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From: hall@ittral.UUCP (Doug Hall)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac,net.micro
Subject: Re: Amiga vs Mac
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Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 23:16:15 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 16 23:16:15 1985
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Reply-To: hall@ittral.UUCP (Doug Hall)
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I think there's a difference between the software supposedly available
for the Amiga and the software that was supposedly available for the
Mac. Before the Mac came out, there were a lot of people saying,
"We're working on such-and-such" or "it'll be available shortly." From
what I've read, a lot of folks have stuff ready for the Amiga NOW, not
just beta test, but waiting to ship as soon as Commodore does. I
suppose some might feel safe in saying that, since they know they have
some time before Amiga ships, but I'll wager that there'll be more
available for the Amiga when it ships then there was for the Mac.

I hope the Amiga is a success, because I keep looking for the machine
that the Mac never was. I was one of the first Mac software
developers, back when you "had to have a Lisa" to do Mac development.
The more I used the Mac, the more I longed for a machine with some kind 
of open bus, and a way to throw away all the icons and menu bars and
other such garbage. (Ok, so you can get rid of the junk if you really
want, but the first problem requires major surgery.) At any rate,
I want to use my machine the way *I* want to use it, not the way
Apple or Commodore or anyone else wants me to. I finally decided that
the Mac was the computer for the rest of them, and obviously it's done
very well without my help, thank you.

Now, back to the Amiga vs. ST business. Does the ST really have an
external bus? I mean like Address/Data and all that good stuff? Or
does it depend entirely upon the DMA channels for this? I know the
Amiga has everything but the kitchen sink coming out the side, and I'd
rather have that than just a DMA connector. Anybody know? Also, is
anybody besides me interested in getting OS9/68K running on the Amiga?
Somebody's bound to have thought of it by now.

Doug Hall
ITT Telecom, Raleigh NC
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