Before the internet was a big thing, what sort of tasks did you use your computer for?
Hi,
My first computer was a C64 and I used it for data bases, word processing, spreadsheets, and games. My primary use was for cracking games and copying them during software parties.
As I became older I bought an Otrona, which was a small portable computer (suitcase size) I used this for writing dbaseII and spreadsheet programs in CPM, then Microsoft appeared on the scene and I had to update the Otrona to a 8088 emulator board where I continued to write dbase II and Lotus 123 spreadsheet programs for banking and accounting.
Then when my Otrona attache finally died, I went out looking for a new computer, about this time I had my choice on which computer I was going to buy, an Amiga 1000 or a Tandy, well the tandy could run dbase and Lotus 123, but I had to buy the programs from Tandy, the 2 programs cost more then the computer, the Amiga 1000 couldn't run any IBM programs at the time, so I bought you guessed it, the Tandy, but the following week after buying the Tandy the Transformer came out for the Amiga 1000, so back went the Tandy (it was just way to expensive) and in came the Amiga. Now the Amiga 1000 could run my original IBM programs (ones that I had already originally owned) and it could also play some awesome games. The one I liked best was Arctic Fox by EA, then Commodore upgraded from Amigados 1.0 to 1.1, and my awesome game Arctic Fox wouldn't work, I called EA and they played the phone circle with me and I never did receive an answer. so then I decided to heck with their copy protection and started cracking and distributing there games if copy protected, had lots of business in this area because a lot of Amiga games where copy protected, OK I KNOW IT WAS ILLEGAL, but one thing I can say is that I never distributed a unprotected piece of software, and still refuse to today.
In 1984 I was hired by Commodore to sell their computers, what won me this job was my programming skills and my new ideas with this great machine. I won salesman of the year for 3 years straight in the Bay area by Commodore. (Huge bonus's ($500, $1000) I could of sold more but I couldn't get enough Amiga's in the store.
So what did I use my Amiga's for, cracking protected software (EA's fault) databasing, spreadsheeting, games, Desktop Publishing, slideshows, movie titling, commercials, weddings, and 3d rendering. It was an all around computer that would take you as far as your imagination allowed. Lots of fun.
smerf
