What did you use your computer for, before the internet?

[runequester]

Before the internet was a big thing, what sort of tasks did you use your computer for?

[Homer]

That would be my A1200t. It was used for games, word processing, more games, and games. Apart from that I did a bit of scanning and image manipulation and listened to audio cd's. Later on with the modem, came faxing, telephone answering machine and games

[pVC]

Playing games, watching demos, listening mod music, copying disks, programming in AMOS, pixelling with DPaint, rendering with Real3D and Vista etc, tuning Workbench, recording animations to VHS, reading Amiga mags, doing school work and printing, testing everything, visiting demo parties... and some years before internet going online to BBS'es for trading, chatting, bank accounting and online gaming

Hmm.. I guess everyone here has lived that phase and isn't that we're all missing nowadays... sooo.. what kind of question this was afterall?

EDIT: and I got my first email address in 1994 via some BBS, first PPP connection to internet in 1995 and static 10/10 Mbps internet connection in 1998. All only with Amiga.

Later half of the 90's was great, lots of people were online with Amigas on internet and Amiga IRC channels were full of life etc. It was the golden era of online Amiga using. After millennium it all went downhill as majority was switching to PC as online machine and talk about real computers ceased on the most places

[kolla]

Before Internet was a big thing, I used my A1200 for Internet.

[ElPolloDiabl]

Same as above. Also tinkering and customising Workbench floppies to get it lean and fast. You become lazy after you get a hard drive though.

[rvo_nl]

games, demos, dpaint, protracker. and ofcourse tweaking workbench. did some lightwave stuff, too.

[psxphill]

Before Internet was a big thing, I used my A1200 for Internet.

I used my a500 to access the internet circa 93.
Before that programming, games, demos.

[Buzzfuzz]

Used my Amiga 500 for games and some dpaint, the pc was also used for games and some programming.
 
Internet was already a good know thing when it really took off, and made the most use of it at a friends house.
Wasn't untill 1998 that I had my own dialup, later ADSL and now cable, which runs 120/10 Mbit.
I rather would have a bit more upload than download, since 95% of the time you won't reach the full 120Mbit.

[Templario]

For games, the great Amiga 500's games, drawed even for bussines.

[Franko]

Well up until about 6 months ago I'd never in me 25 years of using the Amiga been on the net (it still isn't I'm using a Mac for the net) so me trusty old miggies are still doing the same things they always have done...

D.T.P, Graphics work, Programming, Music, Audio (burning CDs/ DVDs) and anything else you can use a computer for (except of course the net), oh and of course the odd game or two...

[Zac67]

Hmm - skimming through my blogs... can't find anything... weird... :rolleyes:

[tone007]

First computer, C64, mostly games and a little bit of art-type stuff, 1985ish-1990ish

Second, Apple IIe, mostly games and some word processing for school, 1990ish-1993

Third, Leading Edge 8086, Prodigy, found BBSes, didn't do much else with it, 1993-1994

Fourth, Packard Bell 486, AOL (pre-www,) BBSes, games, schoolwork, and probably my first direct internet connection, 1994-1995

[4pLaY]

My Amiga ran a BBS for years. If i could go back to those days i would in a heartbeat! the internett is nowhere near as fun.

[redrumloa]

Before the internet was a big thing, what sort of tasks did you use your computer for?

BBS'es

[commodorejohn]

I never actually had Internet access until 2000 (yes, really!) Before that, it was all about learning to program (sadly, I didn't make much progress because all the good tools were unaffordable in those ancient, pre-GCC days) and playing games off of those giant shareware compilation CDs you'd get for $5 at the local computer store. Good times