked the ini files for larger cacheing and longer draw distances. Currently using the older HD pack which only changes a few textures but overall it looks superb :)
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I use my computer for:
1. Surfing.
2. Downloading stuff.
3. Sometimes, like today, changing dead PSU (Yeah, sticking your arms and head in your computer once in awhile is certainly not uninteresting).
4. When there is time and energy, playing with kernel mode code.
5. Periodically playing artist in 2D, 3D, 10D, 11D, 26D....
7. Curse Flash, h.264 (see 3), and the holes in my socks. Ok, not the latter.
8. And finally using it to acquire expertise in HW for next PC (laptop, media PC) which never happens...
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9. Blame it for missed classic movies on TV. (Batman 2 is on, and the penguin is pissed)
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Have you tried the recent HD pack for it?
I applied the large address aware mod (allows fallout3 to use up to 3GB), tweaked the ini files for larger cacheing and longer draw distances. Currently using the older HD pack which only changes a few textures but overall it looks superb
I don't have any third party mods installed, and I don't see any references to that stuff at Bethesda. Where do I get them? I'm also running Fallout 3 on 64-bit Windows, so the process has (theoretically) a full 4 GB address space to play with.
EDIT: Some of the "HD" textures look nice; others just look like "more," i.e. an original texture of rocks quadrupled to create a higher resolution texture of the same rocks.
I'm running on a GeForce 8800 GTS 512, and it's definitely the bottleneck in my system. Not sure how much more I can squeeze out at 1920x1200.
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Well I work all day on a computer with Autocad so when I'm home and not tinkering on the Amigas I manage the website, sample music, muck around with Photoshop, play on the PS3 and Elite. I also play with my eight level 80s in World of Warcraft. Currently levelling my ninth who is a Warlock Level 72 currently in Shadowmoon Valley. Cata comes out November so having fun in the old kingdoms before the big change. I am always on a computer to be honest and do very little else. has been the case since I bought my first ZX80. I sit here surrounded by large flat screens, consoles and a whole mass of machines and can watch YouTube, play Call of Duty, mail on the Miggy, and Level in Northrend without getting out of the chair... Nothing really changes.
And when I'm not here I'm in the Workshop with all my Amigas mending stuff. Or in my actual Amiga room with my bestest Amiga and tower chatting to folk and interacting on the many groups I am involved in. Plus playing Sensi, Settlers and doing the odd bit of programing.
The house is dedicated to computers so I am pretty much totally free to do what I want computer wise. Great fun all the time.
scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com