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Offline Iggy

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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2012, 07:43:56 PM »
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People these days seem to be under the impression that anything under a gigahertz is incapable of running a basic web browser. It's seriously not that impossible - a moderately upgraded Amiga is on par with the kind of machines that were used for web browsing back in the old days. It ain't zippy, but it's certainly not that unusable. (The truth is just that your modern multi-gigahertz machine isn't as much faster as you think it is, outside of certain specific cases...)

Personally, I don't use my A1200 as much as I should - I'm currently trying to get it set up to do a little more, such as MIDI editing and animation. Ultimately my intention is for it to be a development platform for my game projects, I just haven't gotten around to those yet...

No, not incapable, just painful (especially when we're  talking under 100MHz).
That's why I follow Xdelusion's lead and use a MorphOS machine (or better) for browsing.
Games on an Amiga, even text editing or music - no problem.
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #15 on: October 30, 2012, 08:13:08 PM »
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No, not incapable, just painful (especially when we're  talking under 100MHz).
That's why I follow Xdelusion's lead and use a MorphOS machine (or better) for browsing.
It's seriously not that bad. Sure, naturally a MorphOS box is going to be better at it, but it really isn't that bad on a 33-50MHz 030.
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #16 on: October 30, 2012, 08:20:28 PM »
My 3000D: home finances, tweaking hardware/software, word processing, and the occasional game.

Kids 3000D: games, and school work.
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #17 on: October 30, 2012, 08:34:59 PM »
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(The truth is just that your modern multi-gigahertz machine isn't as much faster as you think it is, outside of certain specific cases...)


Yes, and some day appear a OS capable of be at least responsive without any lag on modern pcs.
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #18 on: October 30, 2012, 08:37:59 PM »
absolutely nothing.... I should split it up and sell it really, but heck... its a memory :)

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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #19 on: October 30, 2012, 08:49:25 PM »
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Yes, and some day appear a OS capable of be at least responsive without any lag on modern pcs.


Isn't it kind of amazing that we have machines in the multiple GHZ range and we still have to wait for crap to happen :)
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #20 on: October 30, 2012, 08:50:42 PM »
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Yes, and some day appear a OS capable of be at least responsive without any lag on modern pcs.
That'll be the day.
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #21 on: October 30, 2012, 09:09:42 PM »
I play on my Amiga 600 pretty much every day.
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2012, 10:22:32 PM »
Likewise, I agree with CommodoreJohn;  It may not be as quick under a 50MHz '030 but I wouldn't call it painful, in fact, I quite enjoy it (nostalgia perhaps, but it feels great).

I am however disappointed that Google+ no longer supports IBrowse ...

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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #23 on: October 30, 2012, 10:35:00 PM »
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Yes, and some day appear a OS capable of be at least responsive without any lag on modern pcs.

Already got that, without the lag of an '80s slooow processor.
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2012, 10:36:36 PM »
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Likewise, I agree with CommodoreJohn;  It may not be as quick under a 50MHz '030 but I wouldn't call it painful, in fact, I quite enjoy it (nostalgia perhaps, but it feels great).

Nostalgia for me is  old Judas Priest videos, but they're hokey too.
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #25 on: October 30, 2012, 10:37:50 PM »
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Nostalgia for me is  old Judas Priest videos, but they're hokey too.


HE IS THE PAINKILLER! :afro:
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #26 on: October 30, 2012, 10:43:06 PM »
Hi,

@Kesa,

Lets see where shall I start, What do I do with my Amiga?

Well there is , than there is, but I really like, ahhh no, I would rather use, but only when I am really bored, but I really want to use but will set that up tomorrow. Then there are but only on Sunday when I have enought time off to use it, because it has a steep learning curve. And don't you think that is really exciting, and that is so awesome.

Well that explains what I use my Amiga for and it is really great for everything that I mentioned above.

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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #27 on: October 31, 2012, 12:57:42 AM »
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Already got that, without the lag of an '80s slooow processor.

Im talking about present cpus... but tell me one of these OS.
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #28 on: October 31, 2012, 01:04:26 AM »
@smerf

You hate morphos, classic amigas arent too useful for you, of 10 posts from you 9 are full of blah blah and stupidity... what do you like of the amiga? are you writing in amiga forums for trolling? serious question.
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Re: So what do people do with their Amigas on Amiga.org?
« Reply #29 from previous page: October 31, 2012, 01:36:46 AM »
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An Amiga user understands how to multitask, we can surf the web, eat and defecate at the same.


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