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Members' Corner
Name/Moniker:
Michael Rye / SilvrDrgn - Amiga.org member and moderator
Location:
Wauwatosa, WI, USA
Amigas owned and currently used:
Amiga 4000 Power Tower MK-II, CyberStorm MK-III 060/50
MHz, CyberVision PPC, 146 Meg RAM, 3 HDs: 2, 4 (IDE) & 18
(SCSI) GB, Ariadne-II card, GVP I/O Extender, Plextor 12/10/32
SCSI CD-RW, Plextor 40X SCSI CD-ROM, Seagate TapeStor 8000,
Prime Option Phovos 300C Flatbed Scanner,
Epson Stylus
Color 660 Printer
A500, 68000 (stock), AdRAM 540 & 560D populated with
6.5 MB RAM, unknown SCSI card with 2 MB RAM on it, 120 MB SCSI
HD, OS 1.3 and 3.1 ROMs (switcher installed).
How do you use Amigas in your everyday life:
A4000T: Email with YAM, browsing with iBrowse, newsgroups
with NewsRog. I manage my budget with TurbuCalc spreadsheets.
It also runs my personal website with the Amiga version of
Apache Web Server. Here's the URL -
http://mikerye.homeip.net
A500: Mainly for running
older software that won't run on the AGA chipset and playing
games.
Five favorite Amiga apps:
IBrowse, YAM, Miami Deluxe, Directory Opus Magellan II,
ImageFX
Five favorite Amiga games:
Stunt Car Racer, Super Stardust, Pinball Fantasies, Worms
DC, Nemac IV
First Amiga experience:
I saw an Amiga 500 in a Walden's Book and Software store
(remember them being there?) in Eau Claire, WI running the "El
Gato" demo. It was 1985/86, and I "fell in love" with the
machine. It took a couple of long summers mowing lawns and
other stuff to scrape up the money to buy one, but I did it!
Why did you join the club?
To do anything I can to keep the Amiga community unified
and afloat.
How do you see the future of Amiga:
"So bright, I gotta wear shades!" :-) I can't wait to get
the AmigaOne G4-XE that I ordered. I look forward to using it,
and hopefully beginning development on it.
Name:
Steven Solie
Location:
Alberta, Canada
Amigas owned and currently used:
A3000/060, A3000/030, A1200/030
How do you use Amigas in your everyday life:
My household is 100% Amiga and always has been. They are
primarily used for everyday tasks such as keeping track of the
budget, word processing, CD collection database, playing
around with audio and graphics, etc. I'm also exploring a lot
of software engineering theories and applying them with my
Amiga thanks to GeekGadgets' port of GCC that gives me access
to a modern C++ compiler. And with the help of Ethernet and
Envoy, the LAN is able to keep all the machines cooperating at
their best.
Sure there are occasions when I wish we
were more compatible with other systems but when the latest
virus scare hits the news media, we just laugh and keep on
computing. Being different isn't all bad.
Five favorite Amiga apps:
PageStream, ImageFX, FinalCalc, PerfectPaint, Jabberwocky
Five favorite Amiga games:
Knights, BattleForce, SpaceTaxi, Silent Service, F-18
Interceptor
First Amiga experience:
Mindwalker on a friend's A1000
Why did you join the club:
I wanted to show my dedicated support for the production
of the AmigaOne and get a free t-shirt to boot.
How do you see the future of Amiga:
We have great possibilities! The Amiga name is still
strong and ripe for a resurgence. If AmigaOS 4.0 is smooth,
snappy and efficient as it should be, the AmigaOne will shine
above all the others despite the lack of some convenience
features (e.g. multi-user). Add to that the fact we still have
a friendly and helpful user community, although slightly bent
on world domination, and Amiga has the best chance of all the
systems out there to make a difference in computing and move
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