Monthly ArchiveNovember 2005
hack rickk on 10 Nov 2005
Digging up the roots: My (T)Rusty Amiga
From something like 1990 on, I’ve been an avid Amiga user (or believer, fanatic, activist, etc.). For years, the Amiga and the people and activities (largely demoscene-related around it were consuming a major part of my free time. Those were some great times, until it all went south with Commodore screwing up et al, “we” were on the cutting edge of technology, doing things before and/or better than any other computer could do, and we were not afraid to show that off too
. And even after these ‘high times’ I still enjoyed using Amiga’s, just because they did a lot of jobs so efficient and elegant.But after we moved house, and thus our collection of Amigas in 2000, I’ve never bothered to hook up my trusty ol’ A4000 again (remarkable, since I still used it regularly back then - guess I was just tired of it all somehow)… that is, until last week.
After listening to some old mods I suddenly caught the buzz again and just had to hook up my A4000 again, so I started digging in the attic…