Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!bellcore!texbell!killer!elg
From: elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (somewhat lengthy and hot stuff)
Message-ID: <6362@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 9 Dec 88 03:35:09 GMT
References: <1034@hub.ucsb.edu>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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in article <1034@hub.ucsb.edu>, hbo@sbphy.ucsb.edu (Howard B. Owen) says:
> In article <5866@louie.udel.EDU>, BRENNER_%DULRUU51.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes...
>>GET YOUR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS READY - QUICK!
>> 
>>     (Long and interesting message advocating taking over the machine at
>>a low level in order to optimize execution for shoot-em-up games deleted)
> 
>   This message underlines the dilemma Commodore faces in trying to crack
> the business and education markets. Folks that value fast scrolling and smooth
> animation over multitasking and hard disks make up a large proportion of
> the market for the Amiga 500. 

One thing I like about the Amiga operating system is that you can go
straight to the hardware if you want, WITHOUT blowing it out of the
water -- just open a custom screen, and play with it anyway you like. 

I'm using an ancient Amiga 1000 with 2 floppies (but do have 2 megs of
RAM), so I'm hardly in the "wealthy professional with $6,000 in
hardware" class... but I STILL appreciate multitasking games, for one
reason: telecommunications. While I'm doing a file transfer, or my PC
Pursuit script is chugging away trying to make it into Dallas and call
my favorite BBS's, I can be playing Nethack or otherwise keeping
myself busy. As contrasted to my C-64 days, when I'd sit here thumping
on the edge of the keyboard waiting for the #$%@#$% thing to
finish....

BTW, how old is that 1000? "Look, Ma, no halfbright!"

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