Conference hydra::amiga_v1

re: .0

Yeah, I noticed- the screen was even the standard "preferences blue".
I think they were using a 2000, from the box in front of the cardiologist.
I also noticed the fan noise when he was talking. Oh, well...

    I noticed the standard WB colors!  Tried to read the window name, 
    but couldn't - it wasn't active.

    - Z

    I jumped up and yelled to the wife "LOOK! Its an Amiga window!!".
    Amazing how she wasn't impressed.  I was pleased to see it although.
                                
    

    
    Aren't spouses unbelievably insensitive?  I brought home 'Prince
    of Darakness' which prominently featured an A1000 in scene after
    scene.  My wife was actually ANNOYED whenever I'd freeze the tape
    to try to see better.  I can't believe I married such a philistine.
    
    Ed.

    re: .5
    make that a "color" TV :-)
    
    after all, how else can you be sure it was "Preferences' blue and
    white".  I saw it too.  The title bar looked like it had the starting
    X and Y coordinates.
    
    Just imagine, an Amiga being used for real work.  What a waste of
    a great game machine :-)  At least they could have hooked up the
    stereo and had the program play the waveforms in real time.
    
    -Dave

    Hey ED, what would you give me for NOT showing your response to
    your wife?
    

    
    Not a cent.  It's a standing joke between us that she has some serious
    competition for my affections.  Someday I expect I'll come home
    and find an axe sticking out of my smoldering monitor.
    
    Ed.

    ok Guys - you might not believe this but...
    
    Apparently in the US, personal computers are now a major contributing
    factor to about 25% of all divorces. Mostly wives divorce husbands
    in these cases and seem to view the computer as direct competition
    for their husband's affections.In One recent case a disgruntled wife
    shot her husbands IBM PC 6 times with his .38 - apparently he took
    offence and they are now seperated...
    
    Mind you - look on the bright side - Absolute obedience with extremely
    low running costs ... mabye not so silly (just kidding!)

    
    

    30 Reasons why a computer is better than a woman...
    
    (1) Its easy to turn a computer on
    (2) When you are finshed with your computer you just turn it off
    (3) A computer generally has a "MUTE" or volume control
    (4) A computer wont mind if you stare at it through rosy colored
        eyes.
    (5) You can share your computer with your friends
    (6) You can use your computer any time of the day or night and not
        feel guilty.
    (7) A computer wont make a scene if it finds another computer in
        your home.
    (8) Computers dont demand equality
    (9) Computers dont run off with your credit cards
    (10) Computers dont run back to mother for no reason
    (11) Computers dont mind you watching Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson
         films.
    (12) Computers dont worry about how your dressed.
    (13) Computers seldom (if ever)  leave pantyhose hanging on the
         shower rails.
    (14) Programs CAN be erased
    (15) Computers dont mind football season
    (16) When your finished with a computer you are comitted to nothing. 
    (17) Computers dont go crazy once a month
    (18) Computers dont bitch,yell, or cry
    (19) You can have fun in a thousand ways with a computer and never
         have to worry about catching social diseases
    (20) A computer will do exactly as its told - and if it doesent -
         you simply replace its inards.
    (21) Computers dont demand legality
    (22) Computers dont demand alimony
    (23) If you find a computer you like better - you just trade in
         the old model.
    (24) Bugs in a program CAN be fixed
    (25) Computers dont dent the fender on your new car
    (26) Computers dont get angry when you dont wash the dishes.
    (27) Computers dont take up all your closet space.
    (28) Computers DO take NO for an answer.
    (29) YOU are in control of your computers hardware expansion.
    (30) Computers dont help themselves to the money in your cheque
         account.
    
        

>        (30) Computers dont help themselves to the money in your cheque
>         account.
 
    HA!!! Mine does.  It sits there on my desk and whines, "Rob, I need
    this program to play with." "Rob, Buy me some more memory" "Rob,
    I really need a hard drive"
    

    re .-1
    
    mine tries that occasionally - but I have it pretty much under control
    
    besides - cost versus return is still pretty good...

re .10:

>    (29) YOU are in control of your computers hardware expansion.
>    (30) Computers dont help themselves to the money in your cheque
>         account.
    

Well, ah, we might want to leave these last two out, lest someone mention
the last time we couldn't wait to get the latest widget.  :-)
 

    re: the divorce notes
    
    Obviously a case of "not enough computers for everybody" :-)
    
    Just imagine the joy of a personal computer for each member of the
    family, all networked together and to the file server in the basement.
    Each computer screaming for "I need more memory", "I'd like that
    new game now", etc....
    
    -Dave

    re -1
    basements flood; not a good place for a file server. 8^)
    
    Only one computer per family member?  Whatever happened to the
    computer museum approach to computer buying?  (every 3 years you
    buy your next toy as the current one starts to get dingy)
    
    dennis

	But just remember, if you are going to swap your spouse for a
	computer, and then start trading it in every couple years, just
	be sure you practice

			Safe Hex...

The following piece of humourous garbage is taken from ZK.....
    
    
    
                   **** MAN GETS COMPUTER PREGNANT ****

Officals at the Digital Spitbrook Facility are expected to confirm tomorrow
that Maurice Interleave, a night Operator, has impregnated a stand-alone
VAX-11/780. When asked how a man could get a computer pregnant, software
engineers at Spitbrook stated that it was obviously a hardware problem. 

Sources close to the scene say that DEC is thankful that the incident did
not occur with the new VAX Clusters, which would have greatly increased
the sensitivity and complexity of the problem.

The delivery is expected to be in nine months through an undisclosed I/O
port, but Industry analysts have frowned on that date, insisting that
nothing comes out of Spitbrook on time.

    Was thumbing thru this week's TV Guide and came across this:

    Computer Chronicles
    Thurs. 11:30 PM 
    Ch 11 (PBS, Durham NH):

	A look at how Commodore Business Machines has updated the
    Amiga computers.


    Computer Chronicles also airs on Boston's Ch 2 on Saturday at 1:30 pm.
    My local newspaper listing doesn't show the topic, but I'd assume its
    the same show.
						-Dom

    Computer Chronicles focused on the Amiga last night.  Discussion
    and demo of DPAINT III, professional video applications, the Amiga's
    multi-tasking ability, etc, etc, etc...!!!  I stumbled on to it,
    since I don't regularly watch CC due to its primarily MAC and PC
    focus.  It seemed the whole show was focused on the Amiga.  Very
    enjoyable and a pleasure to watch.
    
      a side note, the capabilities of DPAINT III seem to have increased
    quite a bit, especially in the area of animation.

    Yeah, I stumbled upon it and got to watch only the last ten minutes
    of it.  Did anybody recorded the show and would lend me the tape?

    Chong.

    
    I saw the Amiga episode on Saturday; all in all it was a very nice
    presentation.  I thought that the Lawrence Livermore segment was
    the most interesting.  Scientists there are using Amigas to connect
    to large number crunchers.  As the simulations are run on the
    mainframes, they feed data to the Amigas, which then manipulate
    graphics while still online.  They selected the Amiga mainly for
    it's multitasking capabilities.
    
    Lou Wallace of AmigaWorld gave a great multitasking demo, running
    DPaint, KindWords and Analyze! all at the same time and cutting
    and pasting text and graphics from one screen to another.
    
    Some slick from Commodore gave demos of Menace and BattleChess. Looks
    like CBM is unashamedly admitting that the Amiga is a great game
    machine.
    
    The only gaff that I caught was when one fellow (who was demo'ing
    a video special effects package) proclaimed that the A2500 was running
    a 14 MHz 68000 instead of a 68020.   He then went on to claim that
    the A2500 would have a speed advantage over a MacII.  
    
    Again, it was the kindest I'd ever seen our favorite computer treated
    by the mainstream press.
    
    Ed.
    

    re:.21
    
    I thought it was great.  I got the impression that the Amigaworld
    guy has done that demo before, or is used to doing presentations.
    
    But I thought the title of the show was how much CBM has improved
    the Amiga.  Nothing in that demo couldn't be done on a A1000/500/2000
    with a little extra memory.
    
    Other than the 2500, where was the rest of the new stuff?  (like
    the AT bridgeboard, genlock, etc.)
    
    On the other hand, it was nice to see a good business justification
    for buying Amigas.
    
    -Dave
    

    Last wenesday, I was watching the news on channel 56 (this is in the
    Boston area, and I was on a business trip) and when they did the
    weather, they had some realy DPaintish looking screens, am I right?
    could a Bostonian elaborate more on this.
    
    Jean
    

The March issue of UnixWorld has an article about Posix, in 
which Commodore is mentioned as having demonstrated a Posix-
compliant UNIX. Commodore is apparently serious about getting
into the government and educational market. Also mentioned,
is that the high end Amigas have become the favorite for
desktop publishing.

I hope they ARE serious so we can shake this 'toy' computer image.

-Peter K.