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- From: drizzit@eskimo.com (G. Baldwin)
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
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- References: <barrett-1504961733420001@desm-05-03.dialup.netins.net> <598.6680T793T342@bahnhof.se>
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 06:41:31 GMT
-
- Jonas Thorell (jonasth@bahnhof.se) wrote:
-
-
- : > Autoconfig != "plug and play". By definition, if you need to install a
- : >driver to get something to work, it isn't plug and play.
-
- : >--
- : >Marc Barrett
- : >barrett@netins.net
-
-
- : Then, by that defination Win95 isn't plug and play either since if you don't
- : have the install disks or cd at hand, you can't install a thing.
-
- "Plug & Play" is a flashy phrase with little value now days. The same
- goes for "Multimedia".
-
- Autoconfig is something were the Amiga can figure out what kind of card it
- is, who makes it, what model it is, and even includes the driver for the
- system to use. There is some more stuff, but you get the general idea.
-
- Plug & Play is something where you drop a card in and Windows95 says "Oh,
- I think thats a internal SupraModem 28.8. Let me set the system up for it
- now!". It then looks around on your disks for a driver and gets the card
- ready to run.
-
-
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- Greg Baldwin (drizzit@eskimo.com)
- Amiga junkie and user since 1987 Computer Science & DTV Student
- Commodore64 fan since about 1983 http://www.eskimo.com/~drizzit
- Tyranical EFNet #Amiga Channel Operator "Drizzit"
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