Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!uwvax!derek From: derek@rsch.WISC.EDU (Derek Zahn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: amiga Message-ID: <3117@rsch.WISC.EDU> Date: Wed, 14-Jan-87 12:12:32 EST Article-I.D.: rsch.3117 Posted: Wed Jan 14 12:12:32 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Jan-87 23:36:37 EST Distribution: comp Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 30 I have recently purchased an Amiga computer, in which I am well pleased. However, I am curious about several things. 1. Why is the documentation on CLI, hardware, OS, etc, so ridiculously hard to find? This seems like stupidity on the part of Commodore. 2. How many Amigas have been sold so far (how popular is this machine)? How are they selling now? Are rumors of Commodore cancelling the Amiga in the near future founded? (The place I bought mine "couldn't find" a Workbench disk to even boot their demo machines, and they refused to open any software to demonstrate the Amiga's capabilities. I bet they don't sell many of them. Lots of Macs, though....) 3. Is it expected that hard disks will be available in the near future at reasonable prices? How about CD-ROMs? How much is a SCSI interface? 4. Is there anyone out there who writes "commercial" software for the Amiga? Does it sell? How many (approx.) "developers" are there working on software for this amazing little machine? Just curious, derek -- Derek Zahn @ wisconsin ...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,sfwin,ucbvax,uwm-evax}!uwvax!derek derek@wisc-rsch.arpa