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- From: sledford@iglou.iglou.com (Steve L. Edford)
- Subject: Re: Amiga Emulation
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- Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 04:41:24 GMT
-
- astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett) writes:
-
- >>>Yep, the war is over, and the PC seems to have won..
-
- >>Crap. The war is not over, and the PC did not win.
-
- >Then why can't I buy any Amigas or software anywhere in Melbourne except about
- >three shops? Why is there *no* coverage in the media? I might as well have a
-
- Have you not tried mail order? I've found so much new stuff in mail order
- catalogs lately, I only wish I could afford it all. There is no retail
- outlet in our area either. Doesn't stop me from getting what I need or want.
- I'll *never* let the media (TV/Radio/etc) determine what I buy.
-
- >C64 or Atari ST for all the recognition my machine gets in the press. I
- >emailed a radio show asking for Amiga coverage and they basically replied
- >'what's the point?'
-
- Try another radio station. I recently heard that for a second time,
- someone got on the Rush Limbaugh show and got in a plug for the Amiga. I
- don't know if it was radio or TV, but both forums have a fairly large
- audience, so i thought it was significant.
-
- >Sounds like a lost war to me.
-
- This is only because you have already surrendered. I will *NEVER*
- surrender. :-) So, as long as there are dedicated soldiers still in the
- trenches plugging away at their trusty Amiga, the war will never be over.
- (At least until we get all the others to convert.....yeah, right). :-)
-
- This reminds me of a great tagline I saw before:
-
- "They will have to pry my Amiga from my cold, dead fingers"
-
- I'm sure this is based on the N.R.A. slogan, but it works just the same.
-
- >>Microsoft simply won the latest battle. And they did it with money - like
- >>every one else.
-
- >And how much money will AT devote to their all-conquering machines? :(
-
- The last figure I heard is around 60 million. TV commercials are already
- in the works for the U.K.. What I have heard thru the grapevine is that
- AT is concentrating initially in the Amiga-saturated areas first. This
- would obviously be Europe. I guess only time will tell, me & my Amiga
- will still be here. I feel confident that AT will be there with us.
-
- >--
- >Paul Dossett | EpiphoneYamahaPearlPaiste | Amiga 2000/040/17/365/3.1 __
- >-------------| Amiga owner since 1988! | Amiga CD32/020/10/200/3.1__///
- >Melbourne OZ | astroboy@netspace.net.au | 1976 Toyota Corolla 1.2 \XX/
-
- --
-
- Steve Edford
- sledford@iglou.com
-