10 Jun
2004
10 Jun
'04
12:10 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc Shipley" <doc(a)mdrconsult.com>
To: <General(a)mdrconsult.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: Stupid Amiga Tricks
I never had too much of a problem setting machines up that I never touched
before, most have allot in common. Google is a big time saver if you ever
run into problems. If you start getting into the architecture find a decent
forum that caters to those kind of machines. Having a manual is very
helpful, and if you get frustrated put the thing down and go do something
else for a while. I guess even Sellam is human like the rest of us and has
bad days.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> Why does everything have to be so difficult?
>
> I'm trying to set up an Amiga 500 for tonight's Computer History Museum
> event. It's got a DB-23 RGB output and a Mono out. I've got an Amiga
> 1080 high resolution color monitor. It's got a Video and Chroma input,
> plus a DA-9 RGB input. I've got an Amiga RF Modulator that plugs into
> the DB-23 on the back of the Amiga and has a composite Video and Audio
out
(and an RF
out). Then I have several video cables. One is a DB-25 to a
DIN. Another is a DIN to three RCA leads. And then there's the DIN to
DA-9. At least one of these might be for the Atari 520ST (which I also
need to set up).
None of this connects up in a way which gives me colour on the display.
Is it too much to ask to have products designed by people who are not
insane?
Nothing personal, Sellam, but that sort of statement drives me nuts.
After reading this and the post about the A1000, it looks like you're
expecting to be able to set up a machine you know almost nothing about,
as easily as you would a machine of the type you've used all your life.
To coin a phrase, that doesn't compute. The Apples are simple and
obvious to you for the same reason Windows is simple and obvious to most
people - they're *familiar*. Even with an unknown model, you have a
good, *educated* feel for the design philosophy. To expect that kind of
intuitive understanding of an Amiga or an Atari (or an S/390) with
little or no experience is what's insane.
Doc