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Other => Introductions => Topic started by: ElB on November 22, 2008, 12:49:34 PM

Title: Hello!
Post by: ElB on November 22, 2008, 12:49:34 PM
Man, it's been a good many years since I used AMOS, but in a fit of nostalgia I just bought an A1200 and a bunch of assorted gubbins and decided to turn my hand to cranking out some code.  I've been doing most of it in C, but when I needed to do some rapid prototyping of some ideas I turned to AMOS -- it may not be all that fast when it's running, but when it comes to writing some quick and dirty code to test a theory it's a lot easier -- and fell back in love with it again despite its many weaknesses and oddities.  Getting to grips with it again has been a great walk down memory lane, and I'm in the middle of recreating (and finally finishing!) the AMOS game I started 15 years ago. :)
Title: Re: Hello!
Post by: FOL on November 22, 2008, 01:39:23 PM
Man, it's been a good many years since I used AMOS, but in a fit of nostalgia I just bought an A1200 and a bunch of assorted gubbins and decided to turn my hand to cranking out some code.  I've been doing most of it in C, but when I needed to do some rapid prototyping of some ideas I turned to AMOS -- it may not be all that fast when it's running, but when it comes to writing some quick and dirty code to test a theory it's a lot easier -- and fell back in love with it again despite its many weaknesses and oddities.  Getting to grips with it again has been a great walk down memory lane, and I'm in the middle of recreating (and finally finishing!) the AMOS game I started 15 years ago. :)


Welcome and enjoy.

I took the trip down memory lane 3 years ago, and soon ill be working for amigakit.com. So Ill be messing with amiga stuff alot, my dream job, :).
Title: Re: Hello!
Post by: Hungry Horace on November 22, 2008, 10:49:02 PM
ElB - welcome to the AMOS Factory, and i hope you enjoy your stay.

I look forward to seeing what programming delights you have in store for us!