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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: microid on March 17, 2004, 01:52:39 PM
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Hello all!
I would like to know if is (was) possible to (anyhow) erase handwriting with any model of Amiga.
I hope this doesn't sound wierd :)
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Well, if the handwriting was in light pencil, the amiga might act as an eraser; but I doubt it would be a very good one, and quite unweildy; especially if you're using an A3000T... :lol:
Edit: However, an original ZX Spectrum *DOES* have a rubber keyboard.... :-D
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Erase from what? :-?
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@microid
Welcome to A.org :-D
Are you talking about the writing on the inside case of the A1000? If so, you certainly don't want to erase it (ie sand it down) - those are the signatures of the original Amiga team (and Jay Miner's Dog's pawprints :-) )
Or do you mean some application where you can scan in a picture and remove writing off it? :-?
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If you've bought a second hand Amiga that someone's written all over, taking the case apart and immersing it in some kind of cleaner (I cannot remember what's best) should get the writing off I'd imagine, and maybe even help get rid of the yellow colour.
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@ microid
which kind of job, would you do? :roll:
Ciao
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hello all...
actually - i wont erase anything. it's just some "wierd" question in one great test.
With which computer could you erase handwriting?
-Amiga
-Spectrum
-XT
-Oric nova
and somebody told me that amiga is the righ answer.
Maybe it really is spectrum (because of rubber keys)
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Sorry, but the question just doesn't make any sense, so I wouldn't expect any serious answers.
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Presumably it makes more sense if you're British, and a 'rubber' is an eraser. Maybe.
--Not British.
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I was thinking, is it some kind of riddle?
Is 'Amiga' an anagram of 'rubber' in another language?
But 'rubber' ('eraser' in US) is gomme, gommi etc or something similar in French, Italian, German (and probably Spanish and Portugues). I also checked it in my Russian dictionary....
I bet Spectrum is the right answer! It has to be.
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Set it on fire and drop it on the handwriting. This will certainly erase it.
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:-? Does he/she means to replace handwriting?
in that case, any typewriter/computer is of course an option :lol:
though if you want to print (on a VERY standard and VERY old printer) on the ZX spectrum...
You'll need the expansion.
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@ microid
are you jokeing? yes i'm quite sure.
Ciao :roll:
@ whabang
. . . again . . .your avatar, shift my browser window on the left!!! please reduce the timing :-)
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Floid wrote:
Presumably it makes more sense if you're British, and a 'rubber' is an eraser. Maybe.
--Not British.
Me neither. Sometimes differences in dialects make me laugh. If someone here in the US used a rubber to erase something they would get funny looks! :lol:
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EEEeeeeehhhhh....What are you talking about?
Is it some kind of notepad where you can "write" onto? Like Write It (http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminetbin/find?graphical+notepad) for example? (hard to use with a mouse, maybe a light pen {that's a first! :-P} or touchscreen with a stylus-pen {now, THAT'S cool! :-D})
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Hoya!
Erk!
I do believe it is the weirdest question I have ever seen on this forum!
By the way, the Thomson MO5 had rubber keys, too.
For those who do not know it, it was a French 8bit which was quite terrible! :-)
Be funky
M A D
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graffias79 wrote:
Floid wrote:
Presumably it makes more sense if you're British, and a 'rubber' is an eraser. Maybe.
--Not British.
Me neither. Sometimes differences in dialects make me laugh. If someone here in the US used a rubber to erase something they would get funny looks! :lol:
Yeah. What surprises me is how many people in this thread don't realize he's said it's the sort of terribly sad riddle the UK specializes in; somehow a bunch of kids' science books from over there washed up over here and fell into my hands as a young'n, -- Anyone remember those? Publisher was something Orbis or Orvic, the logo was a hot-air balloon? -- and they were packed with stuff like this. Sort of the continental equivalent of the bad jokes they print on Dixie cups.
Something like:
Q: What animal can see with its eyes closed?
-Frog
-Bat
-Ostrich
-Marmoset
[Turn the page to reveal the answer!]
Next page:
A: The bat can 'see' with its eyes closed because it can use sound instead, in a process called 'echolocation.' Ha-ha, cheerio!
Unfortunately, I just can't match the real thing for dryness. (Not that it bothered me at the time, I used to read instruction manuals from cover to cover.)
Edit: Okay, the example is actually still too American, because it involves something you already know; the real thing would probably involve words like 'trousers' or 'wellies,' and refer to some sort of 'impossible' minutiae you'd never otherwise consider. Like which home computer would be best for erasing pencil, or which critter could button its trousers, knock together a spot of ceylon, and send Jerry kicking home whilst blindfolded?
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if it's a bet and you get money we split it 50/50 eh? :-D
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And you are from Slovenia, and that test is from magazine Joker :lol: I think this is Spectrum.