Probably my fault. I tend to be overly brief. Put another way...
Amiga was called to my attention in the old days by *gasp* Atari users. I read about Jay and it was the ideas (and the man who carried them) that I related to and eventually ushered me into the world of Amiga.
That's not to say I was ignorant of the descriptions of the hardware or the operating system. Sure, that played a part. I'm just saying there is more to my platform migration than just those tangible items.
So, for me, I find it too limiting to judge the new "players" just by what hardware they talk about at present.
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well that makes sense to me.
My introduction to all things Amiga was an animator - once I placed my hands on her Amiga 1000 (then 500, then 2500), I saw the ARTISTIC possibilities of this machine. While knowing briefly the chip set of the Amiga may be interesting to me, what RIVETED me was that for the first time in MY life I saw a device that could be used as an artists tool. Like my airbrush or paintbrush. I could DO something with the Amiga that could not at the time be done with anything else.
this blew my mind.
frankly, I think people now forget that feeling. They forget the doors Amiga opened. We should remember.
