It's really a peaceful experience to browse and post in Atariforums. Non of the hatemongering that is so prevalent in Amiga forums, whichever one you look.
Where is that? I'd love to see that.
You just get hammered at Atariage. And I think they have some of the greatest people and info there.
I've been a member there longer than most of the users.
But it gets really bad.
Too bad, because I like all computers, but I admit I'm an Amiga guy.
I'd like to learn more about the ST (have one I'm not using).
But it's so aggressive there, I've just about given up on it.
Now, I still spend time there on the non-ST forums, and it's pretty nice.
I have more than a few systems (and a couple of old Arcade machines) and it's great for that.
Recently, I mentioned that I picked up an ST without knowing that some of them didn't have RF or composite out, so I'm not using it. I was kind of thinking I'd get some advice....
I got slammed for being an Amiga fanboy.
Someone tried to back me up and said one thing wrong (he thought the early STs all came without RF/composite) and they slammed him as well.
Now, Amiga people tend to be snobs and pretty condescending to ST people too. You can see it in this thread. :-)
Some things never change...
I actually did admire the ST and wanted to play with it.
It beat the Amiga to the Market. GEM, although not my favorite, was more complete that early AmigaOS (Because they rushed out the AmigaOS after the original one wasn't going to work).
It was much less expensive and a very capable computer.
Some of the games are really great...
The hires mono display was very professional (although not being able to run lo-res/med-res games on it was a bit weird).
I appreciated the ST, but at least over there, you're not allowed to like both. You have to hate the Amiga or you are a fan boy.
I expect a bit, I mean it is an Atari website. :-) But they get downright mean. IMHO.
So, an open forum would be great to know about...
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