Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!john1233 From: john1233@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Thomas M Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Looking into amiga Message-ID: <3725@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 13:16:58 EST Article-I.D.: uwmcsd1.3725 Posted: Tue Dec 1 13:16:58 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 07:14:00 EST Sender: daemon@uwmcsd1.UUCP Reply-To: john1233@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Thomas M Johnson) Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lines: 26 Well, I am looking into an Amiga (I'm an old Atari 800 user) and I have several questions. I'm sure these have been asked before so all the frequent readers of this newsgroup are sick of them but I'll ask anyway. First, about the Amiga 2000's IBM compatiblility. What expansion are cards are you able to use? Multifunction cards, modems, etc? How software compatible is the bridgeboard to IBM software and how fast does it emulate? Next, and I guess the most asked question, about the multitasking. How much does it slow the machine down? Is this possible.... Having a BBS program running while doing other things like writing a C program? Is the desktop is ROM or do you have to load it from disk (yech!) Now onto the Amiga 500...... I've heard it is software compatible but not hardware compatible. What can't you use with the A500? How well does the multitasking operate on the 500? Thanks is advance for any replys, Tom Johnson john1233@csd4.milw.wisc.edu