Are you a puter Geek?

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » 01 Feb 2006, 19:46

I wouldn't classify myself as a geek(although I'm not sure my wife would agree). However, when it comes to the Amiga that was in a class of it's own. The reason I bought my first A1200 was because, at the time, I read in a magazine that the best and cheapest way to hook up a camcorder to a computer for titling was with an Amiga. It's so sad to think what might have been

. I still subscribe to a couple of Amigan e-mail lists (although most of them use PCs now). However, you still get the odd query about the old girl

.

CatzVP · Post by **CatzVP** » 01 Feb 2006, 23:00

And no other computer would keep your feet warm quite as well, with its PSU / feet warmer

Scorpion · Post by **Scorpion** » 01 Feb 2006, 23:49

Yeah, my 'brick' finally gave up the ghost and I couldn't get hold of an A500 one(they were supposed to be the best) so I had to make do with a modified PC power supply.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 02 Feb 2006, 01:51

There are some forum members who qualify and have not posted.

In one instance I have seen their code.

Fess up you closet nerds.

Novastar · Post by **Novastar** » 02 Feb 2006, 11:26

Epykat wrote:I was wondering where you two had gone too! Thought maybe Novastar had got himself a girlfriend and Zargo was in the huff..........

Fat chance

Too much work and not enough surf time....

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 02 Feb 2006, 11:45

Life BC (before computers)

Memory was something you lost with age
An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity

A keyboard was a piano
A web was a spider's home
A virus was the flu
A CD was a bank account

A hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived

And if you had a 3 inch floppy . ...

. . . you just hoped nobody ever found out!

Zargonian · Post by **Zargonian** » 02 Feb 2006, 13:49

CatzVP wrote:Did anyone have a digitiser, genlock or chromo-key for there A500..... they were class!! Used to enjoy being part of a video sandwich

Claim to fame:
The Gibraltar Broadcasting Co is where I installed and config'd
an Amiga setup with a Genlock.....loved that!

Also had an Amiga 2000 with a 386 PC card running inside it and running Windows of some sort on the Workbench!

Helped to build the thing....those were the daze.......

CatzVP · Post by **CatzVP** » 02 Feb 2006, 14:19

Zargonian wrote:
Claim to fame:
The Gibraltar Broadcasting Co is where I installed and config'd
an Amiga setup with a Genlock.....loved that!

Very Cool!

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 02 Feb 2006, 14:21

Listen to you lot - I only had Meccano to play with.

CatzVP · Post by **CatzVP** » 02 Feb 2006, 14:28

Pal of Porty wrote:Listen to you lot - I only had Meccano to play with.

I was more a Leggo man!

Novastar · Post by **Novastar** » 02 Feb 2006, 17:59

CatzVP wrote:
Pal of Porty wrote:Listen to you lot - I only had Meccano to play with.
I was more a Leggo man!

Lego was much better - you could control it from the back of your BBC Micro with a bit of electronics fiddling.

Tried that once with Mecano and electrified my whole model (bad idea).

Zargonian · Post by **Zargonian** » 08 Feb 2006, 16:25

Novastar wrote:
CatzVP wrote:
Pal of Porty wrote:Listen to you lot - I only had Meccano to play with.
I was more a Leggo man!
Lego was much better - you could control it from the back of your BBC Micro with a bit of electronics fiddling.

Tried that once with Mecano and electrified my whole model (bad idea).

Go on then Nova, tell me how it's done.
Hint : A 2 D or D 2 A?
Was it using pulse phases?
Was it a stepper or phase motor?
Which IC's were the drive circuits?
Were they LM307's?

Giggle......i'm off on one.!