> If the empeg is a cult, then what about my old Amiga

I tend to think a consumer product crosses into idolistic cult-dom when people still use it as if it's the best and only thing in its class. Like if you're still tracking MODs on your Amiga for the "scene", you might be part of a cult.

Well, of course, the empeg is different because it IS the best and only (figuratively) thing in its class. But still, when you start hacking the kernel, carving new face plates out of wood, and writing your own Flances for the Door, you MIGHT be crossing into the black caped world of cult-dom.