Amiga users and Commodore's demise

[xeron]

Same catagory as the sasquatch?  Mostly mythical, I believe.

Hey cool! I'm mythical! I'll have to ring my mum, she'll be so proud :-D

In my flat I have an Amiga 4000, an Amiga 1500, an Archimedes 4000, and 3 C64s. Thats it. No PC, no Mac. I have broadband internet, and my Amigas and Archie are all linked via ethernet. I use my A4000 for IRC, Web, e-mail, some games and programming. Before the paula died, i used to watch demos on it, make music and play old games, too.

I use my A1500 for old games, writing music. I never feel like i'm "missing out", because I thoroughly enjoy using my Amigas.

I'm not a blind zealot though; I have developed for DOS, Windows, and (to a much lesser extent) Linux. I have used MacOS 9 and X. I do KNOW what I am missing, but I don't miss it, if you see what I mean.

We do exist, you know :-D

I mean, what about all those Mediators sold? Do you really think people tower up their Amigas, add Voodoo's, soundcards, tv cards, USB etc., and spend hundreds and hundreds of pounds, and then not actually use it? Come on, that doesn't make any sense!

I'm not saying the Amiga is still as alive today as it was 5 years ago, thats nonsense, but I think there is evidence to suggest that active users still exist.

[xeron]

I'm not saying Amigas aren't used anymore.  My 4000 still logs a few hours a month...

Hmmm... well...

Original question:

While I agree that your 3 groups do exist, where do active users fall?

Ilwrath's answer:

Same catagory as the sasquatch? Mostly mythical, I believe

I class "active user" as anyone who uses their Amiga to perform a task on a regular basis, be it email, web browsing, programming, writing music, or whatever.

But, i'd say that the vast majority of people who bought Mediator kit for their Amiga's would be active users, simply because they're still spending cash on it, and you don't by a Mediator for an Amiga that you only use to play Sensible Soccer once a month!

So, I think you've classed quite a lot of the people who replied to this thread, most Mediator/Promethius/G-Rex purchasers, and quite a few other people I know personally as mythical :-D

[xeron]

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AOL was originally CVC, who offered Atari 2600 games over the phoneline. It was a spectactular failure; shortly after its inception, the 1984 videogame crash occurred, and who would want to pay $1.00 to download a game you could only play 8 times when carts were in the shops for $0.50? :-D