What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
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What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
This should help in having overview about what Atari people using as Internet, emulator running, etc. machine. OS is most interesting because working on SW what helps usage of, and data transfers with oldies. If you want, may specify HW too. In case of "Something other", pls. post about ..
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Voted - Mac OS here mate, El Capitan OS X but only on an older iMac. Nothing fancy!
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I use RISC OS for development purpose. Maybe you could add it with its name. I don't like to tick 'other' boxes ;-(
Falcon, Atari 1040 STE, 520ST, 800xl, xegs, Amigas, Archimedes, RISC PCs, Iyonix, Omega, BBC B, Atom, Electron, ZX 81, Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3, Russian clones, Sam Coupe, V6Z80P, QLs inc. Q68, and more !
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Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
Voted.
OSX on a Mac Mini and WinXP on a virtual machine.
OSX on a Mac Mini and WinXP on a virtual machine.
260ST, 520ST, 520ST+, 520STFM, 1040STE, 4160STE, STACY 2, MEGA ST2, MEGA ST4, MEGA STE, TT030, FALCON030, FALCON030 with Centurbo 2rB, Firebee
SH204, Megafile 30, Megafile 60, Megafile 44
SM124, SM125, SM146, SC1224, SC1435
Satandisk, Ultrasatan, HxC SD, Hxc SD Slim, NetUSBee, CosmosEX, Gotek HxC, MicroCosmos
2600VCS, LYNX, LYNX II, JAGUAR
SH204, Megafile 30, Megafile 60, Megafile 44
SM124, SM125, SM146, SC1224, SC1435
Satandisk, Ultrasatan, HxC SD, Hxc SD Slim, NetUSBee, CosmosEX, Gotek HxC, MicroCosmos
2600VCS, LYNX, LYNX II, JAGUAR
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OS X 10.10 on Macbook pro 2011, OS X 10.11 on Mac mini 2012 (quad core).
Falcon + AB040 + Eclipse PCI + ATI Rage VGA card + NE2000 Ethernec + HxC Floppy Emulator
MegaSTE 4MB + CosmosEx / 1040 STF for hardware dev
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MegaSTE 4MB + CosmosEx / 1040 STF for hardware dev
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When Atari axed the computer division, my first Windows PC was a 486 DX/33 running Windows 3.1 for the low low price of $1500, ($2400 in today's dollars)
I remember trying to access the internet using a VAX Shell account at my local college and using twinsock to access the internet using Mosaic.
I remember trying to access the internet using a VAX Shell account at my local college and using twinsock to access the internet using Mosaic.
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Main Desktop: Win7
Laptops and various Dev/Test desktops - mixture of Win7 and Win10
Laptops and various Dev/Test desktops - mixture of Win7 and Win10
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Mainly kubuntu linux.
I do keep a Win7 box for running Guild Wars 2 though.
I do keep a Win7 box for running Guild Wars 2 though.
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Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
I use OSX ...
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Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
Well, real world example from my site last month..
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4MB STFM 1.44 FD- VELOCE+ 020 STE - Falcon 030 CT60 - Atari 2600 - Atari 7800 - Gigafile - SD Floppy Emulator - PeST - various clutter
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You're such a geek mate!! ;pexxos wrote:Well, real world example from my site last month..
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Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
You're such a geek mate!! ;p[/quote]applecrypt wrote:
Yep - have you seen the video yet

4MB STFM 1.44 FD- VELOCE+ 020 STE - Falcon 030 CT60 - Atari 2600 - Atari 7800 - Gigafile - SD Floppy Emulator - PeST - various clutter
http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/ All my hardware guides - mods - games - STOS
http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/last/storenew/ - All my hardware mods for sale - Please help support by making a purchase.
http://ataristeven.exxoshost.co.uk/Steem.htm Latest Steem Emulator
http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/ All my hardware guides - mods - games - STOS
http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/last/storenew/ - All my hardware mods for sale - Please help support by making a purchase.
http://ataristeven.exxoshost.co.uk/Steem.htm Latest Steem Emulator
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Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
Are the XP stats right, cos that seems way off ? and now Win10 ?exxos wrote:Well, real world example from my site last month..
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Win XP with WEPOS as general OS.
Some programs and hardware don't work on win10
Win 10 only for home-banking.
Some programs and hardware don't work on win10
Win 10 only for home-banking.
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People got sense in not upgrading from XPspiny wrote: Are the XP stats right, cos that seems way off ? and now Win10 ?

4MB STFM 1.44 FD- VELOCE+ 020 STE - Falcon 030 CT60 - Atari 2600 - Atari 7800 - Gigafile - SD Floppy Emulator - PeST - various clutter
http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/ All my hardware guides - mods - games - STOS
http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/last/storenew/ - All my hardware mods for sale - Please help support by making a purchase.
http://ataristeven.exxoshost.co.uk/Steem.htm Latest Steem Emulator
http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/ All my hardware guides - mods - games - STOS
http://www.exxoshost.co.uk/atari/last/storenew/ - All my hardware mods for sale - Please help support by making a purchase.
http://ataristeven.exxoshost.co.uk/Steem.htm Latest Steem Emulator
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Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
OsX 10.10 on a MacPro
OsX 10.6 on a MacbookPro
EasyMint 1.19 (on Aranym + Ubuntu mini 15.04 on a NUC i3)
OsX 10.6 on a MacbookPro
EasyMint 1.19 (on Aranym + Ubuntu mini 15.04 on a NUC i3)
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Firebee, Falcon CT60, STE, BeeKey, BeepiPi.
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Firebee, Falcon CT60, STE, BeeKey, BeepiPi.
My photography http://phil-67.deviantart.com/
EasyAraMint, BeeKey and BeePi https://sites.google.com/site/beebox68k/
Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
Linux Mint ad FreeBSD over here, though I do want to get back into Haiku and Aros.
Atarian since 1989. Atari 1040STFM, 4MB 520STe with UltraSatan and Unitor N, A dodgy 1 MBSTe that bombs out after a few minutes, and a 14MB 48MHz Falcon 030 with NetUSBee and Soundpool 8 channel DAC. Plus my new MiST!
Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
Haiku rocks
it works quite well and is very neat. I'm sure I'll use it more in the future...
Otherwise, I'm using Linux as my main OS.

Otherwise, I'm using Linux as my main OS.
Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
I use W10 as main OS (I had W7) but it has also installed Ubuntu and MAC OS X but only for knowledge and for doing concrete things. So...I voted W10.
Trying to learn...
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Mac OS X 10.6.8 and Windows XP SP3 via BootCamp.
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Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
- Vista,
- Seven,
- Windows 8,
- Windows 8.1,
- Windows 10,
- Server 2003,
- Server 2008,
- Server 2012...
Next step, downgrading Windows 10 to Seven/8.1 max. : from now, will use Virtual Machines & next step : Linux !
What I think about Win 10 : too much to talk about & only in negative
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"Let's be back to Windoze 3.1, 95 & 98
!!!"
- Seven,
- Windows 8,
- Windows 8.1,
- Windows 10,
- Server 2003,
- Server 2008,
- Server 2012...
Next step, downgrading Windows 10 to Seven/8.1 max. : from now, will use Virtual Machines & next step : Linux !
What I think about Win 10 : too much to talk about & only in negative

"Let's be back to Windoze 3.1, 95 & 98

Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
Windows 7 x64 on my laptop and desktop.
I also use Windows 95/MS-DOS on a legacy machine because I find there's more software available for things like floppy disk handling, terminal, laplink, etc. and the machine has more ports.
I also use Windows 95/MS-DOS on a legacy machine because I find there's more software available for things like floppy disk handling, terminal, laplink, etc. and the machine has more ports.
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... IRIX 6.5.30 on my Indy ...
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"Modern" computer, ha! But it does run 10 fairly well, once you boot off the bloat of course. As I can't tick enough boxes (massive oversight on a tech enthusiasts' forum MUG!) I'll also mention I brought an XP install on another drive last used around six years ago back to life and stuck Zorin on a partition, to get GRUB on there more than anything to be honest. That was a bitch I can tell you when the manufacturer has taken up all 4 primary partitions with their recovery junk!
Oh and not forgetting of course that I'm typing this on a trusty LG Chromebase. Wonderful machine, and served me well while the other "modern" computer was being repaired over many months of procrastination. You can't play FTL on that though!
tldr: 10, XP (x2 actually, one with WindowBlinds, other is GOLD 2K16- awesome
, both WEI/WEPOS), Zorin (with Unity, OpenBox + other stuff to muck around with, nice looking GRUB), ChromeOS. Oh and I love Windows 8 if there's one going. 
Oh and not forgetting of course that I'm typing this on a trusty LG Chromebase. Wonderful machine, and served me well while the other "modern" computer was being repaired over many months of procrastination. You can't play FTL on that though!
tldr: 10, XP (x2 actually, one with WindowBlinds, other is GOLD 2K16- awesome


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Re: What OS you using on your PC, MAC .. ?
At home for web etc: mid 2013 13" MacBook Air (maxxed out) on El Capitan. Absolutely love Apple laptops.
At work: mid 2015 15" MacBook Pro.
For video editing and photo work: Windows 10 on maxxed out Intel Skull Canyon NUC + Nvidia 980Ti in Razer Core thunderbolt 3 enclosure.
Home NAS / rendering server is a home built 8 core i7 5960x overclocked to 4.5GHz, RAID card with 7200rpm NAS drives, OS on RAIDed SSD's etc. Running Windows 10 due to needing to use Adobe Media Encoder, otherwise would be Linux.
Backup NAS is a Synology NAS, old DS412+ model.
That's the bulk of my stuff.
And now I'm starting a retro collection that I intend to actually use day to day for real work...
At work: mid 2015 15" MacBook Pro.
For video editing and photo work: Windows 10 on maxxed out Intel Skull Canyon NUC + Nvidia 980Ti in Razer Core thunderbolt 3 enclosure.
Home NAS / rendering server is a home built 8 core i7 5960x overclocked to 4.5GHz, RAID card with 7200rpm NAS drives, OS on RAIDed SSD's etc. Running Windows 10 due to needing to use Adobe Media Encoder, otherwise would be Linux.
Backup NAS is a Synology NAS, old DS412+ model.
That's the bulk of my stuff.
And now I'm starting a retro collection that I intend to actually use day to day for real work...
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1990 Atari 1040STE, 4MB, UltraSatan, TOS 2.06, TT Touch -> Atari SC1435 Colour CRT Monitor
1991 Atari TT030, 2/64MB, Int 8GB Gigafile SCSI2CF, TOS 3.06, CaTTamaran Accelerator -> Atari TTM195 19" Mono CRT Monitor
1993 Atari Falcon030, 14MB, Int 8GB HDD, TOS 4.04 -> Atari PTC1426 Color CRT Monitor
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1990 Atari 1040STE, 4MB, UltraSatan, TOS 2.06, TT Touch -> Atari SC1435 Colour CRT Monitor
1991 Atari TT030, 2/64MB, Int 8GB Gigafile SCSI2CF, TOS 3.06, CaTTamaran Accelerator -> Atari TTM195 19" Mono CRT Monitor
1993 Atari Falcon030, 14MB, Int 8GB HDD, TOS 4.04 -> Atari PTC1426 Color CRT Monitor
Amiga, Mac, DOS, SGI, Sun, NeXTStation, PDA's and more!