

Hello AF reader.


My system comprises... A4000 030/FPU, 2M chip, 20M fast, 2.2Gb IDE hard
drive, 16 X CD, Picasso IV and 17" flat screen SVGA monitor, Hypercom
3+serial card, Pace 56K modem, Rapidfire SCSII card and Canon BJC-4000
printer. I need more speed though!

I bought my A4000 in 1993 and had an A500 before that, the biggest jump
was with the Picasso IV and the new monitor!  I couldn't believe the
difference and would never go back my old Philips CM 8833 Mk II, mind
you, it served me well for about ten years.

I use Workbench 3.5 and an 800x600 24 bit screenmode, I rendered the
backdrops using "CandyFactory Pro", it's the business for making any
kind of flash graphics for you web pages. I am a great fan of MUI and am
forever fiddling with the prefs! 
Like many people, I used to use loads of hacks and utilities but after a
while you realise you can get along without them and I now subscribe to
the "less is more" philosophy. I only have "Toolsdaemon" and the WB
commodity "WBC" which makes WB use the graphics cards Fast Ram instead
of Chip. I use Garshneblanker and my favourite is the Pendulum - nice
and simple.

I spend a lot of time on the NET and use Netconnect 3 for this along
with YAM 2 for my EMails and STRICQ by Doug McLaughlin is an absolute
must. GENESiS for me connects at 50667 which I'm pleased about.  I do a
lot of drawing and use Brilliance 2, Photogenics 2 and 4.2 along with
CandyFactory Pro, Imagine 3 and PlanetAGA which I got from France and
maps images onto a sphere.

I register a lot of shareware and would advise others to do the same.
For word processing I use Wordworth 7.

As far as games go, I buy anything by Clickboom, I've got Foundation DC
and have recently bought Phoenix Fighters from Alive Mediasoft, it's a
great two player game.

Regards Ady 

ady@biggy.prestel.co.uk