Amiga - What If It Were Today....

[Franko]

I was going to throw in my own personal thoughts here but I reckon save2600 summed it up quite perfectly in his post here, although I'd just like to say I still have a dream that maybe one day some sort of miracle will happen and the Amiga will somehow rise from the ashes once again...

[Franko]

So, back to the point, smart phones, tablets and netbooks ARE computers.  They may be small, they may be portable, but the definitely are computers.

Cobblers... they're toys/gimmicks that sad gits buy just to be trendy, how do you do D.T.P. on an I phone ? where to you plug in the printer ?, where's the video output to connect up to a monitor ? etc.. etc..

As I say nothing but toys/gimmicks that mugs buy just to try and look cool, sad really...

[Franko]

And printers :furious:
The sooner those infernal things disappear the better mate.

Think of the joy a printer brings though, all that cursing and skelping the ruddy thing cos no matter how many times you clean the heads when you go to print out something you still end up with all those lovely frustrating banding effects... :lol:

Not to mention the joy of walking around for days with black ink stained fingers from when you try to refill the cartridge just to try and save a few quid... :lol:

Hmm... think you might a point there... ban the bloody things...

[Franko]

@ tone007

Yeah, but how do you fit a poxy mobile phone into a tower !!! or spend a fortune on ebay trying to buy an 060 board for it, plus when you open them up there's nothing to tinker with...

Nah old miggies & C64s rule the computing world in my universe...

[Franko]

@Franko,

Most people I know have printers that connect via wi-fi or ethernet.  It's very easy to print to a printer from an iPhone/iPad, I do it several times a week, always without a problem.

DTP would be a stretch but writing reports, spreadsheets, letters, simple newsletters, etc work fine on an iPad with bluetooth keyboard.  There's some fantastic apps, Distant Suns out looking at the sky for example.  Games are becoming more complex.  In five years tablets will be the predominant form of computer.

Ok so they can do certain things I get that now...

But I think by now you'll have realised that I'm just a grumpy 40 something old fart who can't stand all these new fangled devices that have taken over the world today from me beloved miggies, and quite possibly going through some sort of mid life crisis...

[Franko]

Wild boar ribs:

Urgh... those look like some giant multi legged beetles covered in barbie sauce... are those PPC versions

[Franko]

@ JimS

Computers are just a generic product now.

That's one of the things I find sad about todays world of computing, I know it's no ones fault but being in at the start of true home computing way back in 82 with my first Vic20 then the C64 then the Amiga range, reading some of threads here by younger members it seems they take computers for granted as if they have always been around forever.

When I was at school calculators had only just been introduced to the mainstream public and there was not even one computer in my entire school, just as I left school the Z80 and ZX81 had just came out and then the Vic 20 which is where I started it was a whole new world that had suddenly opened up and we basically had to teach ourselves everything we now know about computers.

I genuinely feel sad and sorry that younger folk missed out on this experience and the whole bedroom industry of computer programming from where many of the large software companies sprang from, it really was a special time that sadly no-one will ever experience again...

[Franko]

Well said.   As much of a tech-geek as I am, I would rather sit in a restaurant and talk to my wife than send a twitter message or update farcebook.   I may be the exception, but I turn off the cel phone when I get home.

Like my computers... Love my wife...

Neither owning a mobile phone or any portable computing device, I wish more folk were like you, It takes me all my self control when sitting in a restaurant or pub or other public places not to get up and ram folks ruddy mobile devices up their back end when the ignorant turds sit there talking as loud as they can about absolute S@&te, especially when the twat their talking to is sitting a few tables way or at the other end of the bar, not to mention all those ruddy grating ringtones that you constanly have to listen to...  :madashell:

But sadly I seem to be in a minority in this matter, but one of these days I'm gonna be up on a GBH charge for it... but it will be worth it...

[Franko]

There are smart phones with video output (composite or HDMI depending on the phone) & USB On The Go (which allows USB printers to be plugged in ).  Eventually they will be cheap enough to be standard on all phones, but at the moment people don't want to pay money for something they will never use.
 
Most phones come with either bluetooth or wifi, which can be used for printing.
 
The software isn't necessarily there, that would be where you could make a difference. However you'd be better off hacking Android around.

Look, stop telling me porky pies here and trying to shatter my illusion than all mobile phones are evil...

Mobile phone with video output... PAH... next thing you'll be trying to tell me you can actually make phone calls with them... :lol:

I'm off back to the dark ages for now (pre 1990) where I can live safe and sound in me own little world...

[Franko]

Must've dozed of there for a couple of hours...

This is worrying I can't think of nothing to say just now...

oh well, mince & tatties will have to do for now until me brain clicks back in...

[Franko]

Yes, I suppose, but then again, I can play Angry Birds on my wife's phone while waiting for our sushi order to be ready.

I do prefer the desktop still.

Just go for a meal in Glasgow, you'll find plenty of angry birds there and they're real not just a game on a phone... but be prepaired to get your sushi stuffed in some awkward places when you get them really angry...

[Franko]

Lol. I think I'll pass. Raw tuna and bird mayonnaise ain't my kind of omega-3s.

You've just put me right of my dinner now... :roflmao: