Adam Smolarczyk's Site : Gallery




		This is where you get to strengthen your eating disorder by taking a look at a picture of me, declare that my pets are "cute", or that it is in fact a sad, sad individual who publishes pictures of his computers. For the most part these are fairly small jpeg images of photos which I scanned. Others are screenshots of Amiga screens which aim to satisfy the curiosity some expressed about using the Amiga on the Internet. I used WGrab to get these images. As a compromise, these images are in JPEG format. JPEG is compact, but causes some loss of quality. Colours may well not be accurate due to limitations such as browser image decoding methods or the graphics capabilities of the computer you're using to browse. To view the larger version of the image, click either the thumbnail image or file name.
			Well.. it's me File: photo14.jpeg Size: 43.7 Kbytes Copyright: Adam Smolarczyk, 1998 - smolarcz@netspace.net.au Notes: After months of waiting, you can all now see what the creator of this pile of junk looks like. Suggested uses include pasting on dart boards for practice, and to identify me in the street so as to point out how crap my site is. Heck, don't bother with the picture - why not use me for target practice. It's been suggested I should have smiled for this photo - possibly a good idea.
			My Dog File: photo09.jpeg Size: 20.4 Kbytes Copyright: Adam Smolarczyk, 1997 - smolarcz@netspace.net.au Notes: This is my dog gnawing at a bone or something. Isn't that great? He's about ten years old, and according to the paperwork he's a Kelpie cross.
			My Dogs File: photo15.jpeg Size: 48.0 Kbytes Copyright: Adam Smolarczyk, 1997 - smolarcz@netspace.net.au Notes: This pic features the German Shepherd puppy at a few months of age. He's currently quite a bit larger, bigger than the Kelpie, in fact.
			Commodore 128 File: photo12.jpeg Size: 58.6 Kbytes Copyright: Adam Smolarczyk, 1997 - smolarcz@netspace.net.au Notes: This is the machine which introduced me to the world of computing, way back in 1987. To quote the 128's manual "The Commodore 128 Personal Computer is packed with a host of novel and exciting features that make it one of the best performing, most versatile microcomputers available at any price. Among the many impressive features of the Commodore 128 are: 128K of memory, expandable to 256K or 512K by using optional RAM expansion modules 40 and/or 80 column full color display Professional typewriter keyboard with full numeric keypad Built-in advanced Basic 7.0 computing language Full CP/M Plus Version 3.0 operation Complete compatibility with Commodore 64 hardware and software Access to over 6000 existing software programs Not the least of the Commodore 128's virtues is the fact that it is produced by Commodore, the maker of more microcomputers than any other company in the world. As as with all Commodore products, the C128 gives you high performance without high price." Now if that's not quality assurance, I don't know what is :-)
			The Mighty Amiga 500 File: photo04.jpg Size: 17.3 Kbytes Copyright: Adam Smolarczyk - smolarcz@netspace.net.au Notes: My first Amiga, although not my first computer (which was the Commodore 128). For anyone who cares, it had 1Mb RAM, 2 floppy drives (1 int. + 1 ext.) and Kickstart 1.2.
			My Amiga A1200T File: photo13.jpeg Size: 63.5 Kbytes Copyright: Adam Smolarczyk, 1997 - smolarcz@netspace.net.au Notes: My Amiga A1200T. It's housed in an Infinitiv tower case and features a Zorro-II bus board, otherwise pretty much a stock machine. My A4000/040, which I received in Feb '98 for my birthday, has replaced it as my main machine, though.
			IBrowse 1.22 File: ibrowse.jpeg Size: 136.3 Kbytes Screen Grab: Adam Smolarczyk, 1999 - smolarcz@netspace.net.au Notes: Here's a grab of IBrowse. This, in my opinion, is the best Amiga web browser.
			AmIRC 3.1 File: amirc.jpeg Size: 115.7 Kbytes Screen Grab: Adam Smolarczyk, 1999 - smolarcz@netspace.net.au Notes: Here we have AmIRC 3.1 - considered by many to not only be the best IRC client on the Amiga, but any platform. This particular grab shows me connected to both Oz.Org and Austnet. Brilliant. Running on a 800x600x16bit screen.
			Workbench File: wb.jpeg Size: 83.2 Kbytes Screen Grab: Adam Smolarczyk, 1999 - smolarcz@netspace.net.au Notes: What every self-respecting Amiga user should have, a snapshot of their desktop. Mine is a fairly simple set up, made up of: AmigaOS 3.5 - the Amiga Downunder 99 PreRelease. Glowicons - I probably wouldn't use them if it hadn't been for the fact they were included in 3.5. They do make the system look a bit nicer and more impressive, though. TweakWB - great commodity for 3.5. CycleToMenu - I have a tendency to click right past the option i want in a cycle style menu. Very irritationg if there's a number of options. TBClock - often it's easier to glance at in the corner of the screen for the time than to.. er.. glance at my wristwatch.. oh dear. ToolManager - No docks, but I've put all my commonly used apps in the "Tools" menu. Birdie - I've experimented with many different graphics for the window borders, and currently use simple gradient fills. Cybermagic - screenblanking by way of the stars module. Picasso96 - pumping out a 800x600x16bit display. I used 24bit at first, but then tried 16bit and decided I couldn't see a difference. All this runs on my A4000. Not a powerhouse, but a fairly capable system, IMHO. It comprises of an A4000/040 (desktop) wit 2Mb Chip, and unfortunately due to the limitations of the A3640, only 16Mb Fast. The display's pretty nippy through the Picasso IV (especially after AGA), and the difference between a 1084s and the Mitsubishi 17" SVGA I have now is amazing. Storage is taken care of by a 2.1Gb IDE hard disk as well as a 100Mb Zip and a CD Writer, both driven by a GVP SCSI card. My printer's an Epson Stylus Color 800, and modem is a Netcomm 33.6K Roadster. Phew. I think that's the first time I've written out a description of my system like that. Bet I've forgotten something. Of course I'm always on the lookout for bigger and better bits to add on, but that silly "money" thing seems to get in the way. For anyone who spotted the HP Deskjet in my photo of the 1200, this is the worst printer I've ever owned. Keep in mind I once used a 9-pin dot matrix on a C128. Don't misunderstand me, the quality was fine - when I could get the stupid thing to print (and no, it wasn't a driver problem). The oddball noises coming from it didn't help, either. I've seen similar problems in a number of HP printers - our PC has the same model, it still prints, but every pass of the print head ends with a thump sound, like the head's running into something. A more expensive HP model I've seen in action prints well enough, but there always seem to be important-looking plastic bits falling out of it.
		This Revision: � November 13th, 1999. Originally Created: January 30th, 1997. Graphics and HTML coding by Adam Smolarczyk - smolarcz@netspace.net.au. http://www.netspace.net.au/~smolarcz/photo/