Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!super!udel!princeton!njin!rutgers!apple!well!ewhac From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mac ][ bashing Message-ID: <6776@well.UUCP> Date: 9 Aug 88 08:10:35 GMT References: <590@super.ORG> <5125@gryphon.CTS.COM> <3093@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> <5152@gryphon.CTS.COM> Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Organization: Hole Earth 'Lectronic Loss (or words to that effect) Lines: 23 Quote: "Raffert was dying. It's difficult to be neat under those circumstances." -- Avon In article <5152@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: >In article <3093@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp) writes: >>I wrote: >>> The Mac ][ still can't animate worth a pint of sour owl shit. >>> >>Why? > >No blitter. > Well, Bill Volk ported "The Dream Goes Berserk" over to the Mac-too (without *really* asking me first), and apparently it runs just great. After all, they've got a 68020 in there to bash all those bits around. Even with the braindamaged NuBus, it's still plenty fast enough for ANIM-type applications. In fact, I've been told that a screenshot of Berserk made the cover of MacWeek recently. Can anyone confirm this? _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape INET: well!ewhac@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: UUCP: pacbell > !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor