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- From: astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: Amiga Emulation
- Date: 5 Mar 1996 11:50:21 GMT
- Organization: NetSpace Online Systems
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- Steve L. Edford (sledford@iglou.iglou.com) said:
-
- >>>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.
-
- I just ordered an SX32 from the UK yesterday. The point is that I shouldn't
- have had to. There is a shop down the street from me (one of about 3 in all
- of Melbourne) that has Amiga gear.
-
- >>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.
-
- They're a public radio station, and they did mention it was being produced,
- which is better than the commercial stations would. The big stations would
- say 'what? what's an omega?'
-
- The Amiga was vaguely in an article about modems in the paper today... it said
- modems will work on any machine from an Amiga to a Macintosh.. that was as far
- as it went though. I happen to know the guy who writes the computer section
- of our local is a bit of a fan, and tried to support the Amiga after Commodore
- died, but he just couldn't justify the column inches anymore.
-
- >>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). :-)
-
- I haven't surrendered. I just accept that I am going to be owning a white
- elephant, as far as modern games and productivity software is concerned,
- unless the Power Amiga does good things.
-
- >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.
-
- Except my Amiga never killed anybody.
-
- >>>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.
-
- I hope so.
-
- How much does 60 million buy?
-
- >--
-
- >Steve Edford
- >sledford@iglou.com
-
-
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