Both in hardware and software, the Amiga platform was *years* ahead of its time. The introduction of hardware graphics chips and a true multi-tasking OS were astonishing for the day.
I got my first hard drive for my Amiga 1000, and ran a BBS on it for several years - Black Flag. When the hard drive finally gave up the ghost, I tried to move it to a 386 PC, and exploit Fidonet, but it was never the same - never quite as cool - so I finally gave up on that. Kurt On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:19, Daniel Rodriguez <drod...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wanted to cry, when I found out. > > Used to repair C64 and Amiga. Loved playing with Amiga2000. Would still like > to get my hands on an Amiga 4000 with a Newtek Video Toaster. > > When Commodore went bankrupt in the 90's, all the big player, Microsoft, > IBM, Sun, Silicon Graphics, Dell and some others were in the courtroom > wanting to buy Commodore's patents and technologies. Last I heard, Gateway > owned Commodre. Now, Acer owns Gateway. > > I miss the old days. Running a BBS on a C64 with four floppies. Being a > Sysop. That was fun. > > Sorry guys, gotta go sit down in a queit place for awhile. > > Daniel > > On Apr 10, 2012 2:08 PM, "Steven Peck" <sep...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Than relize you missed the starting point and rewind / start over. >> (I bought a floppy drive because of this.) >> >> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Guyer, Donald <dgu...@che.org> wrote: >>> >>> Makes me want to start loading a game, using the cassette player…. >>> >>> >>> >>> Go eat dinner…. >>> >>> >>> >>> Then, go back and still have to wait for it to finish loading………. >>> >>> >>> >>> J >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> Don Guyer >>> >>> Directory and Messaging Services >>> Catholic Health East, ITSS >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:39 PM >>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>> Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant >>> >>> >>> >>> Makes me want to go play Bard's Tale I-III or Ultima II-V (never played >>> Ultima). >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Bill Humphries <nt...@hedgedigger.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Mine too. 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