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|    Message 921 of 2,243    |
|    DAVE COBLE to ALL    |
|    An Oldie    |
|    23 Jan 05 23:33:16    |
      What kind of an Amiga owner are you?       ====================================               1. Who's really responsible the Amiga's "death" ?        a) God        b) Bill Clinton, John M., Jean C., etc.        c) Marc Barrett        d) Irv the Ghoul & Mehdi Ali               2. A good clone is:        a) 486DX/66 MHz running Windows 3.1 with 16MB of RAM and 1GB drive.        b) the same system running OS/2 2.2 instead of Windows.        c) the same system running NeXTStep.        d) a dead one.               3. If someone were to give me a clone for free, I would:        a) be speechless ... oh, the joy of Windows ... I can't wait to sit        through the bootup procedure. Oooooh, that drive thrashing        sounds marvelous!        b) thank him/her, then dedicate the clone to playing Doom every so        often.        c) thank him/her, then quickly sell it to buy another Amiga (and        remember to cross his/her name off your Christmas mailing list).        d) open the machine quickly and salvage all the neat toys for my        Amiga.               4. Your friend came over to your house and found a nondescript computer        on the floor next to the door. You told him that it is:        a) a clone. I am upgrading the CPU and motherboard for more memory        so I can run the latest versions of Windows applications.        b) a clone. I am getting it fixed soon so I can get on with my        life.        c) a clone. Wanna buy it? Cheap?        d) a clone. Dutifully serving its current function as a high-tech        doorjam ever since you bought your Amiga.               5. So you've bought a new game that cost you a good bit of lunch money        but the copy protection scheme won't let it run on your A3000/A4000/        A-anything except the developer's decrepit old A500 with severe        drive alignment problem. (or, alternatively, you purchased an        otherwise respectable "pain"'ing program that came with a dongle ...        pick your own scenario) your reaction, as an Amiga owner, is:        a) so ... what else is new?        b) write nasty letters and vowed never buy another product from them        again.        c) inform them of their sins and urge them to repent.        d) recommend the clone version of the product to your clone-owning        friends.               6. Now that Commodore US went "poof", my Amiga:        a) doesn't work anymore. All of a sudden there's this weird        flashing red box on the screen: "GURU MEDITATION:        8001deadbeef00f2 1000", it said. After consulting the owner's        manual, I discover that the Larkin chip had just self-destructed.        b) I have no life ... let alone an Amiga.        c) wears a new "Commodore Deathbed Vigil" T-shirt, and I'll never        wash it!        d) is humming along just fine, thank you for asking ... been that        way for years.               7. Amidst rumors of the Samsung purchase of Amiga technologies, I:        a) am so ashamed. Anybody wanna get this useless A4000 off me?        Cheap?        b) remember buying something incredibly cheap from them a long time        ago.        c) remember buying something incredibly cost-effective from them a        long time ago ... and wouldn't you know it ... it's still working        today!        d) am looking forward to possible licensing of Amiga technologies so        there will finally (possibly) be Amiga clones and the software        market will expand and the world be such a nice place and the sun        will shine just a little brighter each day and the Amiga        programmers should be worshipped (and wear capes if they wanted        to) ...               8. When I see a clone user engaging in such an unsavory act of ...        piracy, I: (Whatcha thinking? This is a PG13 echo, eh!)        a) ask them for a copy of the software, oh please ... can I have        one? huh?        b) call the FBI..."uh shunny, whatchasay, a pirate clown? with        floppy ears?"        c) |
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