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Thursday, March 17, 2005
The Amiga! 20 Years of Magic!(1985-2005)
Dear fellow amigans,
What made you an Amigan? Did you ever stop to think for once in awhile, we made this platform your choice, whether we consider it dead, alive. It's useful as a hobby, additional collection in/out our closets or in programming for fun, games, internet, DTP, Graphics, video, multimedia. Whatever was that thing that made us want to coming back to the Amiga? Was it a phenomenon? Sure the Amiga was, in 1985 superior, but what made it unique is that up to now, many people still use it. A man named Jay Miner gave us part of his life working and designed it. That includes the other wonder engineers behind the machine. Their dedication, devotion and love were imprinted forever in history of our hearts. It was good, it was sweet.
I will surely miss the time I first fell in love with this computer! The Amiga1000 wowed people. However, Commodore made bad decisions most of the time. Later, the community picked up where Commodore left. Ebay will never stop getting offers here and there on Amigas. Web sites, or other communities may have come and gone, or may have change but people will never change the way the Amiga made them the way they were.
Most people would probably think this post is full of bull crap and all, but it's my right to say this for the community I so dearly love, no matter what creed and interests, I still hold that interest in it.
No such words can explain how I feel about this platform. Your views may differ from mine, but I will always hold true to my love for this machine. I can't explain what enchantment this wonderful thing it holds, but I can't let go of it. Despite the adversities in life may bring. It's no longer a question of pride. It's just that I don't want to loose that magic that Amiga still has me keeping coming back. All those old times may never comeback again, but the memories live on in each and every Amigan! Let us respect each others views and set aside differences and help us continue that magic to live on for the future. Maybe the Amiga won't be around in another 10 years, but I want the legacy of the Amiga Platform to be remembered, with respect and glory. I want future generations to know that the Amiga that changed ours/my life forever.
For posterity purposes this serves, no matter what happens, it does not change the way I look at the Amiga platform. Life and times were hard and short, but we could always make things better for each and everyone of us. As a part of this community and as an individual, I want everyone to know that this phenomenon we call the 'Amiga' has been, in the past, present and future, always the greatest computer any person deserves! I grew up with it. I've out grew it. I don't consider the Amiga just a mere computer, It will always be My Amiga. I already consider this a privilege to be part of the community of Amiga users. Best of all I did it! The Amigan way!
Regards,
Gilbert
What made you an Amigan? Did you ever stop to think for once in awhile, we made this platform your choice, whether we consider it dead, alive. It's useful as a hobby, additional collection in/out our closets or in programming for fun, games, internet, DTP, Graphics, video, multimedia. Whatever was that thing that made us want to coming back to the Amiga? Was it a phenomenon? Sure the Amiga was, in 1985 superior, but what made it unique is that up to now, many people still use it. A man named Jay Miner gave us part of his life working and designed it. That includes the other wonder engineers behind the machine. Their dedication, devotion and love were imprinted forever in history of our hearts. It was good, it was sweet.
I will surely miss the time I first fell in love with this computer! The Amiga1000 wowed people. However, Commodore made bad decisions most of the time. Later, the community picked up where Commodore left. Ebay will never stop getting offers here and there on Amigas. Web sites, or other communities may have come and gone, or may have change but people will never change the way the Amiga made them the way they were.
Most people would probably think this post is full of bull crap and all, but it's my right to say this for the community I so dearly love, no matter what creed and interests, I still hold that interest in it.
No such words can explain how I feel about this platform. Your views may differ from mine, but I will always hold true to my love for this machine. I can't explain what enchantment this wonderful thing it holds, but I can't let go of it. Despite the adversities in life may bring. It's no longer a question of pride. It's just that I don't want to loose that magic that Amiga still has me keeping coming back. All those old times may never comeback again, but the memories live on in each and every Amigan! Let us respect each others views and set aside differences and help us continue that magic to live on for the future. Maybe the Amiga won't be around in another 10 years, but I want the legacy of the Amiga Platform to be remembered, with respect and glory. I want future generations to know that the Amiga that changed ours/my life forever.
For posterity purposes this serves, no matter what happens, it does not change the way I look at the Amiga platform. Life and times were hard and short, but we could always make things better for each and everyone of us. As a part of this community and as an individual, I want everyone to know that this phenomenon we call the 'Amiga' has been, in the past, present and future, always the greatest computer any person deserves! I grew up with it. I've out grew it. I don't consider the Amiga just a mere computer, It will always be My Amiga. I already consider this a privilege to be part of the community of Amiga users. Best of all I did it! The Amigan way!
Regards,
Gilbert
Monday, March 14, 2005
A hearty weekend!
Greetings,
A visit from Edwin's place has been a very productive one(*ahem, despite the fact that I also borrowed some money).
I twiked his IBM PC 750. It's an old Pentium 166 Mhz. Loaded with a Windows98. Took his memory from his old Clone P166Mhz and place all his EDO ram. From 32MB now a whooping 80MB. But still not fast enough to run Winfellow in considerable speeds.
It took me sometime to boot OS3.1 and WB3.1 for about 3 mins, tops! Talk about slow emulation. I tried to play a game using it. Tried to run a game 'Firepower.ADF' from his files and gee, it boots, but It hanged! 
Might as well get him a download version of Winuae. He has no internet connection. I'll download him the AF6 version of WinUAE because I like this 0.8.25beta version better than the newer version. 0.9.xx by now.
I also check my old A500 I pawned to him. It had a floppy trouble. Let me see, how will I explain this.... The eject button button would not retrack whenever a disk is inserted. Furthermore, He tied a small rope to retrack it manually. To my dismay, I start to disassemble it
and fixed the old bugger. Put some lubricant under the 2 rack frame that's with the floppy. Now It's like new again! 
The problem was simply, there's much friction which prevents it to slide whenever the disk is inserted! We also talked about my friend at JTJT about a certain IDEbuffer for his A500. I planned to buy it for my own, but since he needed it more than I do, I opened the topic and plan to get it for Edwin. We also talked about me and why I should sell my A1200 to him. He said to me that the A1200 is a Gem I should not get rid off. He asked why I want to get rid of it, because...(just read My life with Credit Cards!! A Curse!!) that article explains it all. He manages to talk me out of it, so I did. Well, even my own wife don't want me to get rid of my Amiga. Only My own mommy wants to get rid of it. She thinks it's obsolete! Well, technically speaking, it is. Do I need to start on this!!!??!!
Well, the next day, I was so tired to go online that I slept the whole afternoon. So nothing much happened yesterday.
Today, I just SMS my friend at JTJT about the A500IDEInterface, and well, Up to now, as of 11 am, has not responded yet? I want to see if he's around later, by lunch time. So I'll know if he still works there or not anymore. I hope he still do. Keep you posted by updating this blog. Till later.
-update-
GAH!!! He's not in the office. Came back twice. He's not there! Anyway, I hope he'd be showing up tomorrow. I really need it like my life depends on it!! Arrgh!
-update-
Regards,
GiZz72
A visit from Edwin's place has been a very productive one(*ahem, despite the fact that I also borrowed some money).
I twiked his IBM PC 750. It's an old Pentium 166 Mhz. Loaded with a Windows98. Took his memory from his old Clone P166Mhz and place all his EDO ram. From 32MB now a whooping 80MB. But still not fast enough to run Winfellow in considerable speeds. It took me sometime to boot OS3.1 and WB3.1 for about 3 mins, tops! Talk about slow emulation. I tried to play a game using it. Tried to run a game 'Firepower.ADF' from his files and gee, it boots, but It hanged! Might as well get him a download version of Winuae. He has no internet connection. I'll download him the AF6 version of WinUAE because I like this 0.8.25beta version better than the newer version. 0.9.xx by now.
I also check my old A500 I pawned to him. It had a floppy trouble. Let me see, how will I explain this.... The eject button button would not retrack whenever a disk is inserted. Furthermore, He tied a small rope to retrack it manually. To my dismay, I start to disassemble it
and fixed the old bugger. Put some lubricant under the 2 rack frame that's with the floppy. Now It's like new again! The problem was simply, there's much friction which prevents it to slide whenever the disk is inserted!
We also talked about my friend at JTJT about a certain IDEbuffer for his A500. I planned to buy it for my own, but since he needed it more than I do, I opened the topic and plan to get it for Edwin. We also talked about me and why I should sell my A1200 to him. He said to me that the A1200 is a Gem I should not get rid off. He asked why I want to get rid of it, because...(just read My life with Credit Cards!! A Curse!!) that article explains it all. He manages to talk me out of it, so I did. Well, even my own wife don't want me to get rid of my Amiga. Only My own mommy wants to get rid of it. She thinks it's obsolete! Well, technically speaking, it is. Do I need to start on this!!!??!!Well, the next day, I was so tired to go online that I slept the whole afternoon. So nothing much happened yesterday.
Today, I just SMS my friend at JTJT about the A500IDEInterface, and well, Up to now, as of 11 am, has not responded yet?
I want to see if he's around later, by lunch time. So I'll know if he still works there or not anymore. I hope he still do. Keep you posted by updating this blog. Till later.-update-
GAH!!! He's not in the office. Came back twice. He's not there! Anyway, I hope he'd be showing up tomorrow. I really need it like my life depends on it!! Arrgh!
-update-
Regards,
GiZz72
Friday, March 11, 2005
Looking forward to this weekend!
Grertings,
It's my second day to wait for my girlfriend to get home. I'm staying up a little longer today in the office. Hoping up until 8 pm. While I'm at it, I'll be lurking over amiga.org for a little chat. Hope to get enough information and tips on how to's. Anyway, I'd be visiting Edwin this weekend to discuss about everything Amiga or Cellphones. It's been a while since then. Hmm I just hope he'd be free for the moment. Have a happy weekend!
Regards,
GiZz72
It's my second day to wait for my girlfriend to get home. I'm staying up a little longer today in the office. Hoping up until 8 pm. While I'm at it, I'll be lurking over amiga.org for a little chat. Hope to get enough information and tips on how to's. Anyway, I'd be visiting Edwin this weekend to discuss about everything Amiga or Cellphones.
It's been a while since then. Hmm I just hope he'd be free for the moment. Have a happy weekend! Regards,
GiZz72
Thursday, March 10, 2005
I tried to buy a new domain name
Greetings,
I've applied for a new domain name at PlogHost.com and probably be able to pay them by Friday, that's tomorrow. I'm hoping a user friendly Cpanel tool unlike the one at webhelps.com. which seems to have problems with my Amiga side of it when editing the web panel itself of the site. So as soon as all goes well I'll transfer all existing resources to my new web domain of my own with
75MB webspace at 2000MB bandwidth speeds.. That's good enough for me. As soon as this is up- I can use my existing domain name to path through my Forum/s sites. I might even leave blogger for good or maybe not. I'll wait and see.
Regards,
GiZz72
I've applied for a new domain name at PlogHost.com and probably be able to pay them by Friday, that's tomorrow. I'm hoping a user friendly Cpanel tool unlike the one at webhelps.com. which seems to have problems with my Amiga side of it when editing the web panel itself of the site. So as soon as all goes well I'll transfer all existing resources to my new web domain of my own with
75MB webspace at 2000MB bandwidth speeds.
. That's good enough for me. As soon as this is up- I can use my existing domain name to path through my Forum/s sites. I might even leave blogger for good or maybe not. I'll wait and see. Regards,
GiZz72
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Slooow access........zzzzz.......zzz..z......
Greetings,
What's up with my own site? It's taking quite sometime to access it? What gives?
I was trying to access my ranks which however, is already there. Seem to be giving a few lags. I checked my other sites like my own blog seems fine. I hope it's temporary and beyond my control ATM. DOH!! Even my smilies are not displaying here. Anyway, if I can see them again here at blog, it means, the site is back. Please bear with them through this difficult times.
Regards,
GiZz72
What's up with my own site? It's taking quite sometime to access it? What gives?
I was trying to access my ranks which however, is already there. Seem to be giving a few lags. I checked my other sites like my own blog seems fine. I hope it's temporary and beyond my control ATM.
DOH!! Even my smilies are not displaying here. Anyway, if I can see them again here at blog, it means, the site is back. Please bear with them through this difficult times.Regards,
GiZz72
Monday, March 07, 2005
I've added a few custom ranks graphics
Greetings,
I've pdated a little rank graphics on my message boards. nfortnately, I'm still having problems accessing it. maybe too big.
Here are the details:
http://hostinghelps.com/amiganblog/index.html
/PhotoAlbum/file.jpg
Rank File
Rank 1 - 846.jpg
Rank 2 - 848.jpg
Rank 3 - 849.Jpg
Rank 4 - 850.jpg
Rank 5 - 851.jpg
Rank 6 - 852.jpg
Rank 7 - 853.jpg
Rank 8 - 854.jpg
Well, that's all of them. By the way, I designed them using PPaint. . It might still change as to what the files were originally. I'm also still working and checking to see if resizing it all woul work. Till next blog.
Regards,
GiZz72
I've pdated a little rank graphics on my message boards. nfortnately, I'm still having problems accessing it. maybe too big.
Here are the details:
http://hostinghelps.com/amiganblog/index.html
/PhotoAlbum/file.jpg
Rank File
Rank 1 - 846.jpg
Rank 2 - 848.jpg
Rank 3 - 849.Jpg
Rank 4 - 850.jpg
Rank 5 - 851.jpg
Rank 6 - 852.jpg
Rank 7 - 853.jpg
Rank 8 - 854.jpg
Well, that's all of them. By the way, I designed them using PPaint.
. It might still change as to what the files were originally. I'm also still working and checking to see if resizing it all woul work. Till next blog.Regards,
GiZz72
It Hurts
Greetings,
I didn't go to the office today. My chest was aching. It felt painful then. Whan I tried to get up, I was shivering and yet It was not that cold this morning. Anyway, I drop off mmy wife to the terminal station and later my mom to their work.
In the lighter side, last Friday, I manage to create a new Message board again and closed down the other. The invisionfree site was cool, but the default domain name was so difficult to remember. So I decided to close that account and start a new one. The new site is at friendsterpals board . I manage to copy(again) the concept of friendship theme of the board to see if someone would sign up. I'll give this site 2 months life and see if I can manage to invite other people other than Locally here. Well, not what I mean is close to my friends relation thing. I'll if that would work. I was thinking if I could also create a new category where non-members CAN post. At least give it a try!
I encourage all to try it out this time! It will need a little trial basis! Till next blog!
Regards,
GiZz72
I didn't go to the office today. My chest was aching. It felt painful then. Whan I tried to get up, I was shivering and yet It was not that cold this morning. Anyway, I drop off mmy wife to the terminal station and later my mom to their work.
In the lighter side, last Friday, I manage to create a new Message board again and closed down the other. The invisionfree site was cool, but the default domain name was so difficult to remember. So I decided to close that account and start a new one. The new site is at friendsterpals board . I manage to copy(again) the concept of friendship theme of the board to see if someone would sign up. I'll give this site 2 months life and see if I can manage to invite other people other than Locally here. Well, not what I mean is close to my friends relation thing. I'll if that would work. I was thinking if I could also create a new category where non-members CAN post. At least give it a try!
I encourage all to try it out this time! It will need a little trial basis! Till next blog!
Regards,
GiZz72
