You want to know more? Well, I've been working with Amigas ever since I got my first A1000. Was a fun time, having to load kickstart from floppy and all. And I am still with Amiga.
Over the years, my working with Amiga has increased from what started
as a hobby for the late hours of day, to something that is nearly a full
time job. Apart from doing this Ripper stuff, I do various work for a German
software maker and distributor, I am on staff of a Dutch printed magazine,
I work for a German magazine which started about a year ago, and the story
continues.
One of the main reasons I stick with supporting the Amiga, is that it
once was the best (home)computer money could buy, and I would like to see
it back on top. That's why I also took on programming as a hobby. Getting
frustrated by nobody bringing out new software, I decided to have a go
at it myself. After taking classes in software enginering and programming
(two very different things, really!), I started to apply this knowledge
on the Amiga. As you can imagine, the classes were aimed at pc, so I have
to get to learn the Amiga way of doing things.
First of all, I am working on two programs, to be released as shareware
or whatever. One of them is a program like HomeAccounts used to be, only
better (no use in doing an exact copy).
Sounds boring, but something similar was a project in programming class,
so I only need to convert what I already have to the Amiga. A promise:
as soon as the first version of this is finished, all Ripper readers can
get a registered version for free, if they want it.
The other program is supposed to be a structured art program, borrowing
from Corel, Adobe, etc. This is a much more involving project, so give
me some time to finish it. A promise: All Ripper readers can pay for this
one if it's finished :) (Well, maybe the staff and I can work out a deal
on that one).
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sorry, no time for those |
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Marillion (the old one, back when that old drunk "Fish" was still doing the lead-vocals) |
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StormC. In fact, any C++ compiler will do, but it's far more fun to write your own software, than just using software you buy. Try it yourself sometime (as of the next Ripper issue a tutorial will start on programming, and software design, so get them compilers out) |
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Sensible world of Soccer |
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Milk :-) |
More on me in the next Ripper.
Dirk