Signs You're An Amiga User
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Calum Tsang (tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca)
Hey kids! Find out if you're an Amiga user! If you fit a few of
these categories, then maybe you're one of the crazy few who are lucky
enough to own such a wonderful yet tacky machine.
*1. You'd rather say "co processor" and not "graphics chip".
*2. You have more than one Amiga, and the other one is an A500.
3. You considered the A500 040/25 board.
*4. Sandwiching expansion devices between chips is an acceptable expansion.
*5. You thought the Walker prototype case was cool.
6. For you, a local area network means Parnet.
7. You ran a BBS. And you did it with a one floppy A500.
8. You have a Comspec ARM, or know what it is.
*9. You seem to always say "but it's popular in Europe!".
10. You have (or more!) one of the following:
*-Amiga shirt
-Gold Disk t-shirt
-AmiEXPO t-shirt
-NewTek shirt
-a cinnamon cat lollipop
-prototype Amiga hardware
-a copy of The Deathbed Vigil
-blue button that says "Only Amiga Makes It Possible"
*-Amiga promotional literature hanging on your wall.
11. You walked the Deathbed Vigil.
*12. You think running an Amiga is possible on 4MB RAM.
13. You said AMosaic 1.3 was a good try.
14. Your main printer is a dot matrix. And it's a 9 pin.
15. That dot matrix is a Star Micronics model.
*16. You've compared an 030 to a Pentium before.
*17. You tried to explain that custom chips offload CPU usage.
18. You always say "but raw CPU speed isn't important" at the start of every conversation.
19. You mumbled "Windows95 is like the Amiga in 85" but you forgot about constant disk swapping, and the lack of RAM.
20. You saved the January 1990 BYTE cover "Mainstream Amiga: A3000".
21. You thought AmigaWorld was a good magazine.
22. You thought Laura "Maxine Headroom" Longfellow really liked you.
23. Your 1084 has no front panel.
24. You tried to repair the 1084 front panel.
*25. You built your own DB23 to DB15HD converter.
26. You forgot the 74Lxx class inverter and fried your Denise chip.
27. You don't mind 15 Khz interlace flicker.
*28. You like MUI.
29. At a trade show, you went up to Kiki Stockhammer at the Play booth.
*30. You know all the models of the Amiga, including the ones never released. Yes, that includes the CDTV II.
31. You write for Amiga Report International. And you put it on your resume.
*32. You built a slingshot hack.
33. Your Amiga sits on a fibreboard built-it-yourself wooden desk with handy monitor hutch with lovely wooden veneer.
*34. The A2000/3000/4000 case is never on.
*35. You've replaced at least one chip.
*36. You sell used Amiga stuff, posting it on BBSes. Or you're a one man Amiga store.
37. You constantly bug me, trying to offer ridiculously low prices in response to my forsale ads.
38. You can recognize at least two of the following terms:
*-DMA
*-softkick
*-upclock
*-deinterlace
*-sync rate
*-copper
*-random number generator
*-bob
*39. You compare the Amiga to SGIs. And the Amiga wins in your comparison.
*40. You believe those textfiles about new Amiga specs.
*41. You wrote messages describing what YOU think the next Amiga should have.
42. You know what's at 3470 Pharmacy Avenue, or 1200 Wilson Drive.
43. You plan to visit Los Gatos, West Chester and Branschweig in the near future.
44. You took a hacksaw to your A3000/3000T to get Input 1's BNC to stick out.
*45. Instead of normal desktop speakers, you have a receiver hooked up to your Amiga. And it's an old one.
*46. You're miffed you can't argue with Atari ST users anymore.
*47. You've told Mac users that PowerAmigas will be out in 1997.
*48. You keep saying the VideoToaster is cool, but you've never used one.
49. Nonlinear editing means cutting up 320x200x32 ANIM5's.
50. You tried the 2MB chip hack.
*51. You know Workbench 2.1 is missing narrator.device and translator.library. You copied it over anyways.*
52. You run MagicWB and wonder where all your CHIP RAM is.
*53. You tried to set someone up with an Amiga too.
*54. You had to expand your desk to fit the expansion modules.
55. You play MOD files and you sample them too.
*56. The LIBS: directory is full of libraries you never use.
*57. You install pointless software, because it's fun. Then, you wonder which program is crashing your machine sporadically.
58. Instead of buying a A2320 board, you use one of those tinted screen filters.
*59. You write letters to the editors of publications that comment on the Amiga negatively, or ones that don't write for the Amiga.
*60. You know the story of the Guru Meditation.
61. You have a giant collection of DSDD floppies near your desk. When you see them for sale, you scream "bargain!"
62. You've built one of the following:
-dualspeed HD floppy drive
-mouse adapter
-home made SCSI adapter
-LUCAS/FRANCES board
*-parnet cable
*-PAL/NTSC toggle switch
-sync strainer for Toaster
*63. You balk at paying $349 for Ethernet hardware.
64. You continually say a composite video signal path is not a problem.
*65. You'll argue the AmigaOS is faster than Windows, even comparing it on 060's versus, Pentium Pro's, at the same price point.
*66. When defeated on an Amiga argument, you complain you're being personally attacked.
67. You say your Toaster/Flyer is broadcast quality. Your main product is wedding videos anyways.
68. * - You emailed me to correct me about narrator.device.

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@tomazkid

69. And you hated Bill Gates at least for a period of time.

Firbodi

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@firbodi

70. You argue that the CDTV was a concept 10 years ahead of its time.

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@SvenHarvey

71. You are patient to a fault ;)

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72. You always compare boot times between amiga and pc with your friends!

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@tomazkid

Quote:

tomazkid wrote: 14. Your main printer is a dot matrix. And it's a 9 pin. 15. That dot matrix is a Star Micronics model.

not only was that true for a very long time, but now I even work for Star Micronics!
Our support line still gets occasional Amiga enquiries.

73. You'll argue that a modern OS doesn't require multi-user capability but that screen dragging is an absolute must and that fast boot-time is a compelling advantage of AmigaOS over other OS.

74. ARexx is the only human-readable IPC language (and you know what IPC means).

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74. The best thing in shutting down a computer and not wait for minutes...

Edit: 75. then;)

Last edited by PR on 23-Mar-2007 at 10:23 AM.

76.

You know off the top of your head when some of the other listed items are a little innaccurate and consider correcting them (but refrain at last minute 'cos its a little too geekish)

77.

You make lists about signs that show you're an amiga user :p

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@Srbin


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72. You always compare boot times between amiga and pc with your friends!

Too true!

TrevorDick

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78. The phrase "Something wonderful has happened" fills you with dread.

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79. Rumors become more important to you than facts and you feel compelled to share them as rapidly as humanly possible.

#6

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@tomazkid

How humbling ;) I rather enjoyed reading through that list. I remember not long after I got my A1200 in 1996, the sudden hatred I felt for Wintel machines - just because I knew I had a gem. Awwww. Shame I didn't own one sooner :)

Steve

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A1200 - OS3.1: Blizzard IV 030, 64mb ram, 400mb HDD

OS4.x - Flying the AMIGA flag

@TrevorDick

I don't think there is a single amiga user who haven't done that comparison at least once in a life. Not to mention that i do it even now

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@Srbin

Hehe, I'm guilty of that one as well.

I showed my wife how fast my 1200 boots form the hard drive. I switched it on and counted "1...2...3...4...5...And it's ready to use!"

She just rolled her eyes at me.

(She did think it was pretty cool though. )

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@Gleng

hahaha... really? Lucky you, none of my girls showed any interest in amiga

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@Srbin

Yeah, although it has it's bad points. She hogged the hell out of it the other day playing Rodland!

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@number6

Good one.

#80 Your kids know who Fred Fish is.

Plaz

Last edited by Plaz on 23-Mar-2007 at 12:53 PM.