DoomMaster's whereabouts

[Gaiyan]

I registered on Amiga.org just to post this message. Our dear Doomy has found refuge at www.atari-forum.com and is pissing me off. I just thought some people here might find some of his posts amusing...

http://www.atari-forum.com/search.php?search_author=DoomMaster

Joshua.

PS. Never mind my inclination toward Atari. I have been lurking around Amiga.org for years now looking at Amiga's progress which is quite impressive.

[TheMagicM]

Welcome!

LOL @ Doomy.. yea he's a character.   I'm also Pro-*classic* Amiga but I'm not going to start a Atari vs. Amiga war. hehe

I've never used a Atari, I'll have to read up on it on the web, although I have seen a few good games screenshots.

[HopperJF]

The ST is a better games machine, dont ask why. This is just my opinion, and I have used A500/600/1200 to compare against. I just get more excitement from the ST.
Workbench is a nicer opersting system though, TOS isnt very pleasant. The only good thing about it is the nicer background and the fact that it loads from chip and not a disk although it takes a while.

But I solved this problem - by simply inserting a disk on startup with no data on it.
It makes it boot straight into TOS instead of waiting around 30 seconds watching a white screen.  :-)

[PMC]

Welcome Gaiyan, I've had an Amiga for about 14 years but I always had a soft spot for the ST.  I always found it a very nice system to use.

Yeah, Doomy's been here for a while and although some of his posts had been pretty controversial to say the least, he's toned his act down lately here.

Does he do random smileys on the Atari forums too?

[Gaiyan]

Thanks all for the warm welcome.

Yeah TOS is pretty brutal looking but the later versions are better and some alternate desktops are very nice.

TOS loads up in a flash from chip if you have a disk in the drive. It doesn't have to be empty as long as it's not a bootable disk.

I have not used an Amiga ever in my life... I don't know how that has been possible. I'd love to give it a shot. I am envious at the game selection of AGA games compared to the Atari Falcon's.

PMC,

Doomy seems to have the smileys going on the Atari Forums too, yes.

Joshua.

[Jose]

@Gaiyan

Welcome! Amiga and Atari must join forces in these difficult times..
More than 10 years ago I also almost buyed a 520st but I ended up choosing the Amiga because it had better sound. :-)

[PMC]

Gaiyan wrote:

Yeah TOS is pretty brutal looking but the later versions are better and some alternate desktops are very nice.

TOS loads up in a flash from chip if you have a disk in the drive. It doesn't have to be empty as long as it's not a bootable disk.

Hi Gaiyan,

I remember the vivid green desktop quite well on my mate's 520ST.  The OS was pretty snappy though and not having to load it from disk was a bonus.  Me and my mate used to spend hours attempting to design demos on our ST and Amiga systems back in the day...

I'd be interested to see the alternative desktops though, maybe you could post some pics here?  

Feel free to have a look round and ask whatever questions you wish, especialluy given you're an Amiga newbie and all.

[shIva]

http://www.atari-forum.com/search.php?search_author=DoomMaster

strange, didn´t find the word "professional" in these posts. :-D

[BoingBoss]

Hi Gaiyan,

I registered on Amiga.org just to post this message.

That sounds kind of childish to me.  Are you still mad at me?  I am really sorry, I did not mean to upset you so much.  I am glad to see that you like the Amiga computers too.  See, we both like the Atari ST and Amiga.  They are both great machines.   :-D

[seer]

Damn.. I find myself agreeing (sp?) with doomy.. I must be sick..  :-D ;-)

[MAD]

Hoya!

I once had a 520 ST and I think it was quite a terrible computer. GFX were ok but sound-wise it was a joke compared to the A500.

95% of the time, games were better on Amiga.

Be funky

M A D

[Karlos]

@Gaiyan

Welcome to the asylum, as someone used to say a lot here :-)

You don't have to be an amiga user to be a member :-D

Yeah TOS is pretty brutal looking but the later versions are better and some alternate desktops are very nice.

I gather there was a MultiTOS too, right? I seem to recall it was a preemptive multitasking kernel.

TOS loads up in a flash from chip if you have a disk in the drive. It doesn't have to be empty as long as it's not a bootable disk.

I often toyed with the idea with a bootable PCMCIA card disk to put workbench on, but never got around to it :-)

I have not used an Amiga ever in my life... I don't know how that has been possible. I'd love to give it a shot. I am envious at the game selection of AGA games compared to the Atari Falcon's.

I never used an atari, but for some time now I've had the urge to get a Falcon just to see what can be done on the machine. Also, those CT60 cards have got to be good :-D

No doubt AROS 68K could be ported to it, not to mention those PCI atari clones (Hades?) They looked pretty neat to me.

So what's happening with the old Atari platform these days?

I think there's no room these days for the old atari v amiga thing. We're equally beleagured in the rise to success of the PC ;-)

[jeffimix]

But doomy, I thought you only used Amigas and C64s and were an executive for Commodore.... I feel.... BETRAYED :sob :sob


j/k

[Hyperspeed]

Can someone post a few URLs to some JPGs for Atari games, desktops
etc.? I don't think I've ever seen a Falcon game or operating system.

I heard the Falcon can take Jaguar pads though which is cool, I wonder
if the OS supports all those buttons!

:-)

The Falcon must be very capable in the MIDI/Tracker field surely?

I doubt the ST was a better games machine than the Amiga, the Amiga
had over 4,000 games for it not to mention Aminet's collection of PD
stuff. All I remember seeing on the ST is Lemmings and Putty!

;-)

[BoingBoss]

Hi jeffimix,

But doomy, I thought you only used Amigas and C64s and were an executive for Commodore

Actually, I love all computers.  I have owned, operated, repaired, and upgraded EVERY type of personal computer that has ever been made.  I have been working with computers since the very first personal computer hit the market.  The first computer that I ever bought for myself was a Commodore Vic 20, but I used the earlier computers before that.  My two favorite computers of all time are the Atari ST and the Commodore Amiga.  I also like the Commodore 64, 128D, and the older Macintosh computers.