CompuServe Thread

#AMIGADEATH (part 2)

22 messages in this thread
#173776From: Joseph MaayanNov 23, 1994 1:24 PM
i wanted to know why on earth ppl are sticking with a computer that has absolutly no future what so ever no matrter what are it's capabilit ys, i don't that mac owners have that problem. would u like to know what those ppl with lots of knoladge about platfroms told me? btw a freind of mind who owned an amiga and also bragging about it just bought an a1200 a few weeks after he got he sold it and now is planning to buy a pc. need i say more?
#173874From: DegeNov 24, 1994 1:33 AM
Please do. Though from your spelling and grammar, I'm not sure you have said anything yet.
#174005From: Joseph MaayanNov 24, 1994 4:42 PM
i dare u to try and type with delays and lgs of 3-4 secs. imagine ths: i type a sentance then wait for it to appear on he screen, and spot a typ'o in the middle i back up with back slash a few times but i got back too far and ow have to rewrite the whole thing all oever in the mean while the meter is ticking and ticking away.
#174010From: JAMES MCRAENov 24, 1994 4:51 PM
It must be something to do with the hardware you are using! Try getting something that works and people might take you more seriously – then again that could expose your appalling grammar for what it really is. Jim
#174089From: Don Curtis/SYSOPNov 25, 1994 12:00 AM
James, I don't know where Elhanan is from (just like I don't know where you are from)…but you both show overseas PPN's here. It's quite possible (again…I don't know) that his native language is not English. Don
#174088From: Don Curtis/SYSOPNov 24, 1994 11:58 PM
Elhana, Get Autopilot in the Amiga Tech Forum….you can read and compose messages off line…while the meter is OFF <grin>. Don
#174276From: Michael A. SotoNov 26, 1994 9:46 AM
Don, He doesn't have an Amiga. From the last run in I had with him he said he doesn't want/can't spend the money on a navigation/front end program of any kind. He drove me nuts trying to read the chicken scratch that he wrote to me!! He also mentioned something about the network he calls in on and line clarity. Hey, for the rest of you guys out there paying attention to this person, he really is just a curious kid of 17 or 18 trying to annoy people here and if he isn't he has alot of growing up to do. I've never dealt with more ignorance/stupidity in all my life but that is what makes the world go round 🙂 . Mike. Just Multitasking Operating Systems AmigaDos & OS/2.
#174375From: Hank DuckmanNov 26, 1994 10:32 PM
PMFJI but I have a feeling that he is trying to learn to write/speak English and is using the forum communication for practice. Hank
#174486From: Eulogio (DJ) GarciaNov 27, 1994 11:19 AM
I stil think he's an AI running on somrthing like a PET … DJ On AP from Queens, the thrill and excitement of the Big Apple Where a little paranoia keeps you healthy and sane …
#174548From: Michael A. SotoNov 27, 1994 5:34 PM
HA!!! All along I thought it was an Apple…… Mike. Just Multitasking Operating Systems AmigaDos & OS/2.
#174631From: John Toebes/SYSOPNov 27, 1994 10:46 PM
Nope… I'm sure it's a PC Junior (Peanut)
#174547From: Michael A. SotoNov 27, 1994 5:34 PM
Hank, I don't think so, from the kind of exchange that we had. It was really ridiculous and I don' think that any of us learned much of anything. Mike. Just Multitasking Operating Systems AmigaDos & OS/2.
#174593From: Michael SchumacherNov 27, 1994 7:49 PM
Mike, I've got a feeling this is the same guy who has been surfing the Net recently trying to provoke flames from Amiga users. There were quite a few very stupid and obcene postings by a guy, who called himself the Phantom, on the demon.ip.support.amiga newsgroup. He even managed to forge the headers in hispostings, but was always spotted by his grammar and spelling mistakes.Some guys got so fed up with him, that they did a few core dumps on him, which prompted his British Internet provider to close his account:). Seeing that his Ci$ ID is probably European, this could well be the same nutter. Fortunately for us, AP has this nice "kill…" feature. Michael Schumacher Formula 1 on Autopilot
#173891From: Brian MorrisNov 24, 1994 3:32 AM
>> i wanted to know why on earth ppl are sticking with a computer that has >> absolutly no future what so ever no matrter what are it's capabilit ys, PMBI, But, I can't speak for anyone else here in this forum but I can speak for myself. The reason I 'stick' with my computer of choice is just that, A CHOICE. Without choices, be they bad or otherwise, this world would be a very boring place. Imagine if you had only one color to choose from, one make of car, one flavor toothpaste to put on one size toothbrush. Personally I like choices in everything. You say the Amiga has no future? Well I beg to differ. I'm not as selfish as some are, I believe there is enough room in this world of Billions & Billions of people for more than one platform of computer.(see above par.) I see the light at the end of the tunnel but I won't stand in the middle of the tracks so the train can run me over, nooooo. If it is an oncoming train and not the light at the end of the tunnel I'll just step to the side, let the train pass by, and then get back on the track and carry on my merry way. Which brings me to my last reason. . . I'M HAPPY WITH MY AMIGA!!!! I work on MS-DOS/Windows, OS/2, and IBM AS/400 Midrange computers at work all day long, so I know there are things I can do on those systems that I can't do (right now) on my Amiga. But, there are things that I can do on my Amiga that they can't do 'as well/at all' (yet), and as long as those needs are there I will keep my Amiga. I have too much time and hard earned money invested in my Amiga to go jumping ship because we have a new captain. I don't care who steers the boat as long as they get me from A to B safely (with a few drinks to help me enjoy the ride). I guess I can sum up this whole message in one sentence. . . Why do I stick with my Amiga. . . . Because I want to! Now, I have a question for you. Why are you condemning me for wanting to fight for something that works for me? If my choice in computer hurts you in anyway please, let me know. P.S. Happy Thanksgiving. 8^) Kickin' back an enjoyin' the view with AutoPilot engaged.
#174008From: Joseph MaayanNov 24, 1994 4:49 PM
i must say that i have never saw so many metaphores in one msg, but i don't remeber saying anything about condemning u for anything just wanted to know why. true u can choose with a reason to choose when it concers to icecream and the sorts, but when it comes to something u have for a couple of years where u use it daily and work with it everytime i should say to would haveto have more then the reason to choo se.
#174014From: JAMES MCRAENov 24, 1994 4:56 PM
Metaphor – "The application of a name or descriptive term or phrase to an object or action to which it is imaginatively but not literally applicable" – I think you mean analogy
#173918From: Leslie T. BartiromoNov 24, 1994 7:16 AM
-> i wanted to know why on earth ppl are sticking with a computer that has absolutly no future what so ever no matrter what are it's capabilit ys, Really? The Amiga has no future? How do you know this? What makes you say this? Are you saying I should take the computer I've been using for years and trash it? It seems to work perfectly fine to me. -> btw a freind of mind who owned an amiga and also bragging about it just bought an a1200 a few weeks after he got he sold it and now is planning to buy a pc. need i say more? So what? I don't know your friend or why he bought his Amiga 1200 initially. I don't know what he wanted to use it for. I'm not going to speculate as to why a stranger sold his Amiga for a "pc."
#174009From: Joseph MaayanNov 24, 1994 4:51 PM
he sold the amiga coue he saw it had no future, he told me that he cannot get any support for it or games etc, there is not mystory reason.
#174173From: Leslie T. BartiromoNov 25, 1994 3:58 PM
-> he sold the amiga coue he saw it had no future, he told me that he cannot get any support for it or games etc, there is not mystory reason. Sorry but your friend is wrong. The Amiga does have a future. Then again if he is interested in playing games an IBM clone is the right choice. The clones make a nice game machine assuming you have enough add ons.
#173969From: Eulogio (DJ) GarciaNov 24, 1994 1:19 PM
Please, say no more. DJ On AP from Queens, the thrill and excitement of the Big Apple Where a little paranoia keeps you healthy and sane …
#174013From: Joseph MaayanNov 24, 1994 4:52 PM
ok, i won't i forgot what i was saying in the last msg before yours.
#174591From: Michael D BrennanNov 27, 1994 7:31 PM
>ok, i won't i forgot what i was saying in the last msg before yours. Please, let me sum it up for you. So far, you have said _nothing_. Mike Brennan,Sir Render A/V "Yea, though I walk through the Silicon Valley of death, I fear no evil, for my faith in the Amiga has given me eternal Bytes"