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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: ElPolloDiabl on November 13, 2010, 03:31:25 PM
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Simple poll which platform is better/cooler/feature rich and so on
:cool:
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Don your asbestos fire suits and be sure to refill your flamethrower tanks...
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You can´t get any cooler than the software of the 80´s. Everything today is just footnotes to a great legacy. Which however doesn´t mean I don´t enjoy reading the footnotes. There are certainly some better programs today, but back in the day DeluxePaint, Aegis Sonix and F18 Interceptor simply blew your mind.
BTW. some C64 stuff is pretty cool as well. Anyone remember "Final Cartridge III"?
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Pancakes
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You can´t get any cooler than the software of the 80´s. Everything today is just footnotes to a great legacy. Which however doesn´t mean I don´t enjoy reading the footnotes. There are certainly some better programs today, but back in the day DeluxePaint, Aegis Sonix and F18 Interceptor simply blew your mind.
BTW. some C64 stuff is pretty cool as well. Anyone remember "Final Cartridge III"?
I agree, nearly everything had wow factor and drew you in. But I will say I have been wowed recently too. e.g. The Sims No. 1, Medieval Total War, and Battlefield Vietnam (great theme poor gameplay).
You can't forget a few 90s classics like Myst for example.
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I voted AROS because it has the potential to be an upgrade to AmigaOS Classic on the original Classic Amiga hardware.
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I voted Aros even though classic is cooler because of the original Amiga hardware.
It is hard to choose.
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AROS for NatAmi. :)
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Hang on a minute while I don my fireproof gear.... :nervous:
Dare I say it, just in case It may cause offense or upset someone but I voted Classic Amiga OS for the simple reason being that I have thousands of pieces of Classic software, less than 100 PowerPC Amiga OS software, around 10 bits of Morphs OS stuff, absolutely zilch Aros software and UAE well I guess you could use most Classic stuff on that but I've never tried it... :)
(Retreating now to the safety of my nuclear bunker, fully stocked with a lifetimes supply of Vindaloo & some air fresheners... :biglaugh:)
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Classic AmigaOS, pre-2.0 with the blue/orange/white colour scheme.
(http://datapeak.net/images/Amiga_Workbench_1_3_large.png)
Mmmmm...
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I didn't vote, because I think AmigaOs isn't that cool any more. Classic Amigas need a new OS with a modern GUI, because AmigaOs is hopelessly behind the times.
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Classic Amigas need a new OS with a modern GUI, because AmigaOs is hopelessly behind the times.
Yes, that's why the first thing I do when I buy a new 65 Mustang is pop in an all new Ford Engine...
Then I gut the dashboard and replace it with all kual LCDs and computers!!
That's how I treat my classics!!
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OK, I don't...
Classic Amiga for me..
desiv
(And, yes, I know; It's NOT THE SAME.. ;-)
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Classic Workbench 3.1 FTW :laughing:
http://classicwb.abime.net/
(http://classicwb.abime.net/classicweb/fullfiles/image001.png)
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I think they are all cool but I also do not consider anything post 3.1 as Amiga, merely Amiga-compatible (Which is why i didn't vote in the other poll).
However, I voted here for MorphOS just to piss off anyone who doesn't like it.
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Classic Workbench 3.1 FTW :laughing:
http://classicwb.abime.net/
Incidentally, that appears to be Scalos, not Workbench ;)
You have to love that double-height-aspect topaz 8 font. Well, I know I do... http://www.amiga.org/gallery/images/810/1_retrotopaz.jpg (http://www.amiga.org/gallery/images/810/1_retrotopaz.jpg)
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Simple poll which platform is better/cooler/feature rich and so on
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Hmm tough one, I have run all the os's from 1.3 to 4.0 on just about every version of real amigaand draco hardware.. 3.9 is so slow and bloated,but using it mostly for convienience,os4 had some cool/good features and ran well on my csppc,but needing some older progs that i couldnt make run right was annoying at times.wb3.1 is crisp and fast but takes forever to setup right.. they all have good and bad. i can't really decide. OS4.1 for classics(whats this classic crap,my machines just say AMIGA-There is real amiga's and then everything else!! :) should be interesting.
mike
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OS4.1 for classics(whats this classic crap,my machines just say AMIGA-There is real amiga's and then everything else!! :) should be interesting.
mike
To me the Amiga was/is simply the Amiga, it's wasn't till I ventured into the big bad world of the internet earlier this year that I realised that the community had divided itself into different factions. First I noticed it was on Amigaworld.net where they deliberately split their site into this Classic & non Classic sections.
Having said that almost everywhere you look on the net the Amiga seems to have been split in this way to one degree or another, so I simply lumped myself in with the Classic Amiga crowd as I don't really use any of the other choices/options that it seems you have to choose between on the net.
Reckon myself it's all a bit of nonsense really, but it's seems thats the way it is and folk must like it that way if it's so widespread in the world of the internet... :)
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While AROS is my "NG amiga" platform, and what I use mostly these days, I actually voted for classic as the question asks, "which software is cooler" and mentions nothing of your preferred platform.
While for basic usage most of the "NG" platforms is covered, and there's some effective software for them, there's not a lot that stands out as "cool" to me yet, but rather functional. The software available to the amiga in it's heyday was as much a reason for my interest in it as anything else. Im a creative person and people invested time, money and energy into untapping the amiga's power, power that had seldom been seen before in home computing, so interesting software was created. OS4.x, MOS, and to a lesser degree AROS are still way behind the curve technology wise, and they're not generating the sort of interest that brings time and money to create interesting software that lends itself well to them, so we get mostly small tools or ports from the open source world. Good things, and appreciated, but seldom do these sorts of thing have the same charm/coolness about them.
Now as for why I chose AROS, originally price and availability, but after a while the journey, the highs and lows, become a part of it. Additionally, in the current computer world landscape it's the only one I see as having a genuine chance of surviving and/or prospering, plus you really do get used to the extra speed. Often I'll play a dvd as background noise while using 68k software that uses AGA. Or browse with multiple instances of OWB, each with multiple tabs while wookiechat is running while playing music and using lightwave (both random examples).... you know the sort of "normal" stuff people do on modern computers. Throw in the fact there's a lot of ocs/ecs software that I'd like to use regardless of platform and AROS is the only amiga system that allows me to continue with this uncompromised. Sure it's a little behind in some areas and lacks a few bits of software compared to MOS/OS4.x, but I'm willing to wait.
Technical perks/quirks aside though, the fact that I can completely and utterly customise it to my hearts content is a factor for me too. If there's something I dont like or something I consider missing I can simply change/fix it myself, or try to persuade someone into doing it for me if I dont have the skills :-)
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Incidentally, that appears to be Scalos, not Workbench ;)
You have to love that double-height-aspect topaz 8 font. Well, I know I do... http://www.amiga.org/gallery/images/810/1_retrotopaz.jpg
Once the Scalos window becomes full screen, you won't see it anymore :laughing:
It's by far the best for Classic Amiga's, has everything you need and you can customize it to your needs.
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I can't vote on this as I have only ever used classic Amiga OS's. It would be unfair of me to vote against an OS I haven't actually sat in front of and used. I have brought my marshmellows along though to heat up against the flame throwing :)