** Sque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-02-17 13:11]: > > > Paul Tansom wrote: > > >Yes, I only have 1M in my A1500 at the moment, but if I'm going to > >manage to track down an RTG card and get OS 3.9 working then I could do > >with something better than my current 1084SD! The A1200 I have may do > >better if I'm lucky - it's all good fun when I've got the time! I'm > >more than a bit rusty on Amigas these days - I spend most of my time on > >Linux with the odd bit of 'doze when I have to. I'm learning about Macs > >now as I got given a few, but would love to find the spare cash to get > >one that can run OSX, it sounds like fun to me being a *nix type :-) > > > > Keeping a eye on Amigaone, might just fit the bill if its ever finally > finished. Check out the specs if you have time. > 1mb of chip should do the job, might depend on one of the chips, Agnus > or Denise, sorry getting a bit rusty myself. The 1084 is a good little > work horse, should do multiscan without trouble. Copy the Devs/Monitors > file across and check the screen res prefs, multiscan should be listed > as a option. May need a reboot? Costs me alittle extra more than ntsc > hi-res but no where near as much as double scan. Cant recall if double > scan chokes the serial port or not. You should find better drivers on > aminet than the standard install ones.
I've looked at the specs, but not really closely as I doubt I'll invest in one. It would be nice if I had spare cash, but I'm more likely to upgrade to another Athlon or a newer Mac than a new Amiga. > Lacking the desire to run QSX, yet another update this week (one more > update then another paid version). Guess there will be no choice once > MYOB no longer supports "classic" OS. Hard enough finding people who use > Mac, not looking forward to teaching people OSX, guess I better find the > desire soon or someone will be teaching me. :) Currently running BE, > QNX, AmigaDos, Debain, Mandrake, MacOS and Win9x. and not real good on > any. ;) Looking for 3.1 roms for the amiga. OS X intrigues me because of its BSD/Linux heratige being a devout Debian user myself. I've not tried Be, I did download a version some time back, but never got a spare box/partition to install it on. I used to be an OS/2 devotee, but got forced across to Windows before finding Linux to save the day. I did have a brief run in with Macs some years back when testing hard drives at IBM - they sort of scared me though because I didn't like the idea of dragging the floppy icon over the Trash to eject it. Not having a button to do the job made me feel nervous, but not as much as the feeling that the action should format the driver rather than eject it!! I probably should have tried Macs earlier given the DTP that I do (not heavy duty, but regular). I've been doing sailing newsletters for many years now starting on an old 8bit Amstrad, then my Amiga (that took some doing, my finger still remembers holding onto the mouse button while I waited for a resize to catch up), and lately on a PC. Unfortunately I don't think my Macs are up to anything DTP wise these days, and there's nothing powerful enough under Linux yet (GUI based before someone chimes in with LaTex). Anyway, straying way OT here, so I'd better stop before I'm reprimanded! To finish on a Mac note, are there any recommended sites for free Macs software for older Macs? I've taken a look at the LEM site (obviously) and tracked down WordPerfect 3.5, Nisus and Netscape but feel an AV program would be advisable (I use AVG under 'doze, and my mail is done on Linux CLI so is pretty safe). An SSH client would be handy too. ** end quote [Sque] -- Paul Tansom: - contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information Internet and Intranet Solutions -- http://www.aptanet.com/ -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
