Rob wrote:
What makes a computer an Amioga
Being an Amiga user who have been in the scene for a long time and knowing the old users opinions about why they used an Amiga (they have long stopped using Amiga) here are few things that comes to my mind.
1) You can start programming without learning lots of stuff.
2) You have access to knowledge and friendship of many people that knows and likes the hardware and the OS.
3) You have smooth scrolling.
4) You have access to amateur video editing, module composing, image processing software. This leads to things like demos in which people are free because of the amateur spirit unlike doing things on a PC which automaticly programs people's mind to produce a wannabe professional looking things without proper education and talent and experience.
5) The custom chips are unique which leads the users and programmers to do things "original" which leads to things like demos that are always winner demos.
6) In conclusion if you can call a computer a toy which even dragging screens is going to give you the "joy" and each time you turn it on, you are eager for it to boot this computer is an Amiga.