All right. Who the hell are they?
Chairman.
Geoff Milnes.
Age.
When i was a lad.
Machine.
A1200T 060/50..34mb ram in total, DOpus 5 workbench replacement..Epson 600 printer..Epson scanner..two cd drives..two hard drives..33600 modem..tape streamer (for back-up)..Yammaha keyboard attached for midi..genlock for video editing
Spare machine..030/50..32mb ram in total, for editing
Interests.
Geoff has been using the Amiga for many years, from the A500 up to his present set up. His main use is for video editing, which he does as a sideline to his main job, running JR's Fish Bar on Leeds Road, Huddersfield. Apart from games Geoff will dabble in anything to do with the Amiga. Want to know about midi?...Geoff's the man to ask. Sound sampling, 3D design, DTP and general graphics, he'ill have a go at them all.
Claim to fame.
Eats, sleeps and drinks Amiga. TOTALLY loathes anything Microsoft.
Secretary.
Robert Crawshaw.
Age.
Legal.
Machine.
A1200T 060/50..34mb ram in total, Dopus 5 workbench replacement..4 hard drives..scanner..printer..cd drive..33600 modem..tape streamer (for back-up)..Multisync monitor.
Interests.
Taking things apart. Playing Quake on the net (see claim to fame)..ANYTHING to do with the www..taking things apart..playing Quake..DTP..Wordprocessing..allthough and i quote "despite having the ability of a 4 year old when it comes to art, i'll play around with anything to do with graphics"..taking things apart..playing Quake (i think you get the message by now).
Claim to fame.
Keeps BT in business single-handedly by playing Quake on the net (he's addicted)
Membership secretary.
Malcolm Walker.
Age.
mmm tricky one that.
Machine.
A1200 with a 170mb hard drive..Amitek Hawk ram board ..8mb of ram in total..Citizen Swift printer..extra disk drive..Alfa hand held scanner via a two way switch..Philips CM8833-11 monitor.
Interests.
Malcolm's main area is in CAD (his job). He also uses Wordworth and Pagestream. Along with number crunching in TurboCalc, Malcolm likes to create in Real 3D. Now heres one that may shock you a bit. Are you ready for this? Malcolm and his wife can also use the Amiga to Knit. Yes thats right knit. They do this using the software Cochineal Machine Knitting design - Bitknitter, Jacquard, Garment Styler. Personally i haven't seen it in action, but you never know we just might be able to get him to gives us a demo. What about it eh Malcolm?
Claim to fame.
Still hunting, but he did come up with the suggestion for the membership pack
Treasurer.
Kevin Gallagher.
Age.
65.
Machine.
A1200 020 connected to a Philips monitor. A Cittizen Swift 240 colour printer. CD-Rom with sound coming from 2 loud speakers.
Interests.
Kevin could be HAUG'S answer to Stephen King cos he likes to use his Amiga for writing. He also uses his Amiga to keep his bank account in order, and also the clubs financial affairs since taking over from Tony as clubs treasurer. Kevin can also be found at all club meetings with his machine, because he just loves playing with the Amiga.
Claim to fame.
Became HAUG'S treasurer after TH joined the dark side :-)
Wed Page author.
Paul Smith.
Age.
Youthful...ish.
Machine.
A1200 040/40..34mb ram in total..M1438s multisync monitor..2 speed cd drive..Dopus 5 workbench replacement..33600 modem..Epson 850 stylus printer
Interest.
My main interest is Cinema 4d. Some of the graphics on these pages were done in Cinema. Apart from this i'll play with anything really except programming cos i'm still coming to terms with Engish!
Claim to fame.
On first name terms with Joe Torre ( ask Geoff :-) and I told Ian Doyle that Stephen Hendry was shit and got kicked out by his minders before he was famous.
Member.
Ian Aisbitt.
Age.
Very :-)
Machine.
Are you all ready for this ? A1200T (his was the first Eyetech EZ tower). Phase 5/603+/200/400/BiVision. 48mb of ram. A 1.1 gig hard drive and two cd's, both connected using Eyetechs buffered interface. An IDE Zip and two floppy drives. Externally on a scsi chain Jaz drive, Zip and a Mustek Scanner. Epson photo printer for colour only, and a Projet 2c printer for B&White only controlled by a two way switcher. A 17" Panavision Flatscreen at 85KHZ-connected to the bivision outlet, and a 15"Microvitec Multiscan-connected to the Amigas video out. A 56k Supra modem and sound from a pair of Yamaha speakers. His second machine is an A1200 with a Phase 5 1230/IV and scsi. This machine has 16mb of ram and a 170 mb hard drive. Ian uses the scsi zip on this machine. Both machines are linked through parnet, to which he'd like to give thanks to Geoff, and is used mainly as a stand by in case the "beast" goes down. "Rarely" says Ian.
Interest.Since retiring with an Industrial injury his mig has become his hobby. His tastes are various and consist of:- wordprocessing using Wordworth 7. Graphics using, DrawStudio, ImageStudio, ADPro, Cinema4D, PageStream 3 and PPaint 7.1 The Internet. Ian plays only a few games including Settlers and RailRoad Tycoon (spoiled since he laerned how to cheat with unlimited money :-(.)
Claim to fame.The only member of H.A.U.G to attend the Cologne show last November.
Member.
Paul Wood.
Age.
Not too young. Not too old :-)
Machine.
A1200T with 2 hard drives. A 80mb 2.5" and a 170mb 3.5". 36x ide CDRom and 10mb of ram. Paul has just upgraded to an Apollo 040@33mzh and loves the extra speed. Display is through a vga monitor and sound through 25 watt speakers. Paul also has the ide express. Any printing is done through a Cannon BJC 250 printer. His second machine is a 1mb A600 linked to a tv.
Interest.
Paul likes PCB designing and other cad programs. Paul is developing a yearning for other serious software. When not trying to design on his Amiga, Paul likes to upgrade at EVERY possible moment. Due to cash flow problems this isn't always possible >:-((
Claim to fame.
eerrmmm...not too sure if I should say this but Paul put once put viruses on all 68 PC's at his school, saying "serves em right for turning the motherboard virus checkers off". On a more pleasing point Paul sold an A1200 to a PC lover and got his IT teacher to buy an A4000 from Power Computing. Also towering up his Amiga and having an article printed in Amiga Format 117.
Member.
Dave Naylor.
Age.
A young at heart 36.
Machine.
If you thought Ian had alot of stuff...Machine N01..A1200T in an Ateo tower. A Blizzard 1260 with 48mb. Blizzard 1230 scsi kit. Graphics comes via an Ateo pixel64 gfx card. An Ateo I/O extender. CD is a 24x NEC scsi. Dave has 2x IDE drives and 2x scsi. A power HDD drive. Print outs come from an Epson Stylus photo printer. He sees all this through a Dell 17" monitor. Scanner is a Black Widow scsi and he also has an Iomega zip drive. Machine N02..A1200T in a Power Tower. Falcon 1240 + fpu. An Eyetech 4 way buffered interface. Adaptec 4x ide cd-rom with 2x ide hd and 2x scsi. Hypercomm3 interface and a classic Squirrel. Eyetech scandoubler attached to a 15" monitor. This machine comes with 16mb of ram. Machine N03..Vanilla CD32. Machine N04..Vanilla 1200. Machine N05..A500 with external scsi hard drive and rom switcher (1.3>2.04>.
Interest.
Daves interest are purely technical (He's very clever our Dave) and include Comms:see claim to fame, Mail Networks, HTML, Javascript, Arexx (brilliant) and graphic manipulation.
Claim to fame.
Dave runs Frost Free BBS whose telephone number was included with every Escom 1200 sold. He's also the mid Yorkshire Fidonet Hub and 239 (Europe) Amiganet host. On a less serious side he "borrowed" a copy of PhotoGenics from its author Paul Nolan at WOA 97 and was then beaten up in Hammersmith. He not only met Princess Di, but was a security escort in 96 and was told to F### OFF by Ron Atkinson in the mid eighties.
Member.
Laurie & Craig Sears.
Age.
55 and 13 respectively.
Machine.
A1200T with 34mb of ram. A Viper MKIII 030/40. Display is through a Microvitec 14" multisync monitor. HP 420c printer and a Meglosound 8bit sampler. 32x Atapi CDRom and a LS120 Atapi superdisk drive. Laurie and Craig have just purchased a 4.3 gig hard drive and a 56k modem. They also have teletext!!
Interest.
Laurie and Craig use their Amiga for Banking and Wordprocessing. They also like to dabble with HTML and playing games.
Claim to fame.
Laurie's claim to fame is towering up the mig entirley from scratch including making some of the components himself. Craig's claim to fame is running the beginners corner at H.A.U.G.
Member.
JB Redfern
Age.
59
Machine.
A1200 with a Blizzard 030 and 8mb of ram. Barry has a 360mb hard drive. Externally he has a 2nd floppy and a CD-Rom. A rendale genlock. Barry uses an Epson Stylus 600 colour printer and uses a M1438s multisync monitor.
Interest.
Barry uses his mig for video titling mainly. He likes to dabble in word processing, for which he uses WordWorth 7. Barry also likes to play with sound having recently purchased SoundProbe2.
Claim to fame.
Barry is one of our most enthusiastic members and you can gurantee that after a demo, if he likes what he sees he will get hold of the software and have ago. Hopefully Barry will also supply me with some sound for our site. Keep your ears tuned in folks.
Member.
Paul Smythe.
Age.
Unknown!!!!!.
Machine.
A1200T with a 2 gig hard drive. Blizzard 1230 IV with 8 mb on board. A 2speed cd-rom via a squirrel. Display comes from a Philips CM8833-II monitor and printouts from an Olivetta JP192 printer. Paul is netted up via Freeserve and a 28k fax/modem.
Interest.
Paul has a rare talent..He makes minitures. Furniture for dolls houses on a scale of 1:12 (I've got 3 daughters Paul..hint hint). Paul also has a love of Architecture and history, World War II in particular. Oh, he likes his mig as well :-)
Claim to fame.
Wiping his hard drive on a regular basis (we ALL do that Paul). Annoying his wife with computer programs not working as they should (Do that as well).
Member.
John & Viv Halstead.
Age.
61 & 51 resp.
Machine.
Amiga 1200 c/w hd. A Citizen ABC Printer.
Interest.
John & Viv are certainly your outdoor sort of people. They enjoy Shooting, Motorsports and walking. When not doing that, they like to relax watching the ole goggle box and playing with the mig. Of particular interest to myself is their interest in Photography (did Imention I had a City & Guilds in it?).
Claim to fame.
At the time of writing, John & Viv are our newest members. John also went to the SMALLEST school in W-Yorkshire.