Oh look... a thread full of Spammers and Trolls (i believe those are the silly wee words used to describe them)... We'll they are used in the sites TOS so I guess no matter how silly or childish they might be to me, then they must be the correct terms...

I might as well join in as it seems the mods don't mind these "Trolls", "Spammers" and oh yeah "Flamers" that they describe in the TOS after all (makes you wonder why they bother having TOS in the the first place then)...


Me dog just died (again)...

Noticed a spot of paint flaking on next door fence today, think I'll lurk about underneath it and wait till it falls off and hits me, then sue them fro the injury...

Wonder why some people still think they are Amiga users when they don't actually use one anymore... strange that...

I once met a strange man upstairs on a bus who said to me "fares please", twas odd as it's was many years after they had done away with bus conductors...

Think it's time to get meself a nice wee pet Albert again....

Did you know Time doesn't actually exist anywhere in the universe other than on planet earth and more specifically to the human race... true that is...

Lost me good pen again...

I hate cats...

Does my bum look big in this...

Why...

It's dark inside closed fridges and a bit claustrophobic to be honest...

Did you just see that, it was another one of them things...

My auld grannie was an astronaut, least so she used to tell me but she never once showed anyone her spaceship, think she was fibbing...

Whatever happened to Shirley Temple, aint seen her for a while... hope she's alright...

A wee perfectly formed grain of sand...

Daffodils & chocolate spanners...

I am the only real Amiga user left in the world...

There's another one of those things... did you see it...

Deep fried mars bars and a nice cuppa...

I really hate cats...

The man in the moon is really a baby egg...

Sheep are good for being sheep... sometimes...

12 is rubbish...

Did you just fart...

An empty box full of strange and wondrous things...

Oh look... some atoms are tap dancing to an old Def Leopard record... nice...

Where's your Mama gone... Where's your Mama gone... (that is not a question)...

I still hate cats...

If I owned all the real Amigas in the world... oh... that's right I do... silly me...

I often wonder about things...

I once lived in a teacup somewhere in the future...

Hmmm.... don't see the point in this "Spamming" / "Trolling" to be honest... wonder why so many people here actually do it !!!

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@Franko

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So who else out there is still like me and only uses the REAL original Commodore Amigas to this very day for all their computing needs

You're posting without using a computer? Heh.

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The internet I'll leave to my new iMac as it's perfectly suited for that job whereas the Amiga isn't but then the internet is not a requirement using the Amiga under OS3.x

mkay. I'll give you that one if you were shooting for internet use, like your post, NOT being a computing need. Heh.

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number6 wrote: @Franko Quote: So who else out there is still like me and only uses the REAL original Commodore Amigas to this very day for all their computing needs You're posting without using a computer? Heh. #6

I KNEW that would be the typical reply to this...

In case you have missed the posts where I have explained this before allow me to explain it for one last final time...

edit by mod: Don't be snarky.

Firstly to answer your comment directly...

You DON"T Need a computer to post on the internet these days I am assured it can be done from mobile phones...

More importantly and this is FACT...

Using REAL Commodore Amigas DOES NOT REQUIRE THE INTERNET...

The Internet has never been a necessity to use REAL Commodore Amiga Hardware (heck the Web wasn't even around when the Amiga was introduced)...

REAL Commodore Amigaa never have and never will require the internet to be usuable, the internet is nothing more than a communication medium and NOT part of or something required to use REAL Commodore Amiga hardware...

Nothing hard to understand in the FACTS I have just posted...

So the typical reply you just posted is pointless, wrong and absurd (not to mention a failed attempt at having a dig at me and this subject)...

Don't know why folk keep coming up with this silly "internet" argument on this subject when It's a FACT that the internet has nothing to do with computing or more importantly computing using REAL Commodore Amiga hardware...

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How long for ???

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@Franko

I suppose NG is excluded if I judge from your first post. You should also define what an everyday use is and what are the needs that you fulfill. Of course this is subjective but you could narrow down a little bit and expect more specific answers. Gaming is one use but maybe you also intend word processing, printing etc.

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@Franko

1988 unless you count buying AmigaWorld #1 in 1985.

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portarinos wrote: @Franko I suppose NG is excluded if I judge from your first post. You should also define what an everyday use is and what are the needs that you fulfill. Of course this is subjective but you could narrow down a little bit and expect more specific answers. Gaming is one use but maybe you also intend word processing, printing etc.

Yup NG, MorphOS, WinUAE etc... has nothing to do with this thread (that's why I tried to make it clear it's only about REAL Commodore Amiga hardware

For me personally It's about using the Amiga for computing task like D.T.P., Creating GFX, Audio Editing, Burning CD's & DVD's, Making Music, Word Processing, Letter Writing, Programming etc...

I know playing games is a big thing for a lot of Amiga users and even if that's all you use it for and do so all the time then I suppose that counts too... (just cos I aint a big games fan doesn't mean to say that it's not using your Amiga)...

Basically I am just curious to see how many other folk are still out their whom never left the Amiga scene and went to different platforms to preform their evertday computing tasks/ needs...

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It must've been 87 as that's the year the A2000 was released...

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How many Amiga users have and still do to this very day use REAL Amiga hardware for all their computing needs by that I mean...

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I use my Classic 'miggy for tasks that are still better handled by it e.g animation, bitmap manipulation and for the odd spot of retro gaming. AmigaWriter has long since been retired as my word processor of choice however and Word and Pages get the most use in that regard in this household. AmigaWriter has pitiful handling of tables for example. iMovie and iDVD are awesome programs on the Mac which have replaced my genlock, Scala and my trusty VHS recorder for the titling of home videos. So no there are some things better handled on other platforms although the Amiga still has its place.

Oh yeah and to say internet browsing is not a computing need is simply bonkers. 80% of the entire time my wife uses a computer for is social networking with the other 20% split between Word and Audacity.

Fans of the Amiga don't have to use it for 100% of their computer tasks in order to favour its ease of use, OS and its unique and productive creative programs! My wife even used TurboPrint to print a project she started in Word because it could better handle multi-page poster printing! Is she an Amiga user? Technically yes, but to force her to only use an Amiga in 2013 when people DO need the internet on their computers to check rotas/bank accounts and see how their friends are doing is just not feasible.

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@Franko

Nope... It's just too slow and too limited for my requirements. Still use a couple of them occasionally as an mp3 player, for the odd game, and for testing code written on a more "modern" machine.

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@Franko

I mainly used my A1200 until 2005. Since then I did most of my school-work on 486SX notebook.

Sure, PC of my brother is the best for browsing internet and wasting my time in senseless discussions...

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BigD wrote: @Franko Quote: How many Amiga users have and still do to this very day use REAL Amiga hardware for all their computing needs by that I mean... What a stupidly phrased question.

Hmmm so stupidly phrased in your warped opinion that you went to the bother to answer it... strange that...


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I use my Classic 'miggy for tasks that are still better handled by it e.g animation, bitmap manipulation and for the odd spot of retro gaming.

Nice to know...


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AmigaWriter has long since been retired as my word processor of choice however and Word and Pages get the most use in that regard in this household. AmigaWriter has pitiful handling of tables for example. iMovie and iDVD are awesome programs on the Mac which have replaced my genlock,

As you were obviously too busy with your little mind whirring around trying comprehend a perfectly phrased question, you obviously missed the FACT that this is about REAL Commodore Amiga computers, not what you I or anyone does on other computers like Macs or PCs... I don't care what you do on other platforms and its got nothing to do with the questions I asked...


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Oh yeah and to say internet browsing is not a computing need is simply bonkers. 80% of all my wife uses a computer for is social networking with the other 20% split between Word and Audacity.

You obviously have difficulty understanding perfectly clear and plain ENGLISH... suggest you read my post again about the subject of the internet in regard to REAL Commodore Amiga Computers...

The only thing bonkers is your inability to understand very simple and plain English...

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Me... Sort of, 1985 to 2007 on real commodore amiga hardware - although I do have a couple of 1200's somewhere, 2004 onwards using NG but I do have a harddrive from 1994 (from my A4000) in my X1000 and stil use a lot of the programs on it. I also have a couple of macs but I've not even turned them on for about 6 months, I use AmigaOS for everything I can.

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@Franko

You're going to get very little response from anyone if you limit the scope of your thread to a small proportion of Amiga users who use nothing else!

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Other than PageStream which I've always loved for DTP, if you want to print documents 99% of the time you'd be better off using M$ Word. Sorry that you'd prefer to know about how I've made do with 2nd rate outmoded software since the mid-90s but I haven't. Times have moved on and in many respects the Amiga was left behind. Other platforms are required to take the slack. Sorry you don't want to hear that.

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I can't use an Amiga for all my computing needs as it doesn't have what I need.. but I've been using my Amigas since 1989.

Basically I use a PC when I need to use a computer, and an Amiga when I want to use one.

By Amiga I include classic and OS4 though.

@Franko

If it makes you feel better I used my classic 'miggy and genlock to title my sister-in-laws wedding video as recently as 2009 and recorded the result on a consumer electronics DVD burner. They were very pleased with it. So the Classic Amiga has its uses.

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BigD wrote: @Franko You're going to get very little response from anyone if you limit the scope of your thread to a small proportion of Amiga users who use nothing else!

Fer Gawds sake BigD... THAT'S THE ENITRE POINT OF THIS THREAD...

The Title and my very first post in it makes it VERY CLEAR that this thread is aimed directly at people whom have only ever used and still do up to this very day and moment in time use REAL Commodore Amiga Computers for all their everyday computing tasks....

There is nothing hard to understand in that and so far of the 3 people whom have said they do (including myself) then it doesn't matter if there is only 3 of us or their are more to come...

This thread is as I have said just me trying to find out roughly how many people still do use their REAL Commodore Amigas each and everyday instead of using Macs for example...

edit by mod: And that means you too!.

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AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH....

Did any of you actually bother to read my first post ???

I made it perfectly clear I believe in that post that this thread is about

PEOPLE WHOM STILL TO THIS DAY AND VERY MOMENT ONLY USE REAL COMMODORE AMIGA COMPUTERS FOR ALL THEIR EVERYDAY COMPUTING TASKS...

Nothing hard to understand in that...

It's not about the internet...

It's not about what other platforms you use now...

it's not about if you used an original Amiga up until xyz date...

It's about a perfectly clear and well highlighted set of questions that are clear even to a blind man and his dug to see...

Gawd, did IQ's suddenly drop round here or have some folk lost the ability to read and understand simple questions anymore...

edit by mod: They've just invented a new sport - "Haggis baiting" .

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