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Title: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Colin_Camper on November 01, 2010, 11:26:59 AM
Amiga.Com is back.

Bizarrely, it is exactly the same as before apart from the 'news' about CommodoreUSA abd the 'ecstatic' Barry Altman!

It's even still got the 'Fleecy World' flash graphic. I just thought of XeoNeos next title for AmigaAnywhere - 'Fleecy and the Psycho Taxi Driver'.

Bill McEwen is mentioned in the press release for CommodoreUSA - obviously the deal gave them enough money to cover $70 annual hosting fee.

Strangely, I find myself wishing CommodoreUSA and BillM luck in this venture. It would be supremely entertaining and hilarious if this venture was a wild success. The Commodedore Amiga x86 would be teh true Amiga and AWN/Amigans would be the imposters using a clone OS - nothing to do with teh real and genuine, true and authentic Amiga. Hell, I could even see myself buy a CommodeoreUSA machine myself - they are kinda cute! It would be cool if they sponsored an Amiga flavoured Haiku distrubution - now that would be cool.
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Zac67 on November 01, 2010, 11:48:37 AM
Can't say I actually missed them... :P
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: tone007 on November 01, 2010, 12:22:05 PM
(http://amiga.com/grafx/03-2007/mHomeGirl.gif)

She's still laughing!
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: haywirepc on November 01, 2010, 12:38:50 PM
2 idiots hoping to get rich from the commodore amiga corpse...
 
What a shame...
 
Steven
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: JimS on November 01, 2010, 12:44:57 PM
Well.... it is Halloween... the other traditional time for the dead to rise. ;-)
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Amiga_Nut on November 01, 2010, 12:58:51 PM
Careful, I'm not seeing much positivity in this thread ;)

edit: What the hell is Altman smoking. 270,000 actual comments/requests and 5 million page views on his site? LOL! As if, there probably isn't 270,000 people using Amigas/prepared to purchase them in the whole world including classic Amiga users/buyers.

What an absolute nob jockey this Chinese furniture seller come 'saviour of Amiga' is.
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: spihunter on November 01, 2010, 01:41:09 PM
not this again.jpg
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: persia on November 01, 2010, 02:58:01 PM
Oooo the family is back again!!!

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/5135637955_4d13d50562.jpg)

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1210/5135661465_2c71dee6ba_m.jpg)(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/5135661397_e4dab0d2c6_m.jpg)
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: jorkany on November 01, 2010, 03:07:33 PM
Quote from: persia;588482
Oooo the family is back again!!!

I always liked Gramps there in the background with nothing but his beige tower. "In my day we computed without monitors, and we LIKED it!"
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: pan1k on November 01, 2010, 03:11:40 PM
Quote from: jorkany;588483
I always liked Gramps there in the background with nothing but his beige tower. "In my day we computed without monitors, and we LIKED it!"


ROTFL!! That is so true.
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: spihunter on November 01, 2010, 04:01:20 PM
Is it just me or does nobody in that family even look related?. It doesn't even look any of the images where taken in the same room!. It's like someone took some scissors to an old Sears catalog and made a collage.....



Quote from: persia;588482
Oooo the family is back again!!!

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/5135637955_4d13d50562.jpg)

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1210/5135661465_2c71dee6ba_m.jpg)(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/5135661397_e4dab0d2c6_m.jpg)
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Colin_Camper on November 01, 2010, 04:02:32 PM
Quote from: jorkany;588483
I always liked Gramps there in the background with nothing but his beige tower. "In my day we computed without monitors, and we LIKED it!"


LOL :-)

I always thought Gramps was hiding in the background so noone would notice he was UUdecoding Jpegs of 'Glamorous Grans'.

Am I being totally warped in  observing that the girls and that yummy mummy are hot? !!
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Heiroglyph on November 01, 2010, 04:43:35 PM
Tension found the reason, it's up for sale so they needed to make some kind of a presence online.

http://www.reghardware.com/2010/11/01/amiga_brand_name_for_sale/
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: klx300r on November 01, 2010, 05:05:22 PM
Quote from: Heiroglyph;588499
Tension found the reason, it's up for sale so they needed to make some kind of a presence online.

http://www.reghardware.com/2010/11/01/amiga_brand_name_for_sale/

what else is new with AI:laughing:..scammers till the very end:madashell:
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: TheGoose on November 01, 2010, 05:10:14 PM
Oh no, they're all back at it again, sexting on the interwebs using Telent Force.



Quote from: persia;588482
Oooo the family is back again!!!

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/5135637955_4d13d50562.jpg)

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1210/5135661465_2c71dee6ba_m.jpg)(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/5135661397_e4dab0d2c6_m.jpg)
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Darrin on November 01, 2010, 05:44:39 PM
Quote from: tone007;588462
(http://amiga.com/grafx/03-2007/mHomeGirl.gif)

She's still laughing!


I think you find that it is due to her "vibrating love eggs*"

* Amiga edition done in a tasteful red and white checkerboard design.
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: tone007 on November 01, 2010, 05:46:18 PM
Only Amiga!
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Piru on November 01, 2010, 05:50:51 PM
Quote from: Colin_Camper;588456
Amiga.Com is back.

Bizarrely, it is exactly the same as before apart from the 'news' about CommodoreUSA abd the 'ecstatic' Barry Altman!

Another difference is that rather than sharing the access statistic to everyone, now they share full server access and error logs.

http://www.amiga.com/log/
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: spihunter on November 01, 2010, 05:55:45 PM
Grandpa!!! My snowman maker crashed my Telenet force!! Will you help me defrag my megahertz!

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1210/5135661465_2c71dee6ba_m.jpg)(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/5135661397_e4dab0d2c6_m.jpg)[/QUOTE]
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Tension on November 01, 2010, 06:14:26 PM
Here's a video explaining the situation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxfrWnLI-dc
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: TheGoose on November 01, 2010, 06:37:08 PM
HeHeHe. See, we missed them. They are so crazy hilarious. :lol:


Quote from: spihunter;588525
Grandpa!!! My snowman maker crashed my Telenet
force!! Will you help me defrag my megahertz!
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: cpfuture on November 01, 2010, 06:38:26 PM
Quote from: piru;588521
another difference is that rather than sharing the access statistic to everyone, now they share full server access and error logs.

http://www.amiga.com/log/


Lol :)

Too bad they're back though. I really thought they'd kicked the bucket this time, but no such luck it seems.
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Darrin on November 01, 2010, 06:40:20 PM
duplicate
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Darrin on November 01, 2010, 06:40:50 PM
Quote from: spihunter;588525
Grandpa!!! My snowman maker crashed my Telenet force!! Will you help me defrag my megahertz!

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1210/5135661465_2c71dee6ba_m.jpg)(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/5135661397_e4dab0d2c6_m.jpg)


To which Grandpa replies:

"Not now!  Can't you see I'm trying to get my A1200 mobo to fit into this ****ing Elbox tower and the instructions suck worse than your grandma on our wedding night!"
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: ElPolloDiabl on November 01, 2010, 07:00:28 PM
Quote from: Tension;588529
Here's a video explaining the situation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxfrWnLI-dc

You can't rickroll someone with that video unless you disguise it as something else.
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Karlos on November 01, 2010, 07:39:04 PM
Quote from: Piru;588521
Another difference is that rather than sharing the access statistic to everyone, now they share full server access and error logs.

http://www.amiga.com/log/


:roflmao:
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: tone007 on November 01, 2010, 07:44:08 PM
Quote from: Piru;588521
Another difference is that rather than sharing the access statistic to everyone, now they share full server access and error logs.

http://www.amiga.com/log/


That's so they can show prospective buyers how much activity the domain name sees!
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Vulture on November 01, 2010, 08:08:15 PM
lol!
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: takemehomegrandma on November 01, 2010, 08:16:01 PM
2011 will be The Year of Amiga!

Go, Go, Go! :)
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Franko on November 01, 2010, 08:19:42 PM
Quote from: takemehomegrandma;588562
2011 will be The Year of Amiga!

Go, Go, Go! :)


I hope so... :)

At least we might get a whole years worth of Amiga goodies,
Cos, remember the world ends in 2012... :roflmao:
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: haywirepc on November 01, 2010, 08:25:52 PM
Piru is my hero for finding that...
 
That is all.
 
Steven
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: redrumloa on November 01, 2010, 08:38:40 PM
Quote from: Piru;588521
Another difference is that rather than sharing the access statistic to everyone, now they share full server access and error logs.

http://www.amiga.com/log/


Forbidden

 You don't have permission to access /log/ on this server.


Aw shucks, I missed the fun:(
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Speelgoedmannetje on November 01, 2010, 08:50:34 PM
Quote from: spihunter;588489
Is it just me or does nobody in that family even look related?. It doesn't even look any of the images where taken in the same room!. It's like someone took some scissors to an old Sears catalog and made a collage.....
A very, VERY old Sears catalog that is, scanned with som very, VERY old scanner on a windows 3.11 pc. :lol:

-edit-
I have just geocitiesized (http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/index.php) it:
http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=1&music=2&url=www.amiga.com
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: haywirepc on November 01, 2010, 09:07:58 PM
I forgot...
 
So fake commodore is now saying they will fully support AROS? Didn't that bonehead trash it before and say they had no plans to support it?
 
Also, wouldn't it be cool if someone did just pay silly billy and then open source everything and release everything to public domain?

Steven
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Kesa on November 01, 2010, 09:18:36 PM
Quote from: Tension;588529
Here's a video explaining the situation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxfrWnLI-dc

What's up with that guy? Is he like completely f**king retarded?  :insane:

No seriously what's up with that video?
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: takemehomegrandma on November 01, 2010, 09:23:23 PM
Quote from: haywirepc;588576
I forgot...
 
So fake commodore is now saying they will fully support AROS? Didn't that bonehead trash it before and say they had no plans to support it?
 
Also, wouldn't it be cool if someone did just pay silly billy and then open source everything and release everything to public domain?

Steven


I have a little difficult to understand the hard feelings towards Commodore! Sure, he obviously let himself get provoked by the AW.net muppet show to such a degree that he made some comments that set some people off. But personally (being a guy who isn't really into this trade mark hysteria at all really) thinks the "Commodore Amiga" thing is the coolest thing that happened to the brand since Escom saved it from the bankruptsy! :)

Of course the Commodore Amiga's will run AROS eventually!

Go Commodore! Go Amiga!

:)
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: cecilia on November 01, 2010, 09:55:44 PM
that's very nice flash animation on the front page, actually
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: Heiroglyph on November 01, 2010, 09:56:53 PM
I'm not sure why people hate the guy either, maybe I missed something.

It's pretty much like the iMica other than the fact that clusteruk actively gives back to Aros. (which is pretty bad-ass if you ask me)

Commodore is just indifferent so far, neither good nor bad.
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: VingtTrois on November 01, 2010, 10:10:58 PM
Quote from: tone007;588462
(http://amiga.com/grafx/03-2007/mHomeGirl.gif)

She's still laughing!


She's using the futur CBM IPAD by COMMODORE USA (available in 2011) !?!?
Title: Re: Amiga.COM back as if it was never gone!
Post by: x303 on November 05, 2010, 08:58:23 PM
Quote from: haywirepc;588576
So fake commodore is now saying they will fully support AROS? Didn't that bonehead trash it before and say they had no plans to support it?
Fake commodore even claims they own the rights to the amiga name as they say: "Amiga® trademark used under exclusive worldwide license by Commodore USA, LLC for its line of AIO (All-In-One) keyboard computers, and is the trademark of Amiga Inc., registered in the United States and other countries."
I thought hyperion owned the rights. Or did Amiga inc lease them back ?