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- From: sledford@iglou.iglou.com (Steve L. Edford)
- Subject: Re: There is *NO* Amiga....STOP IT NOW
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- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 06:30:41 GMT
-
- Mike@mikew.net-link.net (Mike Williams) writes:
-
- >> Comparing AGA with a GFX card... You think that's fair? AGA is good for
-
- >Because graphics cards on PC's are about as much "optional equipment" these
- >days as hard drives are. You don't find PC's without Local bus accelerated
- >graphics any more. A comparison between a PC with a Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM,
-
- Hmmm, that's odd. Both my brother and brother-in-law recently found a PC
- *without* a gfx card without even trying very hard. As a matter of fact,
- that's what the salesman pitched to them.
-
- Here's an interesting little bit. Back about 6 months ago, when my
- brother decided he needed a computer, he came to me for advice on which
- system he should get. No sooner than the word Amiga came off my tongue,
- he asked, "is it PC-compatible? It must be PC-compatible." Has he been
- brainwashed by the Media? You decide. I already have. :-)
-
- >for instance, is much more appropriate. If you want to compare an Amiga to
- >a PC without a graphics card the Amiga should be an OCS or ECS machine, as
- >only people who have relatively old machines have them. Comparison's between
-
- Simply not true. Check out the sigs of members on the CyberGraphX mailing
- list. I see A4000 in them quite frequently. There's even one guy on there
- who has *2* CyberVision64 gfx cards in his *A4000T*. I wouldn't consider
- an A4000T low-end or old.
-
- >high-end PC graphics cards and Amigas with graphics cards is fine. Actually,
- >I'd be very interested in pitting a CyberVision or Retina ZIII against a
- >Matrox Millenium or whatever else the PC has to offer. The place where
- >the Amiga loses here, and loses mightily is in cost. Just noticed I'm
-
- But for the flexibility of AmigaOS, I'll gladly pay more. :-)
-
- --
-
- Steve Edford
- sledford@iglou.com
-