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From: trn@warper.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Next Amiga system
Message-ID: <1981@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu>
Date: 28 Sep 88 12:13:51 GMT
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<661@wsccs.UUCP> Sender: news@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu Reply-To: @aplvax.jhuapl.edu:trn@warper.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: Johns Hopkins University/APL (Baltimore, Md.) Lines: 41 In article <661@wsccs.UUCP> dharvey@wsccs.UUCP (David Harvey) writes: > >... >I contended that what Amiga owners >really wanted was a more powerful Amiga machine, ie more colors in >normal res-modes and higher resolution with NO INTERLACE. Someone >replied with a letter that IBM compatibility is a MUST, citing a >Macintosh magazine as proof. So what is it Amiga owners? Do you want a >more powerful Amiga or IBM compatibility? Given the expense, neither. However, given some extra cash to throw around, I'd sooner see a more powerful Amiga with "a software emulator that can run IBM software, providing IBM compatibility for under $100." (Maybe paraphrased, but how many others of the early A1000 crowd heard something similar to this in Amiga's infancy?) I could care less if the IBM software runs 1/2 as fast as it could with special hardware. Of course, it would have been nice if the Amiga had been designed with a little more compatibility with off-the-shelf hardware products, e.g. hard disks, tape drives, ... > Moral to this story: Build a better computer machine, and the > world will beat a path to your door > (especially if the machine is cheaper) Amended moral: Build a better computer machine, and the world will snub it until it's obsolete and IBM puts it in a PC. ============================================================================== ARPA: @aplvax.jhuapl.edu:trn@warper \ nardo%str.decnet@capsrv.jhuapl.edu } one of these should work UUCP: {backbone!}mimsy!aplcen!aplcomm!warper!trn / USnail: c/o Johns Hopkins University/APL, Room 7-53 Johns Hopkins Road Laurel, Md. 20707 50% of my opinions are claimed by various federal, state and local governments. The other 50% are mine to dispense with as I see fit. ==============================================================================