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[Karlos]

Aaah, it just hit me (ouch)........

Syndicate Wars ?

Well, the original Syndicate to be precise. Syndicate wars was the sequel. I wasn't terribly impressed with it myself. It was a nice idea but it was the early days of 3D, when it was all done in software and generally looked pretty awful. Compared to the hand-pixelled graphics of Syndicate it just didn't captivate.

[Karlos]

What would be really cool for amiga.org would be a chat room(s). Can we get some? Forums are too slow.

Slow suits a lot of us awld dinos.

http://cgiirc.synirc.net/irc.cgi?chan=%23amiga.org

[Karlos]

I feel you've missed something about the atmosphere of A.org that is forum driven.

Precisely. IRC channels are are a dime a dozen. Things are said and often forgotten in minutes, but forums have a nice permanence to them.

[Karlos]

Yeah, I remember both Syndicate and Syndicate Wars pretty well. I just dont remember the art on the packaging/advertising/etc so well

Say no more!

http://www.avforums.com/forums/attachments/retro-gaming/57542d1183021502-classic-game-box-art-syndicate.jpg

[Karlos]

This would be a realistic conversation if i were to walk into a computer store and try to purchase an Amiga.

I say: I'd like to buy an Amiga!

Salesperson says: Come again?

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Kesa walks in the Henry Draco's Amiga Hardware shop and walks past the tracker hero player.

Kesa: Good morning.

Draco: Good morning, sir. Welcome to the National Amiga Hardware Emporium!

Kesa: Ah, thank you, my good man.

Draco: What can I do for you, sir?

Kesa: Well, I was, uh, sitting in the public library on Thurmon Street just now, skimming
through "Total Amiga Assembler" by Paul Overaa, and I suddenly came over all consumerish.

Draco: Consumerish, sir?

Kesa: Impulsively.

Draco: Eh?

Kesa: 'Ee, Ah wanted to buy an Amiga like!

Draco: Ah, a purchase!

Kesa: In a nutshell. And I thought to myself, "a little 68000 compatible will do the trick,"
so, I curtailed my Overaan activites, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance
to negotiate the vending of some chequered collectables!

Draco: Come again?

Kesa: I want to buy some stuff or a miggy.

Draco: Oh, I thought you were complaining about the music.

Kesa: Oh, heaven forbid: I am one who delights in all manifestations of the four-channel
muse!

Draco: Sorry?

Kesa: 'Ooo, Ah lahk a nice mod, 'yer forced too!

Draco: So he can go on playing, can he?

Kesa: Most certainly! Now then, some hardware please, my good man.

Draco: Certainly, sir. What would you like?

Kesa: Well, eh, how about a little A600?

Draco: I'm, afraid we're fresh out of A600's, sir.

Kesa: Oh, never mind, how are you on basic minimigs?

Draco: Never at the end of the week, sir, always get 'em fresh first thing on Monday.

Kesa: Tish tish. No matter. Well, four megabyte Blizzard 1220 turbo,
if you please, stout yeoman!

Draco: Ah! Well they've been on order for two weeks, sir. Was expecting them this morning...

Kesa: Yesss, well it's not my day, is it? Aah, A3000?

Draco: Sorry...

Kesa: FPGA Arcade?

Draco: Normally, sir, yes, but today the van broke down.

Kesa: Ah. A1000?

Draco: Sorry.

Kesa: A500? A500+?

Draco: No.

Kesa: Any GVP 530's per chance?

Draco: No.

Kesa: A2000?

Draco: No.

Kesa: A1500?

Draco: No.

Kesa: A2000?

Draco: No.

Kesa: A2500?

Draco: No.

Kesa: CDTV?

Draco: (pause) No.

Kesa: A3000?

Kesa: Accelerators. Apollo 1230, 1240, Blizzard 1230, Blizzard 1240 ERC,
Blizzard 1260, 2060, Warp Engine, Cyberstorm, CyberstormPPC?

Draco: No.

Kesa: A4000, perhaps?

Draco: Ah! We have one of those, yes sir.

Kesa: (suprised) You do! Excellent.

Draco: Yessir. It's..ah,.....the battery, it's a bit leaky...

Kesa: Oh, I like 'em leaky.

Draco: Well,.. as a matter of fact, it's very leaky, actually, sir.

Kesa: No matter, no matter. Fetch hither the deus ex machina d'AGA!

Draco: I...think it's a leakier than you'll like it, sir.

Kesa: I don't care how incontinentally leaky it is. Hand it over with all speed.

Draco: Yes sir.

(brief pause)

Draco: Oooooooooohhh........!

Kesa: What?

Draco: The technician's taken it.

Kesa: (pause) Has he.

Draco: She, sir.

(pause)

Kesa: A3000UX?

Draco: No.

Kesa: CD32?

Draco: No.

Kesa: Picasso-II?

Draco: No.

Kesa: Picasso-IV?

Draco: No.

Kesa: Ariadne?

Draco: No, sir.

Kesa: You...do *have* some Amiga hardware, do you?

Draco: (brightly) Of course, sir. It's a Amiga shop, sir. We've got--

Kesa: No no no... don't tell me. I'm keen to guess.

Draco: Fair enough.

Kesa: Uuuuuh, Draco?

Draco: Yes?

Kesa: Splendid! Well, I'll have one of those then please!

Draco: Oh! I'm sorry sir, I thought you were referring to me, sir, "Mister Draco".

(pause)

Kesa: Piccolo SD64?

Draco: Uh, not as such.

Kesa: Sunrize AD516?

Draco: no

Kesa: X-Surf?

Draco: no

Kesa: Squirrel SCSI?

Draco: no

Kesa: Generic PCMCIA Ethernet cards?

Draco: Not *today*, sir, no.

(pause)

Kesa: Well, let's keep it simple, shall we? How about an A1200?

Draco: Well, I'm afraid we don't get much call for them around here, sir.

Kesa: Not much ca-- It's the single most popular Amiga model in the world, man!

Draco: Not 'round these parts, sir.

Kesa: and prey, what IS the most popular model 'round these parts'?

Draco: The NatAmi, sir.

Kesa: IS it?

Draco: Oh, yes, sir, it's staggeringly popular in the manor, squire.

Kesa: Is it.

Draco: It's our number one best seller, sir!

Kesa: I see. Uuh...NatAmi, eh?

Draco: Right.

Kesa: All right. Okay. 'Have you got one?' he asked, expecting the answer 'no'.

Draco: I'll have a look, sir... nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnno.

Kesa: It's not much of a Amiga shop, is it?

Draco: Finest in the district!

Kesa: (annoyed) Explain the logic underlying that conclusion, please.

Draco: Well, it's so tidy, sir!

Kesa: It's certainly uncluttered by Amigas....

Draco: (brightly) You haven't asked me about the Walker prototype, sir.

Kesa: Is it worth it?

Draco: Could be....

Kesa: Have you -- WILL YOU SHUT THAT BLOODY MOD PLAYER OFF?!

Draco: (to tracker hero player) Told you so....

Kesa: (slowly) Have you got a Walker prototype?

Draco: No.

Kesa: Figures. Predictable, really I suppose. It was an act of purest optimism
to have posed the question in the first place. Tell me something.

Draco: Yes, sir?

Kesa: Have you in fact got any Amiga hardware at all?

Draco: Oh, yes, sir.

Kesa: Now I'm going to ask you that question once more, and if you answer "no", I'm going
to shoot you through the head. Have you got any Amiga hardware at all?

(pause) Draco: No. Not really, sir.

(gunshot)

Kesa: What a *senseless* waste of human life.


[Karlos]

Hey, at least I reformatted it and put it inside code tags so you should get a regular looking post...

[Karlos]

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:You have an Amiga.org classic right there.

I'm pretty sure there's a Dead Parrot one somewhere too

-edit-

Ah yes, split in two:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=412797&postcount=4
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=412914&postcount=9

[Karlos]

So that's not you in that avatar then. I thought you made it yourself  

I did make it, but it isn't my face. It's John Cleese as Dr. Gumby. All is explained here...

[Karlos]

Reminds me of when i tryed to buy condoms for the first time     :nervous:

You ended up shooting the person behind the counter through the head with a small revolver?

Man, you must have been frustrated :lol:

[Karlos]

Yam bags? As in bags for carrying yams?

I suppose it is nearly Xmas...

[Karlos]

You mean "bawsa", surely?

[Karlos]

I guess you have to be a weebl fan to have understood where I was going with the xmas reference

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/testy/adventcalendar.html - see day 2

[Karlos]

Oh I can see that case mod working well:

Sceptic: "Don't be ridiculous. As if you can get USB working with that heap of junk."

iPad Modder: "I was going to use switches and a microcontroller inside the typewriter to interface it to USB."

Sceptic: "Who said anything about the typewriter?! I was talking about the iPad!"

:lol:

[Karlos]

Can't say I've ever heard of it here before, course it might be English they eat some pretty weird stuff down south...

Says the guy from the home of salty porridge.

[Karlos]

Nah, I'm a big softie I put sugar on mine...

Quite right. There's a suitable context for brackish thick white substances and breakfast is not it :lol:

[Karlos]

Ah, this is just like the good old days!

I've missed you guys. It's too bad I've lost interest in the Miggy.

Mister Quist! How the heck are you?!