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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Wayne on January 09, 2017, 03:37:40 PM
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Hi guys,
A long-time friend from the site reminded me that it's now been several years since I sold Amiga.org to BillP, and subsequently having seen it go to Trevor.
I'm just curious as to how everyone's doing these days? Looks like a LOT less drama and in-fighting, which is what kinda wore me down when I was here.
You guys still enjoying the Amiga?
Wayne
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You guys still enjoying the Amiga?
I'm mostly lurking not doing much Amiga/AROS related stuff anymore.
Just enjoying the occasional drama and maybe stirring the pot a little when things gets too boring ...
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Enjoy my classic amiga (when it's running) all the time. I use it for productivity and entertainment.
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I'm surprised that -- after 3 or so days -- I only got two responses. Glad to get them, but it's rather telling.
As for me, I probably haven't physically laid eyes on an Amiga in what... a decade now (when was the last, good Amiga show?)... I've tried the emulators a few times, but just can't figure out a single thing that I actually want to do with them.
It's kind of like loading Parallels on my Mac to run PC software. Useless if you don't need to run any Windows software..
Since selling AO to BillP all those years ago (time flies), computers in general, and indeed, even my Web sites have taken a real back seat to everything else. Moving from Alabama to Virginia and then to the D.C. area has provided somewhat of a culture shock and I just really don't have the time to focus on computers as I did when I was 20 and working as a low-end support geek.
That being said, to those of you who have been around long enough to remember me, I wish you well. To those of you "youngsters" who've arrived since I left, let me say "welcome"...
Last I heard, you guys were planning to update the site to something else. Maybe Trevor will actually do something with Amiga.org some day, before it's too late to transition to anything newer...
I guess I could always offer him a couple hundred bucks for the site to see if I could revamp it.. :)
Wayne
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Make that 3 ;)
Maybe you didn't get replies because you didn't post on the home page?
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http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71837&highlight=wayne
You know he is taking this personally right? C'mon guys...
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Hi guys,
A long-time friend from the site reminded me that it's now been several years since I sold Amiga.org to BillP, and subsequently having seen it go to Trevor.
I'm just curious as to how everyone's doing these days? Looks like a LOT less drama and in-fighting, which is what kinda wore me down when I was here.
You guys still enjoying the Amiga?
Wayne
Ey up Wayne. Glad you're still alive and kicking. I stick my head in here about once a year if I'm lucky to see what folk are up to. Haven't touched an Amiga in about 12 years now :(
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No he's not. Really.. {sniffle}
(hahaha)
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@ Wayne
ah checking in again so i guess you miss this place eh;) next time if it's not on the homepage it didn't happen
and, as you can see, here it's always Amiga all the time:hammer:
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Ah. When I was around, the forum I posted in WAS on the home page... :)
Looks like someone broke it :)
Wayne
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I didn't get any reply on my previous post, and just one view.
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...I guess I'm still holding a grudge from April fools 2004, where Wayne jokingly claimed to have sold Amiga.org to a mexican lesbian porn site or something (and I believed it)
Damn you Wayne!
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...I guess I'm still holding a grudge from April fools 2004, where Wayne jokingly claimed to have sold Amiga.org to a mexican lesbian porn site or something (and I believed it)
Damn you Wayne!
Lol, I remember that. Funny stuff, I was waiting for the punchline. Wayne likes to pull some legs.
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...I guess I'm still holding a grudge from April fools 2004, where Wayne jokingly claimed to have sold Amiga.org to a mexican lesbian porn site or something (and I believed it)
Damn you Wayne!
ROFL... You have a better memory than I do, but hey, I could have made some serious bank.. :)
Wayne
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ROFL... You have a better memory than I do, but hey, I could have made some serious bank.. :)
Wayne
you're a good man! but a mexican lesbian site would've sure been 'interesting':rofl:
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I still lurk, but interesting threads are far and few between. Coffeehouse seems clinically dead.
Yes a lot less drama, but traffic has dropped by as much in my eyes.
Also only saw this thread because of Kesa's thread which does show up on the main page.
Sold all my miggy stuff when I moved country a few years back.
O/T eyup TPG! Good to see you still alive.
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I'm surprised that -- after 3 or so days -- I only got two responses. Glad to get them, but it's rather telling.
As for me, I probably haven't physically laid eyes on an Amiga in what... a decade now (when was the last, good Amiga show?)... I've tried the emulators a few times, but just can't figure out a single thing that I actually want to do with them.
It's kind of like loading Parallels on my Mac to run PC software. Useless if you don't need to run any Windows software..
Since selling AO to BillP all those years ago (time flies), computers in general, and indeed, even my Web sites have taken a real back seat to everything else. Moving from Alabama to Virginia and then to the D.C. area has provided somewhat of a culture shock and I just really don't have the time to focus on computers as I did when I was 20 and working as a low-end support geek.
That being said, to those of you who have been around long enough to remember me, I wish you well. To those of you "youngsters" who've arrived since I left, let me say "welcome"...
Last I heard, you guys were planning to update the site to something else. Maybe Trevor will actually do something with Amiga.org some day, before it's too late to transition to anything newer...
I guess I could always offer him a couple hundred bucks for the site to see if I could revamp it.. :)
Wayne
so much less fighting cause so much less traffic. Hardly any of the old school seem to post anymore. Just lurk like me.
I must be honest spend more time at EAB these days as so much more active.
But good to hear from you dude. I can never leave this site. Been here for getting on for two decades now its a home from home.
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Hey Wayne! Good to see you are still around, real life has absorbed any Amiga time I once had. But as you can see from my signature, I still produce some Amiga related software :)
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Hi 'ya Wayne, glad you're still around! Still here too and still boot and play around with my Amigas relatively often. 2-3 systems up and running at any given time and have been supporting some of Jens' products as of late. Only passively keep one eye out here anymore as there's no longer a lot of buying/selling/trading going on. And *still* not into emulation or the 4.x systems. Legacy or bust for me! :)
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Thanks for the replies guys. Good to see some names I remember...
I don't miss the drama but I do miss the good old days and having a hobby to really sink myself into back before the Web really took off. These days there aren't any niches left (or really, good domains) to fill. Every little hobby, niche, or kink has a dozen sites dedicated to it, and I'm too old to fight for an audience, even if I had a great idea and was totally into whatever that might be...
In retrospect speaking of domain names, I have to wonder if Amiga.org would have survived as long as it has -- as diminished as it currently is -- if we hadn't been able to secure the Amiga.org domain name itself.
It saddens me that the following owners have literally done nothing with it except let it die in almost a decade now.. :(
Peace, Love, and Lollipops...
Wayne
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Hey! Whaddya know? I can still move threads! (We're now on the home page)
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oh boy now 2 threads on how much you miss us and this place ;) http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71853
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I still use the site every day. Not posting a lot. But been following the site since the 90s.
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I keep an eye on a couple Amiga boards in case any new developments develop.
I also use WinUAE to play some classic games from time to time. I most like the 2 simultaneous player games like Pang, Bubble Bobble, Ikari Warriors etc, that i can play with my sons.
Whenever WHDLoad installs for a new game come out i'll play that game for a while. But most of the new WHDLoad installs are for Demos. Been along time since i've run any demos, and even when i did i rarely ever watched one more then once.
I want to get an A.L.I.C.E. if it ever sees the light of day.
http://a-eon.biz/PDF/News_Release_ALICE.pdf
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Hi guys,
You guys still enjoying the Amiga?
Wayne
Short answer: YES!
I've still got the Deluxe Paint bug and particularly like exploring 256 colour animation and the ability to produce something to sync with music either with Scala or more likely iMovie on the Mac. The program is quite simply FUN, FUN, FUN! Even when I'm trying to overcome the technical limitations it is actually a fun challenging project rather than an infuriating frustrating pain in the bottom like with most PC and Mac programs. I tolerate Photoshop and respect its power and I'd go as far as to say that I like both iMovie and iDVD from Apple but I simply love Deluxe Paint V and my classic Amiga :)
Thanks for your involvement in this site in the past. Do you miss classic Amiga hardware?
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I dont post as much these days but read almost every day. I feel the forum have shifted slightly towards what aw.net was back then with less classic stuff and more os4 related stuff.
I liked it better then
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you're a good man! but a mexican lesbian site would've sure been 'interesting':rofl:
Spanish, not "mexican". I wouldn't want to exclude anyone of Latina heritage... :)
Wayne
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oh boy now 2 threads on how much you miss us and this place ;) http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71853
I wouldn't wanna be considered conceited or anything, so... Presto. Now there's just one thread... :)
(Am I the only one doing anything remotely adminny around here?)
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I wouldn't wanna be considered conceited or anything, so... Presto. Now there's just one thread... :)
(Am I the only one doing anything remotely adminny around here?)
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site admins if they exist do literally %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! all. not even a %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!ing xmas theme.
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Doing fine, thanks for asking.
Looking forward to see Amiga.org and Amigaworld.net merged.
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Hey Wayne!
I'm still around and check in here daily :) Not posting to much probably due to less new threads and active users in combination with less and less spare time ony part ^^
My Amiga fire is burning as always tho, I have a Amigas set up ready to start when needed but mostly use my A1200 and CD32 atm, the A1200 is used almost daily :)
I do some repairs and recaps of C64's and Amigas etc for friends and local groups also which I find quite relaxing when I have the spare time :)
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Hi guys,
A long-time friend from the site reminded me that it's now been several years since I sold Amiga.org to BillP, and subsequently having seen it go to Trevor.
I'm just curious as to how everyone's doing these days? Looks like a LOT less drama and in-fighting, which is what kinda wore me down when I was here.
You guys still enjoying the Amiga?
Wayne
Hey Wayne! Good to see you man.
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Hey Wayne!
I'm still around and check in here daily :) Not posting to much probably due to less new threads and active users in combination with less and less spare time ony part ^^
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THere are far too many lurkers here. People need to post to revive the website the community is dwindling as it is, or mostly moved to social networking. (which i refuse to take part in)
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Agree Magnetic! I am glad I stepped up and got back fully involved again. I will admit, a lot of change for the good has come about lately. I hope it keeps up.
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I wouldn't wanna be considered conceited or anything, so... Presto. Now there's just one thread... :)
(Am I the only one doing anything remotely adminny around here?)
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OMG, you've brought all of the oldies out of the woodwork. Bloodline, Kesa, Som99....That's pulling power! Me, I like the fire of the old days. Passion. Anyhow we're all getting old Wayne. But some of us still have some passion. Except Kesa of course ;) No passion there.
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Doing fine, thanks for asking.
Looking forward to see Amiga.org and Amigaworld.net merged.
That's a real thing?
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That's a real thing?
It would only be natural due to the same owner, right?
They could start with shutting down Amigaworld and forward amigaworld.net to Amiga.org. Not because amiga.org is a better site than amigaworld.net, but because amiga.org is a shorter and easier url/web address.
It's mostly the same discussions on both sites anyway, almost like twin sites. EAB is something completely different.
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OMG, you've brought all of the oldies out of the woodwork. Bloodline, Kesa, Som99....That's pulling power! Me, I like the fire of the old days. Passion. Anyhow we're all getting old Wayne. But some of us still have some passion. Except Kesa of course ;) No passion there.
Thanks Gertsy! I appreciate the input!
You am I
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Hi Wayne. Good to hear from you again. I mostly lurk- but always have anyhow. :)
'Still having fun playing with Amigas when time allows. There still is a nice group of us up here in upstate NY that get together.. recently more often than ever before and bringing in new members too... which is great. Amigans are still alive and kicking in 2017 that is for sure.
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It would only be natural due to the same owner, right?...
...It's mostly the same discussions on both sites anyway, almost like twin sites. EAB is something completely different.
Yeah, it's not so clear what the difference is these days. Amiga.org was always more Classic Amiga focused but the two have kind of merged as news is harder to come by a decade or so on.
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Cranking away with mine. In the middle of upgrading many of them (again). Currently tinkering with 4 A1200s, two in Towers, and an A4000D. I really spend way too much on these machines but I feel like I owe them. My very successful career as a software engineer is very much owed to these machines.
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How do Wayne!?
Long time...
I think the word moribund is a good description of this place these days. Not like the heyday of 15 years ago sadly.
Hope you are keeping well.
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...I think the word moribund is a good description of this place these days. Not like the heyday of 15 years ago sadly....
hmm I only remember wars on all fronts back then which caused quite a few amiga users to flee (me included) and much prefer these 'more peaceful' times with cool new hardware/ developments happening on all camps :hammer:
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I wouldn't wanna be considered conceited or anything, so... Presto. Now there's just one thread... :)
(Am I the only one doing anything remotely adminny around here?)
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Thanks Gertsy! I appreciate the input!
You am I
And I am U.
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Lurkers from the ancient past...
How's it going Wayne? I stop by every once in a while to see how things are going.
It is good to see Amiga.org is still here.
I play Amiga games every once in a while, and check in on Aros/Icaros.
It is really good to see less fighting, and new members.
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I lurk every day or three. maybe a week tops.
I fired up the 500 the otherweek and enough of you guys were around to see me right with the problems I was having. as per usual pretty much of my own making...
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Sorry guys, been off for holiday the last few days, will continue until next week. Will lurk but posting is problematic..
GREAT to see so many old names pop up. Sincerely hoping all is well with everyone.
Wayne
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OMG, you've brought all of the oldies out of the woodwork. Bloodline, Kesa, Som99....That's pulling power! Me, I like the fire of the old days. Passion. Anyhow we're all getting old Wayne. But some of us still have some passion. Except Kesa of course ;) No passion there.
Well considering Wayne is the Father and Mother of the site no surprise..
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You guys still enjoying the Amiga?
Wayne
Yes sir, I am. It is like I got thrown off the Amiga train a quarter century ago, and have just regained consciousness within the past month, to the extent of using the interweb for checking up the Amiga scene today and getting things working again with my collection.
Call me Rip Van Pat. Cobwebs over the old drive collection, grey hairs and far less of them now, the works. There's some Classic software in there that should be pretty cool, even today. Maybe useful, even.
Hopefully I will at least be contributing a couple HD caddy 3D models to help keep Classics working properly. That's a big part of where I've been really, additive manufacturing.
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You guys still enjoying the Amiga?
Always. Sometimes I don't turn on my A1200 on for weeks, sometimes it's on every day.
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Apart from the games in EABs leagues I dont use amiga ever now :( Just no time
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Apart from the games in EABs leagues I dont use amiga ever now :( Just no time
Your loss mate. I hope you have a fulfilling career. At home, doing modern mundane computing tasks like syncing a smart phone to a modern Mac laptop to send photos from the hard drive via Whatsapp is easy and satisfying it's more like operating a photocopier than being creative. Same with Photoshop/Premiere it's all tweaking and airbrushing photos or video these days! You learn the skills but you might as well be learning MS Excel such is the disconnect between user and machine. It's JUST a tool now.
Sprites, bobs, brushes and parallax scrolling. This is what was FUN in computing in he 80s and 90s and it's been replaced by professionals with fancy Photoshop filters and Maya skills in 3D. Who the hell can afford Maya? Deluxe Paint came with Amiga bundles and Lightwave was attainable if you really wanted it. I really hope the BBC Micro:Bit gets kids into coding because heaven forbid they all just become Photoshop monkeys. Someone on my course is writing a mobile game in his own time, fair play to him. At least this keeps the Amiga creative spirit alive but what are the chances he can get it noticed in the vast sea that is the Google Play store or Apple App store? Amiga Format was great for rewarding and promoting game coding talent!
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My very successful career as a software engineer is very much owed to these machines.
Wow! Have you been involved in anything we would know or use?
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Who the hell can afford Maya?
Use Blender? You should see some of the things they make with Blender.
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Good to see you here Wayne, reminds me of the good old days. Like you, I haven't seen or touched an Amiga for at least seven or eight years now.
I still pop by here occasionally but there is only a fraction of the number of active users there used to be and the majority of threads only have a half dozen posts.
But I can't see myself leaving, as this site still sort of feels like "home" to me, because it was where I spent a good chunk of my online-time for a lot of years.
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good to see Wayne dropping by. I still cant believe I joined here in 2007, time flies. It seems more quiet here these days and not much drama.
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I have mostly been lurking lately because of two reasons 1) I can't get to the amiga.org forums from work anymore, only ever gives me 'forbidden' no clue why, unless of course the work filter actually does think Amiga.org is a Latina lesbian porn site. 2) I was saddened by the death of my Cyberstorm MK1 and only a month or so ago was able to get everything reinstalled so it doesn't just crash upon boot (different 060 libraries shouldn't have fouled that much up, but I still need to reinstall Amikit for Real on it...)
Due to those two above reasons, I've been playing more with my Ataris. So have mostly been floating around on their forums.
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Make that 3 ;)
Maybe you didn't get replies because you didn't post on the home page?
or maybe because topic is boooring :P
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Some forums are just slow at time. Happens sometimes to different forums. I haven't seen anything interesting on a Linux forum I'm on for a couple months, latest distro went live a while back and everyone asked about changes but then pretty quiet.
I know i don't have much Amiga to talk about, I could post once a week saying I still haven't had time to pull my 2000 apart to try and fix it but that would get boring too.
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Your loss mate. I hope you have a fulfilling career. At home, doing modern mundane computing tasks like syncing a smart phone to a modern Mac laptop to send photos from the hard drive via Whatsapp is easy and satisfying it's more like operating a photocopier than being creative. Same with Photoshop/Premiere it's all tweaking and airbrushing photos or video these days! You learn the skills but you might as well be learning MS Excel such is the disconnect between user and machine. It's JUST a tool now.
Sprites, bobs, brushes and parallax scrolling. This is what was FUN in computing in he 80s and 90s and it's been replaced by professionals with fancy Photoshop filters and Maya skills in 3D. Who the hell can afford Maya? Deluxe Paint came with Amiga bundles and Lightwave was attainable if you really wanted it. I really hope the BBC Micro:Bit gets kids into coding because heaven forbid they all just become Photoshop monkeys. Someone on my course is writing a mobile game in his own time, fair play to him. At least this keeps the Amiga creative spirit alive but what are the chances he can get it noticed in the vast sea that is the Google Play store or Apple App store? Amiga Format was great for rewarding and promoting game coding talent!
Its more when you have been wrangling with java web services and JBOSS all day in work, you don't really fancy switching a computer on when you get home to do anything but relax and play games.
Well I don't anyway
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Very true that.
Since starting working in IT it has become less and less fun to tinker with computerrelated stuff at home other than using it as an entertainment device, be it games or streaming movies.
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I am probably the exception here, but I generally go home from working at my internet based job to do more study/learning about things on the Internet. mainly looking for that next project I can crack open and solder a bunch of things together for.
Just remember; never solder naked...
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Very true that.
Since starting working in IT it has become less and less fun to tinker with computerrelated stuff at home other than using it as an entertainment device, be it games or streaming movies.
That very much describes me in a nutshell.
Went from doing computers as a hobby, to having to deal with Windows, to aschewing Microsoft altogether, to basically using my Hackintosh as a video processor and storage device for the Apple TV.
Not much time or interest for Web sites or computers in general any more.
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I feel very lucky that this apathy to compter time hasn't affected me at home. I'm a software engineer at the office and I'm always tinkering at home.
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(http://www.amiga.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5530&stc=1&d=1485197133)
Wow. This tells me that Amiga.org has actually not been updated since we went to vBulletin 15 YEARS AGO and lost the true join dates when we got off of whatever came before it...
That's both sad, and impressive at the same time. Amazes me that this site is still standing, but hey, it's not mine to play with any more... Pfft :laughing:
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That very much describes me in a nutshell.
Went from doing computers as a hobby, to having to deal with Windows, to aschewing Microsoft altogether, to basically using my Hackintosh as a video processor and storage device for the Apple TV.
Not much time or interest for Web sites or computers in general any more.
Thats kind of the path I went. Getting home after fixing windows (servers) al days long I didn't want to mess with fixing windows at home. I moved off of windows so now I have more time to mess with other things as I can actually use my computer(s) to do more than just applying updates/fixes.
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(http://www.amiga.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5530&stc=1&d=1485197133)
Wow. This tells me that Amiga.org has actually not been updated since we went to vBulletin 15 YEARS AGO and lost the true join dates when we got off of whatever came before it...
That's both sad, and impressive at the same time. Amazes me that this site is still standing, but hey, it's not mine to play with any more... Pfft :laughing:
Yes after the site got hacked and we all lost our accounts. Seem to remember a very unpleasant picture getting posted
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I'm very much in the same boat. I care more about vintage Dungeons & Dragons (rules, miniatures, adventures) than I do computers anymore. I look at the crop of current PC games that are all rubber-stamp copies of one another and just shake my head. I have no reason to rush out and buy another 16gb of RAM, the 16 I have in my system currently will do. I've got 10tb of hard drive space (internal and external), a six core 3.0ghz CPU, and a 760ti video card. Honestly, there's nothing out there I want or need software wise. This machine will last a long, long time.
I'd rather paint up the shelves of monsters and adventurers and space marines and tau and learn to use my new airbrush than fart around with computers as a hobby any more. Oh, if I saw an A2000 or A4000 at a garage sale or thrift store or something I'd be as happy as a clam but day-to-day? Eh, it's for internet stuff...mostly looking up paint schemes for minis :D
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I'm very much in the same boat. I care more about vintage Dungeons & Dragons (rules, miniatures, adventures) than I do computers anymore.
Hahaha. I still... To this day... can't figure out what to do with my dndplayer.com domain name that I've owned for like 20 years now.. :)
Wayne
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Yes after the site got hacked and we all lost our accounts. Seem to remember a very unpleasant picture getting posted
Was that the one with Wayne's avatar's head on a naked body?
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Hahaha. I still... To this day... can't figure out what to do with my dndplayer.com domain name that I've owned for like 20 years now.. :)
Wayne
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Well for what its worth I run a lot of pen and player role-playing games all the time. If anybody is local to the California Bay Area and wants to talk Amigas and RPGs, I'll be in heaven.
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Hahaha. I still... To this day... can't figure out what to do with my dndplayer.com domain name that I've owned for like 20 years now.. :)
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Gimme admin rights, let me set up some D&D stuff on it ;)
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Tis true. People are playing board and RPG games more now. I'm done with all that, but plenty of people still haven't even tried them.
I guess people are playing more of all types of games now, rather than a general switch from one to another.
Marketing a web domain successfully is not easy, I wish luck on anybody that tries that, successful or not. Now seems one of the better times to try.
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Tis true. People are playing board and RPG games more now. I'm done with all that, but plenty of people still haven't even tried them.
I guess people are playing more of all types of games now, rather than a general switch from one to another.
Marketing a web domain successfully is not easy, I wish luck on anybody that tries that, successful or not. Now seems one of the better times to try.
The industry of pen and paper RPGs isn't what it used to be in the late 70s through the late 90s, but the hobby is doing good. I can set up a game in a local comic/game store and always fill up the table.
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Was that the one with Wayne's avatar's head on a naked body?
the one i remember seeing was a gaping sphincter with some homophobic words aimed at wayne.
Might be mis-remembering though
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This thread reminded me that it was about time I pulled it out, and tested to see if it was still working.... .....
It's getting old like everything else and has been sadly unused for 3 years........
I'm talking about my A2000, it's been in storage safely packed on shelving in the garage.
Pulled it out, plugged it in, turned it on, and :...... Whammo! Success. Left it running for 3 hours plugged into the outside stereo playing mods thru eagle. Memories.....
Turned her off, opened her up, checked everything, and then put her back away again in her bubble wrap cocoon.
One day I'll have a setup in the study that allows all my Amiga's to roam free in their natural habitat.
Couple 'o photos of the old girl attached.
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Ahhh...finally - a real Magical Amiga Workbench. Mine looks the same. :)
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Gonna have to pull out my collection and test... bought a G4 Mac mini & MorphOS a while back, planning on leaving room for that and a CD32 when I redo the living room...
Only thing computer related (apart from maintaining family machines) I' ve done for ages is writing a staff helper bot for an IRC support channel (python script running on HexChat)
Oh and I modded a AmIRC now playing arexx script for myself to support Jukebox better.
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This thread reminded me that it was about time I pulled it out, and tested to see if it was still working.... .....
It's getting old like everything else and has been sadly unused for 3 years........
I'm talking about my A2000, it's been in storage safely packed on shelving in the garage.
Pulled it out, plugged it in, turned it on, and :...... Whammo! Success. Left it running for 3 hours plugged into the outside stereo playing mods thru eagle. Memories.....
Turned her off, opened her up, checked everything, and then put her back away again in her bubble wrap cocoon.
One day I'll have a setup in the study that allows all my Amiga's to roam free in their natural habitat.
Couple 'o photos of the old girl attached.
but did you remove the battery?
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Well for what its worth I run a lot of pen and player role-playing games all the time. If anybody is local to the California Bay Area and wants to talk Amigas and RPGs, I'll be in heaven.
Funny you say that, I bet if I relocated to my job to work at the Sunnyvale offices, I could potentially get a quicker RPG group together.
Unfortunately I live in Utah where if you aren't married and have 8 children by the time you're my age, you're clearly gay, or evil or otherwise not worthy to hang out with.
Granted, probably why I stick to playing around with computers (just recently got two Atari Lynx's and LynxSD cards, woo hoo!). But really want to get back tot playing GURPS, since I bought a whole ton of 4th Edition books after someone I knew wanted to play and voted we go with 4th rather than the plethora of 3rd edition stuff that I already had. And I've played 4th Edition GURPS exactly 4 times since then...
GURPS/Amiga group? Maybe through Tabletop Simulator?
Sorry, going way off topic.. or are we.. :laughing:
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I guess in this day and age you could video conference paper RPG.
Ref makes all the dice rolls though, in plain sight. :)
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Should be VR table top gaming these days. :P
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Hi guys,
A long-time friend from the site reminded me that it's now been several years since I sold Amiga.org to BillP, and subsequently having seen it go to Trevor.
I'm just curious as to how everyone's doing these days? Looks like a LOT less drama and in-fighting, which is what kinda wore me down when I was here.
You guys still enjoying the Amiga?
Wayne
Hi Wayne. It has been a while!
I don't use the miggy anymore. I do follow things from time to time and check in... it was such a remarkable machine and community that a part of me will always be interested in the goings on. I actually had a cold one or three with Gaz in Taipei a month or so back... that was really cool, talking about the old days.
I do miss my old A3k and A4k systems... the built-to-the-hilt PPC/060 A4000 was a nice machine in 2001.
I would strongly consider picking up a vampire 2 and making a usable system to tinker with if there was a modern browser... I would kill to be able to watch Youtube on an Amiga as that is half (or more) of what I use a computer for these days. I think the Vampire probably has the horses to do it but alas, there is no way to... so I stick with my gaming laptop and my media center PC. I also have a chromebook that I use to keep papers from blowing away.
Glad you are well.
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Since I joined the Apollo team I demoed a Vampire 500 at Amiwest last year. I am coding in Hollywood 6.1 making a code editor for all the platforms it supports. It's a pity that I had to send Kipper his V500 card back.
If working at an IT company makes you feel like leaving Amigas alone I don't feel bad about being a janitor so much.
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If working at an IT company makes you feel like leaving Amigas alone I don't feel bad about being a janitor so much.
Janitor? Rebirth of Dave Needle V2.0 ? .. (rip)
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I guess in this day and age you could video conference paper RPG.
Ref makes all the dice rolls though, in plain sight. :)
Nah, for that you use roll20.net - virtual map, virtual dice, built in video and voice conference, support modules for most popular RPGs from all eras, counters/"miniatures"...or use Tabletop Simulator, an app you can get on Steam.
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Should be VR table top gaming these days. :P
One step ahead of ya! Tabletop Simulator + Oculus Rift. :)
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Since I joined the Apollo team I demoed a Vampire 500 at Amiwest last year. I am coding in Hollywood 6.1 making a code editor for all the platforms it supports. It's a pity that I had to send Kipper his V500 card back.
If working at an IT company makes you feel like leaving Amigas alone I don't feel bad about being a janitor so much.
Hey if an A2000 was gifted to me, I'd definitely treat her right. Vampire, HD, video card, the works :)
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Gimme admin rights, let me set up some D&D stuff on it ;)
If you're serious, I'll see about hooking up my spare copy of Xenforo to it next week when I get back. Anyone else "game"?
Wayne
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Still using my A1200 classic.
Mostly for games and / or educate that 18yo son of mine about the good old days.
Also some demo running, usually late at night when nostalgy is taking me.
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If you're serious, I'll see about hooking up my spare copy of Xenforo to it next week when I get back. Anyone else "game"?
Wayne
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Drop me an email; bsilvey@gmail.com
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Drop me an email;
Sorry I haven't replied. Work has been crazy this week, but this hasn't been forgotten..
Wayne
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Sorry I haven't replied. Work has been crazy this week, but this hasn't been forgotten..
Wayne
No worries; I saw your email and will respond. :)
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So to get public opinion on what B00tDisk and I are discussing, are Internet forums (aside from this one) "dead"?
Still thinking about what to do with my dndplayer.com domain. B00t brings up some very valid points about the fact that people are weaning themselves off of forums in general, which has me wondering which direction to take it...
Wayne
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Re:web forums
I prefer RSS feeds and Tapatalk apps on my phone to web-based forums. The latter is especially handy for allowing me to subscribe to the forum topics that I want to follow.
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RE: "game"
I "game" as well. Once my son got to the age of 10 I introduced him to D&D and mini wargaming that I enjoyed as a 10-17 yr old. His interest fizzled but it rekindled my interest in pen and paper RPGs once again.
I have used Roll20 for gaming and finding groups to play with "virtually" it works pretty good. I still enjoy face-to-face games more however.
Mostly play indie OSR games, 1st and 2nd Ed. D&D, Dungeonslayers, and many others. Cool tangent conversation - glad someone brought it up. :) Would love to see a nice RPG-centric online forum that doesnt suck. :)
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Edit: Sorry, apparently my PC is caching the page, so I don't see all the responses.
Wayne
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I'm down to logging on once a month or so - to see who else has left. I'm still using an A2000, w/'040 GVP, and a whopping 21Mb of RAM.
I've been working with the older 8 bit C-128 lately - more active forums and less arguments.
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So to get public opinion on what B00tDisk and I are discussing, are Internet forums (aside from this one) "dead"?
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Wayne
My perspective:
Internet Forums:
+ Archiving technical data.
+ Topics are easily categorized.
+ A large number of related posts are easily seen in relatively quick fashion.
- Images / videos are tedious to post, require separate hosting.
- Searching is unwieldy.
- Up-to-date information on topics require constant attention (FAQs, Sticky's) and can require navigating through hundreds of posts (45 pages of 10 posts each).
+/- Posting, reading, responding requires more effort (quoting, personalizing, etc.), but posts tend to be more meaningful.
Social Media:
+ Appeals to a larger audience with a single login
+ Images / videos are a snap
+ More personable (like, laugh, etc.)
- Finding answers to common questions previously answered
- No real categories other than the main topic
- Posts disappear quickly as new ones come in.
+/- Easy to post and respond
Both:
+/- User experience highly affected by other users.
I think that forums will always have a place, especially within the Amiga community, mainly for a technical standpoint. However, the interface of forums is shockingly similar to what was available circa 1998. Sure there are a few added features, but the experience is largely the same.
Social media apps like Facebook are definitely catching up and evolving more radically.
I think the forums would definitely benefit from a paradigm shift and take advantage of some of the in-roads made the social media apps. Of course that's not cheap. ;)
One of the reasons I know that Amiga.org isn't as popular as it used to be has to be because of some of the user-base running people off. People don't want to post something only to have someone with 182,839 posts tell them "that's not a REAL Amiga, you wasted $$$$, dumbazz".
I think the only thing that can fix a bad user-base is simple, clear instructions on acceptable behavior and strict enforcement. Of course, not everyone will be happy, and some people will leave (or you make them leave), but negatively and hostility can really bring down a group. I think it's never worth it to keep someone around if they can't play nice with the other kids, and it will pay off down the road. Everyone has opinions, but there are proper ways to express those opinions.
Just my thoughts, Wayne. :D
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So to get public opinion on what B00tDisk and I are discussing, are Internet forums (aside from this one) "dead"?
Still thinking about what to do with my dndplayer.com domain. B00t brings up some very valid points about the fact that people are weaning themselves off of forums in general, which has me wondering which direction to take it...
Wayne
Guess I picked a good time to check in. How are you.
Most of the forums I'm on are still doing OK - Even found a new Amiga forum yesterday. So, reports of their deaths sounds like jumping the gun.
It's to cold to ride here, so it's time for some computer upgrades.....
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So to get public opinion on what B00tDisk and I are discussing, are Internet forums (aside from this one) "dead"?
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well don't care about any other internet forums other than amiga.org, amigaworld.net, amigans.net, EAB and many of my C64 sites are still very active and helpful for users so in terms of Amiga the answer is plain and simple- NO:hammer:
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Edit: Sorry, apparently my PC is caching the page, so I don't see all the responses.
Wayne
Had this issue too using Chrome. Strange.
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Thanks for the replies guys. I realize that asking "are forums dead" here is about like asking an aquarium fish how they like the ocean, but I'm just trying to imagine what could be done.
I *could* just put up a clickbait site and work to hit critical mass, but that's a lot of work. What I'm hoping to do is to find a way to actually have fun with the Internet again...
My real options for dndplayer.com seem to be to put up another forum (Xenforo) or to put up a Social Media site using SocialEngine which would be more akin to Facebook meets (whatever is out there)
(check socialengine.com)
I have spare licenses of each, so it's not a matter of money as much as a matter of direction...
I'm also not really a D&D player (as much as I would truly like to be) so whatever direction I go in, maybe I can find someone who's interested in the admin side but not the hosting/techy stuff.
Wayne
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Thanks for the replies guys. I realize that asking "are forums dead" here is about like asking an aquarium fish how they like the ocean, but I'm just trying to imagine what could be done.
I *could* just put up a clickbait site and work to hit critical mass, but that's a lot of work. What I'm hoping to do is to find a way to actually have fun with the Internet again...
My real options for dndplayer.com seem to be to put up another forum (Xenforo) or to put up a Social Media site using SocialEngine which would be more akin to Facebook meets (whatever is out there)
(check socialengine.com)
I have spare licenses of each, so it's not a matter of money as much as a matter of direction...
I'm also not really a D&D player (as much as I would truly like to be) so whatever direction I go in, maybe I can find someone who's interested in the admin side but not the hosting/techy stuff.
Wayne
Well, you're in luck; right now Wizards of the Coast (the owners of D&D; they bought all TSR's intellectual property in 1997 or so) is being very not-aggressive as far as going after community creations.
I say, start it, slap a few different "edition" forums (original D&D, AD&D 1e, 2e, D&D3rd, 4th, 5th, Basic D&D) and see what happens. Hit the usual suspects (various D&D facebook groups and other webforums) and lightly advertise with the permission of the PTB on those fora, and see if you can build a critical mass.
As far as community admins and such, I'd throw my hat into the ring for Original D&D and AD&D1.
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Hey! My first log in in about a year. Hope everyone is well. I'll always have a lot of affection for this site, but I guess social media has hit a lot of forums hard :-(
Back in 2003 this place was THE place to be. All IMHO of course, DYOR and YMMV ;-)
Much love
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I think this is my second log-in in many years. I occasionally pop by and have a read, but not much of the recent Amiga related activity interests me now.
My amiga has been in the loft for going on 12 years now. Nice to see you posting Wayne.
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Sorry, I do not come by much.
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Maybe bring Franko out of retirement, that could help increase the traffic here...cheeky
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Hey Wayne (and all those from ages ago - Acill especially I remember).
I havn't been here for years, but came back at the end of last year when I properly started to follow a thread on the English Amiga Board about the Sonnet hack which is ELBOXs (rebadged to SharkPPC) ppc card for the Mediator - I'd been following the guy on Google Plus but the forum there exploded with a decent thread on the subject.
I got my old Amiga 4000 Power Tower with 060, Mediator etc out back in Ocober and worked out why the CPU had become flakey (the reason I stopped using it as it would crash after a while of use) - the Cyberstorm firmware had not been updated to the latest version so was screwing it up. I updated that and it appeared more solid. Unfortunately my old OS+addons setup was not on the HD that was installed and this annoyed me as nothing was how I liked it, so I shelved the 4k again as I don't have a computer room any more, not since my 2nd child arrived. I'm now in the cupboard under the stairs so not enough room for a PC< the Pegasos AND a huge towered 4k. I think I might have the HD with my proper set up on it in a drawer somewhere - hopefully it still works when I have the room, and time, to set everything back up again.
Since doing that, my Amiga "flame" has rekindled a little - especially as I just helped a friend who wanted to swap a A1000 for an A1200 so he could game on it. I told him to try to bargain an accelerator card into the deal as a A1000 is worth a fair chunk more than a vanilla A1200!!! So he got a 040 into the deal. Happy chappy!
Meanwhile, the Sonnet/SharkPPC guys are moving along a pace - they've now found another (more easily sourced) ppc card which works with the Mediator - so who knows? When they get that working fantasically I might get me one and unearth the 4k once more! :)
Meanwhile, I'm browsing here and in a few other places and trying to get Amiga Forever/UAE working on the PC - not very intuitive I have to say.
The Pegasos II running MorphOS is there and working, but I don't get to use it much as the PC is my day-to-day workhorse and with a family, and a job that has longer hours than ever before what little time I have is taken up with other things.
Oh, one thing I will say is, I am *LOVING* Elite: Dangerous on the PC (also available on XBoxOne and Playstation) and being part of that community on Twitch - it's like being in an Amiga User group all over again - same "feel" and noce people all round.
I'll be hanging around guys....take care! :)
TTFN
Sam / Bifford
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Elite: Dangerous (also available on the Mac minus Horizons - Tim Cook you're a moron for not updating OpenGL graphics drivers for 7 years) is indeed awesome. The forums are active and yes the ongoing story lines are pretty cool. It takes some investment in time however and with kids it's hard to justify. That said a bit of dogfighting and Frame Shift Drive sight-seeing has been fun.
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@Wayne,
Good to see you! Still visit and post regularly. Hope all is good with you and yours.
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Wayne! (And Billford!)
Good to see you both and hope you're doing well.
Wayne, still have that Prometheus PCI expansion you sold me all those "just 2 more weeks" time units ago. :)
Plaz
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Wow.....seeing the username "Wayne" instantly sent me 15 years back in time :)
I visit amiga.org at least a couple of times every week - sometimes every day. Other sites I visit are amigaworld.net, lemonamiga.com and generationamiga.com
I few weeks ago I deleted my Facebook profile. I am now experiencing the joy of real forums and websites all over again. It may be quick to post things to a Facebook group but it lacks the spirit and joy of visiting someones website about a particular subject. A website you know they've spent countless hours creating and maintaining.
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Wow.....seeing the username "Wayne" instantly sent me 15 years back in time :)
I visit amiga.org at least a couple of times every week - sometimes every day. Other sites I visit are amigaworld.net, lemonamiga.com and generationamiga.com
I few weeks ago I deleted my Facebook profile. I am now experiencing the joy of real forums and websites all over again. It may be quick to post things to a Facebook group but it lacks the spirit and joy of visiting someones website about a particular subject. A website you know they've spent countless hours creating and maintaining.
Seing that I joined in 2011 and this is my first post I guess I qualify as a lurker :) It does surprise me though. I'm sure I registered way earlier than 2011. But anyway..... :)
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To my shame I mainly lurk these days :(