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Offline runequesterTopic starter

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Going amiga-amish for a bit
« on: July 04, 2012, 04:08:01 PM »
Looks like RAM went bad in my PC. I don't have the funds to replace that until I get paid again, so it looks like I will be amiga only for a little bit.

Ever been in a similar situation?
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2012, 04:10:50 PM »
no. PC here can be bought used (but with guarantee) for low prices. So cheap to replace (if you do not need a new one). Or buy it on ebay.

Besides:
I have one Notebook and a desktop in office and two Notebooks at home.
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2012, 04:53:53 PM »
Yes. I have taken a few enforced Amiga only holidays from my laptop. It was quite refreshing but I wouldn't want to do it for longer than two weeks.
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2012, 05:16:47 PM »
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Yes. I have taken a few enforced Amiga only holidays from my laptop. It was quite refreshing but I wouldn't want to do it for longer than two weeks.


well, it's a week and a half until I get paid again,so I think it'll be pretty fun for a survival trip. I had done a similar experiment a ways back, but only got around to the preparation stage, so I guess we'll see how it goes :)
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2012, 06:29:19 PM »
My only computer was an A1200 until 2004/2005, without intarwebz, does that count?
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2012, 06:34:36 PM »
Shouldn't be too bad, runey.  I've enforced some cli-only builds of Arch on my computers.  Surfing with links and using mutt for a week - and that's definitely worse than Amiga even if there's a 3ghz monster pushing it.
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2012, 07:11:24 PM »
okay that's pretty hardcore for both of you :)

Ibrowse does okay for forum stuff, and a bit of a detox from wasting time on the internet might be good (though I might end up wasting that time playing Chaos Engine instead..)
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2012, 08:34:19 PM »
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Ever been in a similar situation?

PowerBook with MorphOS is not an Amiga precisely, but can be considered a similar situation IMHO. Then in my case this situation is permanent. I have a PC only at work and turn it on only if I have no other choice (happens a few times a month).
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2012, 08:37:52 PM »
Heh, if you lived near by I'd give you one of my spare PC's. I never have that problem, though I have had to go without my Amiga for a while. That sucked!
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2012, 09:49:31 PM »
XDelusion, appreciate the offer anyways :)

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PowerBook with MorphOS is not an Amiga precisely, but can be considered a similar situation IMHO. Then in my case this situation is permanent. I have a PC only at work and turn it on only if I have no other choice (happens a few times a month).


Oh wow. So MOS is your main OS then?

Care to tell us more about your experiences?
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2012, 10:11:20 PM »
Quote from: runequester;699021
Looks like RAM went bad in my PC. I don't have the funds to replace that until I get paid again, so it looks like I will be amiga only for a little bit.

Ever been in a similar situation?


I used an A1200 with 060, Mediator etc until around 2004 when my AmigaONE XE took over.  I did set up a Windows PC sometime around 2007/8 out of necessity.  I tend to use both OS4 and XP in about equal measures.  When there's a browser that will play youtube visds at an acceptable speed I'll turn the PC on less often.

edit.

I don't think I'd want to use an original Amiga for browsing the web these days no matter what the specification these days.  I'm glad OS4 came along when it did.
« Last Edit: July 04, 2012, 10:14:24 PM by Rob »
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2012, 11:21:56 PM »
Back in the 90's I was stuck in a similar situation for a couple of months - used my plain vanilla A1200 with 20 MB HD for word processing in the only software package that was capable of typing in Czech and output in formats and encodings compatible with PC software. It was OK but no match for the MS Word (for MS-DOS) on a PC.

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no. PC here can be bought used (but with guarantee) for low prices. So cheap to replace (if you do not need a new one). Or buy it on ebay.

Well, if it's cheaper than the RAM there probably isn't much reason to even consider it IMHO. (^__~ )
« Last Edit: July 04, 2012, 11:25:08 PM by Dementhor »
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2012, 11:52:05 PM »
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XDelusion, appreciate the offer anyways :)



Oh wow. So MOS is your main OS then?

Care to tell us more about your experiences?


Before my eMac died, I was VERY VERY happy with my MorphOS experience. Even though I had about the crappiest hardware to run it on, I was able to do a great number of things out of the box, especially where classic apps were concerned.

It is totally worth the while and worth taking the time to explore. Though I've grown to love AROS, I can still say that MorphOS goes so much deeper and has a plethora of practical every day uses.
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2012, 12:29:52 AM »
Quote from: runequester;699021
Looks like RAM went bad in my PC. I don't have the funds to replace that until I get paid again, so it looks like I will be amiga only for a little bit.

Ever been in a similar situation?


Yup. Since my XP laptop is gone missing I have got my MorphOS machines only. I am using Mac Mini and my gf is using PowerBook. Have been 4 months without XP now.

Sometimes I have to take work laptop to home when I am on-call.
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Re: Going amiga-amish for a bit
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2012, 05:45:28 AM »
There is only one reason for me to use windows-machine at home and that is Worms Reloaded. Gotta have my daily fix ;-)
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