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Re: This place is ruined. Time to leave.
« on: April 07, 2011, 12:14:51 AM »
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................ All the so called Amigans here are now Windows, MacOS, iPhone, Android, you name it fans, but not Amiga enthusiasts. At least one can hope they will not ruin the English Amiga Board.

am I the ONLY one that actually learned something from using an Amiga (my First Computer) and that this knowledge translated into how I use Every single other device I have ever used since????

I honestly don't understand this attitude. (meaning that a person is not a true Amiga user unless his finger are actively on an Amiga)

Frim my Amiga I learned how to be frugal using my programs (started out with bare bones A2000, booting from floppy with the smallest amount of memory you could get at the time. ) I still learned how to use DPaint with that set up.

A few years later when I moved to LA and was looking for work at an animation house they "tested" me on their proprietary paint program.
It was a sad little affair where you had to exit out of Every tool to Enter another tool. and you could only use ONE tool at a time. recall DPaint let you use several tools at once. I picked this up in literally seconds because it was WAAAAAY easier to figure out than DPaint.
The person testing me was absolutely astounded at my prowess - I kid you not.

I wasn't trying to show off. Amiga just taught me very important techniques in figuring out how software worked and because it was WAY ahead of it's time made ME ahead of my time.

This gave me an edge that others did not have.

laugh all you wish, but I am an Amiga Snob for a really good reason. I carry Amiga with me in my brain even if I have not touched my old Amiga 2000 is a long time. It exists where it counts. And continues to inform my work no matter what device I use.
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Re: Lollypops and chocolate cakes
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2011, 03:54:27 AM »
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@ Cecila

Nope, you're not the only one. I learned a number of things from my Amiga, some I use for work and some I use for personal use. For example, on my Windows boxes, I always partition my drives thus: C: for System, W: for Work: and P: for Programs. This particular method of configuring my drives has saved my bacon a number of times. At work, on the occasions that I need to use graphics, techniques I learned on my Amiga are often applied. It was a smartly designed machine used by some very smart people. I've never forgotten that.


Thank the standing stones I'm not the only one!  :)

I have done similar organizing on my windows systems.

At this point because I spend 90% of my time in Ubuntu I haven't separated my new Windows laptop, but then I also use a portable drive to backup all my sensitive data. (That and data DVD's).

All that is from learning to back up and backup again that came from my Amiga experiences (I never lost data in all these years). In fact the whole notion of having complete control over MY system is very very Amiga-like. The idea that I CAN know what is going on is completely from my Amiga days. Most windows users have no flipping idea how their computer files are arranged. When I look at other people's HD it's nothing but chaos.

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Re: This place is ruined. Time to leave.
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 03:59:22 AM »
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+1

One particularly important thing my Amiga's and C64's taught me was patience ;)

Another Excellent point!.
same here.

patience and learning how to LOOK at what is actually happening on one's computer screen. I found myself tutoring people over the years - and for a short time even teaching computer Animation 101 at Cal Arts (using their Amigas which, I am sorry to say they have since gotten rid of).

Many new computer users just don't LOOK and remain confused. I know this sounds simple, but I have seen it for myself. People get this blank look on their faces. Usually a good Hit to the back of their head starts the marbles moving about  

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