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Re: so what do you DO with your amigas?
« Reply #59 from previous page: May 21, 2010, 08:16:45 PM »
Quote from: Colani1200;560001
Way cool.


Yep, that is cool.

You know what, to hell with all this modern crap. I'm firing my PCs out the 'window' right now, yeah!

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Re: so what do you DO with your amigas?
« Reply #60 on: May 22, 2010, 12:53:44 AM »
When I have a LOT of time to kill, I get on the old A500 and hit the WWW.
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Re: so what do you DO with your amigas?
« Reply #61 on: May 22, 2010, 03:00:19 AM »
A lot of time.

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Re: so what do you DO with your amigas?
« Reply #62 on: May 22, 2010, 07:04:30 AM »
I do pretty much all my normal computer stuff involving an Amiga in some form or another.

Doing homework (to the point that I need an 8GB USB thumb-drive with UAE installed on it so I can print using the computer lab printer, instead of my Canon-bjc-210-US$40/ink cartridge)
For the online part of my homework requiring screenshots, I aquire such using TwinVNC, Cybergrab, and a window positioned strategically enough to show the Workbench GUI. :D
Web browsing (Mainly Ibrowse, though I have an old laptop with Ubuntu Linux, Firefox, and a VNC server so I don't need to relocate for the stuff IB can't hack)
Playing demos/games/etc...
Twisting and contorting standard (and some rather obscure) accessories in ways that would horrify the original manufacturer just so I can use it on the Amiga. (Almost every I/O connecter on the back off my 1200T contains some sort of adapter before going to something useful, at least one of which is a horribly constructed wire-crimped mess of a cross-over cable held together with electric tape)
Plugging random USB stuff into my SubWay just to see if it works.
Other various tinkering.
Writing code (currently for PalmOS to Amiga conversion stuff, a few other things I have on the back-burner)
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Re: so what do you DO with your amigas?
« Reply #63 on: May 22, 2010, 08:18:53 AM »
What do I do with my Amiga? Well, pretty much everything except for syncing my MP3 player (no USB yet :( ), and burning DVD's, Oh, and a few websites that refuse to work with either Aweb APL or IBrowse. The fact is, 99% of my creative work is still done on Amigas. Specifically:

Weirdest use of my Amiga: Using my Arctec scanner and ImageF/X to make 'new' cylinder sleeves for my 1909 Edison cylinder phonograph :)
My dad and I both use Amigas to print decals for our model train layouts, aircraft, etc. Labels and pictures for videotapes and DVD's. My dad used his old A600 with DCTV and an Epson Stylus Photo to scan and re-print 'restored' photos. For me, of course, a good bit of 2D painting w/ DPaint 4 + 5, PPaint, Brilliance, DigiPaint3.... and lots of 3D rendering....Lightwave5, Yeah! No matter how slow it is on a 'lowly' '060 Amiga, I am just used to my old Amiga setup...besides, my Amiga has the expensive printer, and the 20" Toshiba monitor....:hammer:
Various printing tasks for my job....'cause the Brother Fax/printer and PC there fails about every 45mins. :laughing:

For 'common' computer tasks.... you might catch me doing ordinary word processing (Wordworth7) or updating phone numbers, contacts, etc. (Datastore)

I DO NOT play games on my Amiga....when I'm asleep... LOL....
Maybe a little Apidya before bed.....

Oh, and my A1200 is the official software and E-Mail storage for our house. Ya know, 'Just in case'
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Re: so what do you DO with your amigas?
« Reply #64 on: May 22, 2010, 09:08:30 AM »
Mainly coding, then listening to web radios via Tunenet, browsing, email, chat on IRC... the usual stuff.

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