Old timer still kick(start)-in it

[Catbit]

Hello, Everyone!

While I am new to this board, I never really 'left' the Amiga, although I do use both PC and MAC for my work.  I had one of the first A1000 units sold in the US, then one of the first A2000.  (I still have it with a GVP030/50 card installed. It will get booted about once a year...).  My current system is an A4000D/PicassoIV/AriadneII/Emplant.  

I own my own design business, and we have a W2003 server, 2 Powerbook G4's, several PC's, two plotters, several printers, and of course - my A4000 all networked together.

My miggy still makes money for me - I use GFX-Cad and Pagestream quite often, and can share files seamlessly with the rest of the gang.  (well, ALMOST seamlessly..)  OF course, I have to use Autocad on the PC for architectural work, but for Entertainment, I still use GFX-cad about half the time.  

Ok, enough of the boring stuff.  Just wanted to say 'HI' before I start posting silly questions later on that have probably been answered a dozen times.a

Oh, and yes - I clean the clock battery off about once a month.

Gimme a holler sometime - would love to know how many people still use the Ami for productivity.  

Cheers!!!!

-Richard aka CATBIT

( Catbit on AOL IM )

[Catbit]

hehehe... I said ONE of the first..  And ya know, I bet I do, since I claimed it as a business expense.  Can I get something for the reciept on Ebay?  

I also purchased a hard drive and memory expansion for the 1K... don't remember the brand, but it was 20MB and attached to the side expansion port.  I also got a memory expansion/clock unit - star.. something.. that had to be attached to the main board inside the unit.  Fun times, back then! There used to be a wonderful company in Sevierville, TN that had everything Amiga back then.  

I also did a lot of Superbase programming, inventing a rental management system for our lighting production company in LA.  The coolest thing it could do was 'look' into the future and calculate what inventory would be available on any specific date.  I still have that application...


But I digress....

 

[Catbit]

You are totally right.  I only discovered Amikit about 3 days ago, and noticed they carry the batteries I need.  That is the first order of business...

Does anyone remember the old game ArcticFox?  It was always one of my favorites..  However, it does not seem to run on the A4K, even disabling the cache.  Anyone else had any success?

Thanks - Da Kitty

[Catbit]

As many times as I have moved around the country since then, I would not even know where to look if it is not in my tax records.  

As for arctic fox, if I remember correctly it never did run on the A2K, and would only run on the A1000 with KS1.0.  Perhaps there was a patch or upgrade I missed?  

I have also tried it with WinUAE (AF) with no luck, but perhaps with a tweek or two....

[Catbit]

I will try the A2000.  It is about time she was kicked up again!  Otherwise, I am still amazed at how useful my A4000 is even today.  It does take me a bit to get used to going to GFX-CAD from Autocad, but the principals are still the same.

I had a killer Superbase application I wrote when I was lighting director for a major theme park.  I could tell exactly how many lamps were in stock at any theatre, and how many had been burned to date.  It also tracked Pyrotechnics and would do conflict-reports for upcoming productions against our available resources.  Equipment or supplies transferred from the central shop to a theatre location were tracked in real time.  At the end of the season, I could generate accurate purchase orders for supplies based on previous years usage with the push of a single button, as well as locate every piece of inventory we had.  I had accurage Xcad drawings of all our facilities while others were still drawing by hand.  

All this while the sound pukes were still using 'EXCEL' to do their inventory management.

ok - I quit bragging now.

Still love Superbase and Xcad.

[Catbit]

hehehe... probably tru...