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- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 96 23:49:11 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: Amigaemu.zip
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- From: rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl (Ruud Dingemans)
- Message-ID: <rdingem.4gfn@grafix.xs4all.nl>
- Organization: Grafix Attack BBS Holland
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- In a message of 19 Feb 96 Paul Dossett wrote to All:
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- PD> From: astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett)
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- PD> Martin Schrder (hemmingway@people-x.people.de) said:needs, and I can't
- PD> afford a 1200 or anything above that.
-
- >> But you CAN afford a PENTIUM???????
-
- PD> A Pentium PC Clone is cheaper than a 1200 with HD and monitor in this
- PD> country. *Fact!*
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- Not in this country (Holland) it ain't... Cheapest monitor/HD equipped
- Pentium I saw advertised still was at least $ 100 more expensive than
- such a set-up. Price depends on country, though.
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- PD> Crap. Why can't these blinkered Amiga owners see this? If an Amiga
- PD> can emulate a PC slowly, a fast PC can emulate an Amiga at a speed high
- PD> enough to get simple tasks done.
-
- Basically, yes. But even a 90 Mhz Pentium just ain't got the power
- to emulate an Amiga at anywhere near decent speed with UAE. PC owners
- will have to wait until a 300+ MHz Pentium Pro becomes affordable
- before they can gloat.
-
- Regards, Ruud
- rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl
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